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Patriots Football 1st Round Playoff Win

Tom Salmen

October 23, 2023

Patriots football 1st round playoff win. We want to thank our fans and all the support we have been given this year. It is a community effort. We thank our parents for weekly team meals and sack lunches, Wilbur-Ellis for painting our field our last three home games, Mr. Jason Wenzel for the tech and T.V. support, Mr. Michael Wollman for announcing home games and all of the push-ups, Mr. Ty Hofer for play by play online, Mr. Jeff Clark and Mrs. Michelle Clark for setting things up and feeding teams after our home games, and all of you who watch us in person and online; it is all very much appreciated. I thank my players for their continued effort and positive attitudes. 

We played  a solid game. I know the first quarter brought our supporters to question what kind of team we are, but there was no doubt from my perspective that we had the potential to pull out this win against Lemmon-McIntosh. Our defense stepped up big with four interceptions; #3 Brendan Nowell had two of them and batted two balls. Jackson Maynard our defensive tackle had a great game being involved in 13 tackles. Our offense found its footing with #45 Erik Salmen rushing for 219 yards and 5 touchdowns. #45 Erik Salmen threw for 1 more with #4 Patrick Maynard making a catch and 10 yard run into the endzone. #1 Devin Enander just missed another touchdown catch in the endzone.  Our stats are listed below.

We look forward to another battle with the Avon Pirates Thursday night in Avon at 7PM. We again thank you for your continued support on our way one game at a time to repeat as State Champions.

Hitchcock-Tulare vs Lemmon-McIntosh

               44           -              24

By quarter 8-20-0-16 vs 12-6-6-0

By scores:

  1. 1st Q – LM 54 Yard Run by #34/2pt no good
  2. 1st Q – HT 3 Yard Run by #45 Erik Salmen/2pt Run by #45 Erik Salmen good
  3. 1st Q – LM 55 Yard Interception Return/2pt no good
  4. 2nd Q – LM 25 Yard Run #34/2pt no good
  5. 2nd Q – HT 3 Yard Run by #45 Erik Salmen/2pt run by #23 Blaze Binger good
  6. 2nd Q – HT 11 Yard Run by #45 Erik Salmen/2pt no good
  7. 2nd Q – HT 10 Yard Pass by #45 Erik Salmen to #4 Patrick Maynard/2pt no good
  8. 3rd Q – LM 31 Yard Pass by #18 to receiver/2pt no good
  9. 4th Q – HT 5 Yard Run by #45 Erik Salmen/2pt Pass by #45 to #4 Patrick Maynard good
  10. 4th Q – HT 5 Yard Run by #45 Erik Salmen/2pt Run by #45 good

HT Defense:

LM 159 Yards Rushing 2 TDs/51 Yards Passing 1 TD and 4 Interceptions

#45 Erik Salmen 4 solo tackles/2 assists/1 Interception

#88 Jackson Maynard 5 solo tackles/8 assists/1 ½ tackles for loss

#23 Blaze Binger 5 solo tackles/5 assist/1 tackle for loss/1 Interception

#56 Dalton Rathjen 1 solo tackle

#11 Mason Tschetter 1 solo tackles/2 assists

#20 Cameron Noethlich 1 solo tackle

#3 Brendan Nowell 2 Interceptions/2 batted balls

#8 Payton Chasing Hawk 2 solo tackles

#62 Mikael Nielson 2 solo tackles/10 assists/1 tackle for loss

#65 Nick Tollefson 1 solo tackles/6 assist/1/2 tackle for loss

HT Offense: Rushing 282 yards 5 TDs Passing 43 yards 1 TD and 1 Interception

Rushing

#45 Erik Salmen rushed 31 times for 219 yards and 5 TDs

#3 Brendan Nowell 3 times for 14 yards

#23 Blaze Binger 5 times for 17 yards

#1 Devin Enander 3 time for 8 yards

Passing

#45 Erik Salmen was 5/9 for 43 yards passing and 1 TD/1 passing 2pt conversion and 1 interception

Receiving

#3 Brendan Nowell 2 catches for 5 yards

#4 Patrick Maynard 2 catches for 34 yards and 1 TD

#1 Devin Enander 1 catch for 4 yards

Kicking

#8 Payton Chasing Hawk had 7 kick-offs totaling 277 yards averaging 39.6 yards per kick

Kick-Off Returns

#3 Brendan Nowell had 2 returns for 108 yards

Punt Returns

#3 Brendan Nowell had 1 return for 0 yards

Extra Points

#45 Erik Salmen had 2 2pt conversions running and 1 throwing

#23 Blaze Binger had 1 2pt conversions running

#4 Patrick Maynard 1 2pt conversions receiving