Sterling Jets vs Falls City Sacred Heart
September 21, 2007
by Brent Heusmann
September 26, 2007
Falls City Sacred Heart 36 Sterling 34 2OT
Caleb Porkorny amassed 159 yards in total offense and threw for
2 touchdowns in leading the Irish to the come from behind
victory.
Sterling got the scoring started midway through the 1st quarter
when Devin Heusman found the endzone from 4 yards out. Brandon
Nieveen ran in the PAT. The Jets took an 8-0 lead into the 2nd
quarter.
Porkorny led the Irish to their 1st score of the night early in the
2nd quarter on a 22 yard pass to Bryce Ebel. Dusty Metzner
converted the PAT. The Jets answered right back with a Shane Sears
5 yard scoring run. The PAT was an incomplete pass. Jacob Gruber
wrapped up the 1st half scoring when he found paydirt from 12 yards
out. A Porkorny to Ebel pass converted the PAT. The Irish took a
16-14 lead into intermission.
The Jets scored on their opening drive of the 3rd quarter on a 6
yard run by Nieveen. A Nieveen to Zach Lempka pass converted the
PAT. The Jets owned a 22-16 advantage heading into the 4th
quarter.
The Irish got the only score of the 4th quarter on a Porkorny to
Ebel hookup from 17 yards out. The PAT run failed. At the end of
regulation, the score was tied at 22 apiece.
The Jets had the ball 1st in overtime #1 and promptly found the
endzone on a Heusman 10 yard run.
The PAT run failed. On the Irish possession, Dusty Metzner punched
in a 2 yard run. Their PAT run also failed. The score was tied at
28 heading into the 2nd overtime. The Irish took possession 1st in
the 2nd OT and scored on another 2 yard run by Metzner. He also ran
in the PAT. Sterling's possession was capped off by another Heusman
run this time covering 7 yards.
However, the PAT run failed for the Jets which ended the game with
the Irish claiming victory by the final score of 36-34.
Sterling was lead on the ground by Heusman with
128 yards on 25 carries. Nieveen had 116 yards on 25 carries and
Sears chipped in 29 yards on 11 carries.
Nieveen was 3 of 8 passing for 18 yards. Lempka hauled in all 3
receptions for those 18 yards.
Leading the defensive effort for the Jets were as follows: Heusman
5 tackles, 7 assists, Lempka 4 tackles, 4 assists, Kyle Lowmack 3
tackles, 2 assists, Shane Benson 2 tackles, 5 assists, 1
quarterback sack, Sears 2 tackles, 2 assists, Nieveen 1 tackle 6
assists, D.J. Thiel 1 tackle, 3 assists, Wade Hunt 1 tackle, 2
assists, 1 fumble recovery, and Neil Pella 1 tackle 2 assists.
" We did a nice job on offense this week. We had nearly 300 yards
in total offense, which should have been enough to win the game.
But, just like last week, we failed to convert a couple of critical
PAT's which ended up costing us the game. Our bye week has come at
a good time for us to fix this problem. Hopefully, this bye week
will give us a chance to recharge our batteries and continue to
improve as our season rolls along."
Sterling next game is Friday, Oct. 5th @ Lewiston. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.
