UNIONTOWN — The painful lessons continue for the Marmaton Valley Wildcats, but Coach Dan Uhlrich sees the remainder of the season as a test for his players.
The Wildcats dropped a district matchup in Uniontown 58-12 Friday night.
“Football is an emotional game,” Uhlrich said. “We’ve got to keep fighting.”
The Eagles broke the field open in the first quarter, with two touchdowns early in the contest. The Wildcat defense held, however, on their opponents ensuing drive. T
Micheal Genn broke through the defensive line midway through the second for a 35-yard touchdown to put the Wildcats on the board. The Eagles immediately responded with a return touchdown. Genn had the other score for the Wildcats on another 11-yard run before the half came to an end.
Genn led in rushing for the Wildcats with 15 carries for 94 yards, followed by Chance Stevenson with 11 carries for 59 yards.
Defensively, Stevenson had eight solo tackles, followed by Austin Pinkerton and Joey Jefferies with six apiece.
Uhlrich is co-coaching the team with Kyle McAloon and Derek Scharff, after former Head Coach Kent Houk resigned the week before the Wildcats’ first game. Uhlrich said he saw some improvement from his team, but the remaining games are going to be a test for each and every player.
“How we finish the season is going to say a lot about our guys,” Uhlrich said.
The loss puts the Wildcats at 1-4 on the season, and 0-2 in district play. They play against the Pleasanton Blu-Jays at home Friday.
Marmaton Valley 0-12-0-x—12
Uniontown 16-30-12-x—58
MV Uniontown
Rushing 33/142 31/216
Passing 0/2 5/10
Total Offense 142 328
Passing-yds 0 112
Penalties 6/45 2/20
Eagles thump Marmaton Valley
