Recap
At the Little Rose Bowl Friday night, the Bears welcomed to town the West Liberty Comets. It was a special night at Oliphant St Field as the Bears wore purple jerseys as part of Throwback Night, a time to honor and remember Bears teams of the past. Considering the long-standing rivalry between West Branch and West Liberty, this was the perfect game to honor those people.
It was almost a perfect night for the West Branch offense and defense as well.
In the 41-13 win, the Bears scored on six of their nine drives, racking up 436 yards of total offense, with 212 in the air and 224 on the ground. Can you say balanced?
Individually, quarterback Cooper Koenig was 9/18 passing with 212 yards, one TD, and one INT. Koenig's receiving corp showed up for work once again. Matt Shawver lead the team in receptions (5) and had 81 yards receiving. Aaron Barnes had only two receptions but made them count as the senior tallied 106 receiving yards and one TD; the longest being a beautiful 73 yard throw and catch.
On the ground, junior Luke Lenoch only had 11 eleven rushes but put up a whopping 162 yards and three TDs on the night. One of those TDs, and 71 of those yards, came on the first play from scrimmage as Lenoch took it to the house to put the Bears up 7-0 early. Later in the game, Nick Schreiber joined the rushing attack and put up 22 yards on six attempts.
Defensively, the Bears were pretty balanced as well. Junior Cale Donovan lead the team in total tackles with 6.0. Seniors Devin Kindon and Hunter Wargo were right behind Cale with 4.0 total tackles. Senior Aaron Barnes also joined in on the action and tallied 5.0 tackle assists.
Highlights defensively include holding the Comets to only 98 first half yards and 0 first half points. Senior Matt Shawver also intercepted a West Liberty pass in the first half.
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