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 The outcome was already decided, Lanphier exploited a woeful
tackling exposition to rack-up 61 points, but that didn't matter as
Lincoln walked to the line of scrimmage with a half a minute or so
left in the game.
Andrew Yount took the snap, fired quickly to his left to Titus
Cannon who then launched the ball toward the end zone.
“I knew if we could get the ball off to Garrett (Aeilts) he would
catch it. There was no way he was dropping that ball,” Railer Head
Coach Seth Bass said.
Aeilts, who spent the game under center, had sneaked his way from
wide receiver into the corner of the end zone.
He snagged the ball out of the air in front of a pair of Lanphier
defenders, and Lincoln scored its third touchdown of the game.
Lincoln played its best offense of the season Thursday night, but
also its worst defense.
“Defensively we can't translate what we work on (in practice),” Bass
said. “Tackling continues to be an issue for us.”
Lanphier didn't do anything special.
The Lions ran the ball right at Lincoln, but Railer defenders
flailed and tried to arm tackle Lanphier's big, strong backs.
But the offense finally clicked.
“It just proves we can make plays, we can play hard, we can put
points on the board,” Aeilts said after the latest loss of the
season.
But make no mistake, the final loss was perhaps the biggest moral
victory.
Lincoln scored three times, more than in the previous eight games
combined.
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Nathan Podunajnec scampered nearly 20 yards for a second quarter
touchdown.
And Aeilts tossed a fourth quarter score to a wide open Titus
Cannon. He then caught that last second TD.
“I think is good to build on for next year,” Podujanec said. “We
know we can score. We just need to keep building off that.
Podujanec and Yount and juniors, Cannon is a sophomore. Bass said
he's looking to them next year.
“Our trio of backs, Yount, Podujanec, and Cannon all did an
excellent job and ran the ball hard,” Bass noted after the game.
“Garrett's going to be a big loss for us a quarterback (next year).
But we'll have several guys who'll compete for that position next
year. Ad we'll be able to build off of the success we had tonight.”
Lincoln finishes the year 0-9. It's the third straight year the
Railsplitters have failed to win a game.
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