Young Packers finish year undefeated with 44-12 blowout!!

The 7-8 yr old Packers capped a perfect season with a near perfect game in all aspects as they scored seemingly at will in a 44-12 victory. The Packers scored 7 TD's on the night and had 6 interceptions in an outstanding defensive performance that left the Steelers frustrated. Wayne Beard took the opening play from scrimmage the distance, 45 yds, for a 6-0 score, PAT was good on a pass from Evan Dodd to Will Greder, score 7-0. The defense stopped the Steelers on 4 straight plays and gave the ball right back to the offense. Tyler Anthony had an exciting run, reversing his field a couple of times and eluding numerous tackles to gain 15 yds, although he probably ran more like 50 yds. On the next play Evan Dodd threw a pretty pass behind the defenders to an awaiting Wayne Beard who scooted the rest of the way for a 30 yd score, 13-0, PAT failed. The Steelers next possession was cut short on the first of the 6 interceptions as Garret Tiarks picked off the pass and took it in for a TD, score 20-0, PAT failed. The defense stepped up again on the next series as Wayne Beard intercepted the 2nd pass of the night and then took the next offensive play 15 yds to paydirt and a 26-0 lead, PAT failed. The Steelers got on the board on a nice run and a score of 26-6, PAT failed. Amazingly this score seemed to set off a few of the Steelers players who began trash talking and trying to get in the heads of the Packers. Some of the comments were uncalled for and hard to fathom considering the 26-6 score. To the Packers credit and much to this coaches pleasure the players on the Packers never were drawn into the trash talking and took their satisfaction the scoreboard and from playing the game the right way, handing the flags back to the opposing team and telling them nice play on good efforts. It speaks volumes to the character of this group of athletes and to their parents. The half ended on another interception of a Steelers pass by Garret Tiarks returned to the Steelers 10 yd. line. The second half started with the Packers on defense and the Steelers possession went just as they did in the first half, with an interception, this time by Will Greder. A 15 yd run to the 2 yd line by Garret Tiarks was followed by a Bryce Niemeyer TD and a 32-6 score, PAT failed. Wayne Beard wrestled an interception away froma Steeler receiver on the next possession and took it back to the Steeler 1 yd. Garret Tiarks got the TD on a 1 yd run and a score of 38-6, PAT failed. The Steelers got on the board a second and final time on a 39 yd. run, score 38-12, PAT failed. On a 2nd down play Parker Eley connected with Garret Tiarks on a perfectly placed throw that netted a 35 yd TD and a scoreof 44-12. The defense again came up big and stopped the Steelers with the 5th interception of the night, this one by Wayne Beard. The offense got the ball back with 4 minutes to go and tried to milk the clock. A nice run by Parker Eley kept the offense on the field as he picked up the first down on a 25 yd run. The Packers turned the ball over on downs with 11 seconds remaining. After a Steelers timeout Will Greder picked off the 6th interception of the night and the game ended 44-12. My thanks to all the players and parents and special thanks to my wife, Amber for keeping stats and to Joel Niemeyer and Matt Banks, my Assistant Coaches. It was a pleasure to coach this group of athletes and I personally look forward to seeing them achieve great things for Colo/NESCO athletics.