BISMARCK -- Jessieville found a way to bounce back after last week's loss to Glen Rose, taking a 57-29 win over Bismarck at Doyle Henderson Field Friday night.
"Well, it's huge," said Jessieville head coach T.J. Burk. "It's hard when you lose the first one, so you've got to try to rebound and win the second one. And if you don't, you put yourself in a really bad spot. So it's a big win for us to win the second one."
Bismarck (1-4, 0-2 3A-5) got off to a strong start as sophomore quarterback Ian Smith opened the team's initial drive with a 26-yard run. A short pass and another keeper moved the ball down to the 19 before Bismarck fumbled the ball, recovering it at the 6-yard line. Shultz drove down to the 1, but he fumbled the ball with Jessieville (3-2, 1-1) recovering the ball in the end zone for a touchback.
"You know, they were driving on us," said Burk. "They played a good ballgame, and that stop at the beginning of the game kind of changed the momentum. I mean, even though it's in the first quarter, it changes the momentum of the game, and who knows if they score first what happens. So that's a huge play that they can stand on the goalline and get the turnover."
Bismarck head coach D.J. Keithley agreed that the play changed the momentum of the game, but the turnover was not the only factor. Bismarck starting running back Kalem Rorie was injured on the play as well
"Number one, it took out our running back, so that hurts you for the rest of the game," he said. "Luckily our number two back (junior Barrett Schultz) is a pretty good ball player. He's one that we just got back, but he took a shot later on in the game that kind of took him out. But when you drive it all the way down there to fumble it on the 1-yard line, it's a little deflating, especially when you let them go off and they score the next series. So it's hard to get that momentum back once you've lost it. If we score that (opening drive), we're riding high; we've got the momentum, so there's no telling what we'd do."
Jessieville junior quarterback Carson Hair took control of the game, running 39 yards followed shortly by a 44-yard touchdown sprint for the first score of the night, setting the tone for the rest of the game. Jessieville pushed out to a 21-7 lead at the end of the first quarter before taking a 35-21 lead into the half.
"I knew we were going to struggle tackling (Hair), and that's what got us," Keithley said. "You know, when you go with a prevent defense and the guy still runs 65 yards on you in the last seconds of the half ... He's a good ball player, no doubt.
"Offensively I thought we did a good job of moving the ball. Score 29 points, and you expect to be in the game. Our defense has got to step up, and we've got to do a better job tackling. It's one of those things that it wasn't necessarily the scheme was the problem because we had guys there, we're just not making the plays. It's something we've got to work on. It just goes back to what we said earlier in the week, we've just got to work on toughness. Being willing to stick our nose in there and make the play."
Bismarck travels to Glen Rose (3-1, 2-0) next week. The Beavers are coming off a 42-0 rout of Genoa Central. Jessieville travels to Genoa (3-2, 1-1).
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