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Bellevue Youth Team's
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The Bellevue 5th and 6th Gridders took to the road Sunday for Week 3 battles against the teams of Galion White.
September 24, 2007
Galion, OH- It was a long, hot, tough day for the Redmen as both teams would fall. The younger group suffered its first loss of the season 26-24 in a back and forth battle littered with unnecessary laundry. The young Redmen fell victim to the yellow hanky as two touchdowns were disallowed. Bellevue would strike first though as Brady Hansard scored from three yards out. Jake Strayer added the two point PAT, his first in a perfect 3 for 3 day. After a Galion TD strike Bellevue came right back when Clay Fries hit Dylan DeWitt on a touchdown pass covering 65 yards. DeWitt later dashed 7 yards to close the Bellevue scoring.
On the day it was DeWitt with 19 carries for 198 yards (1 TD) and 5 of 8 passing for 88 yards. Clay Fries grabbed 3 passes for 80 yards while Caleb Stockmaster added a 16 yard run. Dillon Berkey had a strong day defensively, leading the way with six tackles. Grant Moyer tacked on five stops while Nathan Sochko, Hansard and Strayer added three each and Joe Marin and Fries each had two.
In the heat of the afternoon the sixth grade fell to Galion by a 36-0 count. While there were bright spots for the young Redmen they just couldn’t muster a score. The going is tough in an experienced league and the first year team is feeling its way. In the setback it was Jacob Weider once again shouldering the load as the feature back, picking his way to 62 yards on 13 carries. Jim Chamberlin got in the act with 21 yards on four tries and led all receivers with 4 catches good for 61 yards. Brad Willis completed 8 of 15 passes for 91 yards with Tristen Pocock grabbing two for 10 yards. Defensively it was Pocock once again grabbing tackling honors with seven (to go with an interception and fumble recovery) while Chamberlin added five. Pitching in with three stops each were Josh McNeely, Matthew Brown, Alex Stiles, Brandon Tobin and Weider. McNeely gathered in a fumble recovery and Christian Crump came up big with a quarterback sack.
The upstart teams return to action on Sunday at Bellevue Athletic Field where the fifth grade will host Norwalk while the sixth grade takes on Shelby Gray. Game times are 2:00 (5th) and 3:30 (6th). A large crowd is expected and the teams look forward to pleasing the home fans.
