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Atlantic football gears up for home tilt against Harlan

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September 19th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans (1-2) football team is gearing up for a non-district tilt against the Harlan Cyclones (2-1) at the Trojan Bowl on Friday night. The Trojans are looking to put a complete game together after struggling in portions of the past two games, losses to Creston and Clarinda. A number of mental errors and turnovers doomed the Trojans last week against the Cardinals and Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said they have been working on limiting those mistakes this week in practice. For the third straight week the Trojans will face a quarterback that is having a strong season. Harlan’s Johnathan Monson has thrown for 306 yards and 3 touchdowns, he’s also rushed for 209 yards and 5 more scores. Coach McDermott said slowing him down will certainly be a key.

Atlantic hasn’t had consistent play at the line of scrimmage so far this season and Coach McDermott said matching the Cyclones physicality will be important.

Atlantic has been able to hit on some big plays this season on offense but sustaining drives has been a struggle at times. Coach McDermott thinks part of that improvement will come as their young quarterback Garrett McLaren improves. You can hear the full interview with Coach McDermott on Trojan Preview at 4:45pm Friday on KJAN.

The Trojans and Cyclones are set to tee it up at the Trojan Bowl at 7:00pm.