Game Report: Battle Creek at Wayne

Week 5 brought in an exciting game on campus in Wayne. The Blue Devils and Braves came into this game with the same record at 3-1 each. Wayne this season has had a lot of success along with a heartbreaking loss to Ashland-Greenwood. Before this week Wayne has had 1,256 yards in total with plenty of points outscoring their opponents 115 to 64 showing how good this Wayne offense is. Battle Creek has had 1,325 yards before this week showing how great these offenses are great they can score and this game was definitely up to the defenses. This game started with a huge defensive stop Battle Creek’s Roger Mieure forced a fumble however they weren’t able to get anything else going on the drive and they gave the ball back to Wayne. The first quarter would stay scoreless, but right into the second Wayne goes down and scores, making the score 6-0 On the next drive Wayne’s Brandon Bartos picks the ball off and gets the ball back to their offense. Wayne lines up and Tanner Waling throws it to Brandon Bartos who weaves his way for a touchdown. The Blue Devils converted a 2 point conversion to make the score 14-0. Battle Creek would strike back after a 43-yard pass from [player_tooltip player_id="164350" first="Dylan" last="Amick"] to set up a 9-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-6. Battle Creeks defense would hold for as long as they could but Wayne would score another touchdown increasing their lead to 21-7. In the 3rd quarter, The Braves would score again along with a two-point conversion they would make the game closer making it 21-14. Though it wouldn’t be long until the fourth quarter hit and this time Austin Munsell would go up and intercept the ball slowing down the Braves passing game. The Braves would try their best but get sacked on 4th and 10 officially sealing the game for the Blue Devils. <img class="alignnone wp-image-207719" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2021/09/IMG_2730-300x225.jpeg" alt="" width="604" height="453" /> &nbsp; <img class="alignnone wp-image-207725" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2021/09/FAGMInOXMAIxwdF-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="612" height="345" /> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Top 2022 </strong></p> [player_tooltip player_id="164350" first="Dylan" last="Amick"] 6’3" 170 Lbs - Battle Creek Overall:#98 | #10 QB <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11490176/6150935c0c54db068885865d’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11490176/6150935c0c54db068885865d" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> Tanner Walling 5’11" 160 lbs - Wayne Unranked <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/6739/614f52e2a019050dbc1ba7b0’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/6739/614f52e2a019050dbc1ba7b0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> [player_tooltip player_id="193805" first="Logan" last="Roberts"] 6’0" 190 lbs - Battle Creek Unranked <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14876160/6136b965578dff0aac5ed4e0’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14876160/6136b965578dff0aac5ed4e0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> Braden Bartos 5’10" 160lbs Unranked <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10619289/6135fc0a9a913c0a68df13c7’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/10619289/6135fc0a9a913c0a68df13c7" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> Wayne Takeaways <ul> <li>Great defense, The Blue Devils were able to force some turnovers and to keep the Brave’s offense from doing much.</li> <li>Keep the tempo up Wayne’s Offense was there when it counts but they had large periods where they barely had any movements. If they can keep scoring they can put games away a lot faster.</li> <li>If they can get their rushing game and the offensive line to push and keep the ball moving. Control of the ball and playtime helps set up their great passing game even more.</li> </ul> Battle Creek Takeaways <ul> <li>Their defense did as well as they could do. They put up a fight and were able to keep Wayne from scoring throughout the game.</li> <li>Turnovers cost them the game. The interception in the 4th quarter is really what ended the game. Amick has shown his talent and should be able to learn and bounce back.</li> <li>This was a hard-fought game and both sides of the ball showed their best. Battle Creek has good receivers and running backs. If they can get all cogs working they can still make it all the way to lincoln this fall.</li> </ul>