Louisville J.V. vs. West Branch

The Louisville JV football team turned in a great performance against West Branch on Saturday. Many of our fine young men were pumped up about getting their first chance under the Friday night lights (the previous night). The enthusiasm spilled over into Sat morning when the ball hawking “D” held WB scoreless.

It all started up front with a dominating performance from the front five. Zach Whaley led the way with 16 total tackles including a sack. Cole Lautzenheiser (1 sack) also had a great game up front. Christian Duckworth recorded a sack and did a fine job at defensive end keeping the QB from rolling out. These guys would not have had the game they did if not for the total team effort turned in by everyone. Trey Province, Jake Sluss, Joel Lynch and Andy Hodous played a lot and did excellent jobs up front.

The Louisville offense; determined not to be outdone by the “D” also turned in a fine performance. Showing a balanced attack, Louisville put together a fine drive in the first quarter. Setting up the first score was a 20 yd completion from Jon Crank to Gavin Lovejoy. Crank then hit Adam Nees on a fade route for the first score of the game. The first quarter came to an end with the score L’ville 6 WB 0.

The second quarter brought much of the same. The “O” ate up the clock and continually won the battle of field position. Late in the 2^nd quarter Crank found Cody McElroy in the corner of the end zone for our second score. The score at half time was 12-0 L’ville.

The 3^rd quarter was a see-saw battle with no points being scored. McElroy came into QB in the fourth quarter while Crank moved to receiver. After a steady dose of running plays McElroy hit Crank on a quick slant route and Jon took it to the house with a great run after the catch. This TD would end the scoring. The final score was Louisville 18 – West Branch 0.

Next up for the JV will be Akron Hoban, Saturday morning at Hoban.