Game Report: Bellevue West @ Gretna

We are back this week with the second round of playoffs. I went back to Gretna to watch one of the biggest rematches of the season. To get to this point Gretna defeated Lincoln Southeast 27-24 in a close game. The Thunderbirds defeated Papio-LaVista South 42-20. The Thunderbirds and Dragons faced off before this season in a thriller. Bellevue West lead 37-14 point lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter. The Dragons did not give up coming back and scoring 26 unanswered points to win the game 40-37.     Game Recap   This game was important and both teams had many chances to pull through and win. The Thunderbirds attacked first. Jdyn Bullion scores the first touchdown and immediately after Gretna would fumble the ball and Bellevue West would land onto it. Bullion would again get another rush and punch it in and the Thunderbirds would go up 14-0 early. The Dragons would strike back marching down field before running an end around to [player_tooltip player_id='330299' first='Tyson' last='Boganowski'] to strike back. At halftime the score is 14-7 with Belle West on top. The Dragons would drive down again and score with a [player_tooltip player_id='217055' first='Zane' last='Flores'] sneak up the middle tying the game at 14-14. The running game by Jdyn Bullion dominated the dragons and lead to an [player_tooltip player_id='250689' first='Isaiah' last='McMorris'] touchdown making it 21-14. Once the Dragons got the ball back they would march back down and Flores would run it in again tying it again! 21-21. Gretna's defense would get a huge stop with Alex Wilcoxson intercepting. The interception would lead to a Flores to [player_tooltip player_id='340488' first='Isaiah' last='Weber'] connection to give the Dragons their first lead of the night 21-28. The Thunderbirds had a huge run but then they would cough up the ball and [player_tooltip player_id='239821' first='Ethan' last='Stuhr'] would take it all the way to the 4 yard line. [player_tooltip player_id='340488' first='Isaiah' last='Weber'] would score again putting the Dragons up 35-21. The clock would tick down as the Dragons would get the ball back for the final drive and take a safety to run the clock out for a final score of 35-23.   Player Standouts   Jdyn Bullion   Jdyn has been elite this year and Friday was no difference. He lead the thunderbirds with 20 carries for 140 yards. He averaged about 7 yards per carry and had a 36 yard rush. Along with that he also had 2 touchdowns. Last season he had 104 carries for 6557 total yards and 10 touchdowns. On defensing his carrier he has had 105 total tackles with 1 int and 2.5 sacks.    [player_tooltip player_id='226988' first='Nate' last='Hudec']   Nate has had a great year as well. Against the dragons he had 5 tackles and 1 TFL. He had a great sack during the game as well. On the season Nate has had 57 total tackles 31 of which were solo tackles and 5.5 TFLs.      [player_tooltip player_id='340488' first='Isaiah' last='Weber']   Isaiah has done it all this season. So far he has totaled about 833 yards averaging 7.2 yards per carry and 9 touchdowns. along with that he has 14 receptions for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. Against the Thunderbirds Isaiah had 18 yards for 113 yards and a touchdown.      [player_tooltip player_id='239821' first='Ethan' last='Stuhr']   Ethan is an a beast and is one of the best defensive players in the state. This season he has had 80 total tackles this season. He averaged 7.3 tackles a game and he had 2.0 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries. Against Bellevue West he had 9 tackles and he had one fumble recovery.

We are back this week with the second round of playoffs. I went back to Gretna to watch one of the biggest rematches of the season. To get to this point Gretna defeated Lincoln Southeast 27-24 in a close game. The Thunderbirds defeated Papio-LaVista South 42-20. The Thunderbirds and Dragons faced off before this season in a thriller. Bellevue West lead 37-14 point lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter. The Dragons did not give up coming back and scoring 26 unanswered points to win the game 40-37.