Three turnovers yield three touchdowns in first three minutes
By Drew Herron - NT Sports Editor / Sept. 7, 2013
ATLANTIC – There is no way to sugarcoat it, Atlantic’s 47-0 loss to Carroll Friday night at the Trojan Bowl was u-g-l-y.
Carroll jumped on three early turnovers (an interception and two fumble recoveries on botched snaps), converted those chances into touchdowns, then went about dominating the Trojans in one-way traffic.
“It’s disappointing,” Atlantic head coach Nick Ross said afterwards. “This was a shock to every one involved with our football team. This might sound silly to someone who saw the final score, but we fully intended on winning this game tonight. Things just got way out of control.”
Carroll permanently seized the lead 1:17 into the game when senior running back Anthony Beyerink took an option handoff through the left side of the Tigers’ line and downfield for a 27-yard touchdown run to set the wheels in motion.
Moments later, Carroll would score twice more off bad offensive snaps from Atlantic. Firstly, after Carroll recovered a fumble on the Trojans 15-yard-line, Tigers’ QB Addison Ross connected with wide out Issac Riesselman for an air strike. A minute and 20 seconds later, the Tigers recovered a fumble in the end zone as the Trojans’ botched a punt, and Carroll held a three-touchdown lead just 3:24 into the game.
Once things started to unravel, Atlantic struggled to keep it together.
“We need to learn to prevent things from rolling as they did, and secondly, if they do, we need to learn to be able to step back and realize that we need to do our jobs,” coach Ross says. “What is disturbing is that once things started going to bad, they continued to go bad. We need to learn how to battle adversity and stop the flood gates in those situations.”
Carroll racked up 328 yards of offense in the first half, and held a 41-0 lead at the break.
The victory improves Carroll’s record to 1-1 on the season, while the Trojans settle at 1-1 coming off of last week’s win at Clarinda.
With a week of practice leading up to next Friday’s District opener at Creston, the Trojans will get back to the drawing board.
“We just need to get over this whole ‘young team’ thing,” coach Ross says. “It’s the second game of the year, and I expected us to come out and execute things better. We took a step back as far as that is concerned.
“Our effort is there, and our attitude is there, we just need to practice a little bit harder. We need to make sure we are getting game-type looks during the week so on Friday nights, we are ready for the speed of the game.”
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