Butler Bears vs Holden Eagles Jr High Football Summary

On Thursday, Sept 13, the Butler Bears junior high football team hosted the Holden Eagles for their first game of the season. The Bears lost a competitive game by a final score of 6-16. The Bears jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. QB Kaleb Kauffman led a 42 yard offensive drive following his own 22 yard interception return on defense. Kauffman scored with a 10 yard quarterback keeper to finish the drive. The Bears offense failed to find the endzone the rest of the game, however. The Bears defense gave up a long run for a touchdown with less than a minute remaining in the first half, trailing 6-8 at halftime.

Despite a couple of long yardage plays, the Bears defense played strong throughout most of the game, capitalizing on four Holden turnovers and stopping several Holden drives deep into Bear territory. Defensively, LB Dylan Morris led the Bears with 8 tackles, 3 solo and 5 assisted tackles. DB Austin Cooper, LB Kaleb Kauffman, and LB Tanner Diehl all had interceptions on defense for the Bears. LB Tanner Diehl also had a fumble recovery, gaining 30 yards on the return. The Eagles still managed another late score in the 4th quarter, converting their second PAT, leaving the final score of 16-6.

The Bears host the Sherwood Marksmen next at home on Monday, Sept 17, at 5 pm.

Rushing

Kaleb Kauffman 3 carries, 17 yds, 1 TD
Tanner Diehl 7 carries, 15 yds
Dylan Morris 9 carries, 6 yds
Devon Page 3 carries, 4 yds

Passing

K Kauffman 2 passes, 1 complete, 11 total yds
D Page 6 passes, 3 complete, 0 total yds

Receptions

D Morris 3 receptions, 11 total yds
T Diehl 1 reception, 0 total yds


Tackles

Dylan Morris 3 solo, 5 assist, 8 total
Ben Holt 5 solo, 2 assist, 7 total
Austin Cooper 2 solo, 3 assist, 5 total
Martin Melhuish 4 assist, 4 total
Tanner Diehl 1 solo, 3 assist, 4 total
Kaleb Kauffman 1 solo, 2 assist, 3 total
Peyton Shearer 2 solo, 2 total
Brody Kauffman 2 assist, 2 total
Dakota Hulse 1 solo, 1 total
Brett Behringer 1 assist, 1 total
Travis Thomas 1 assist, 1 total
Kyler Jacobs 1 assist, 1 total

Interceptions

Austin Cooper 1, returned 0 yds
Kaleb Kauffman 1, returned 22 yds
Tanner Diehl 1, returned 15 yds

Fumbles

Tanner Diehl 1 recovery, returned 30 yds

Punts

Dakota West 3 punts 0 yds, 3 yds, 42 yds

-our thanks to Brandon Wackerman