Greene County edges by Atlantic

October 5th, 2018 by admin

The Greene County Rams got two fourth quarter touchdowns to turn a tie game into a win over Atlantic on Friday night in Jefferson 35-21. It was a hard fought game with both team putting up two touchdowns in first half and one more each in the third. Colby Kafer came up with the big play that made the difference in the fourth quarter. The Rams running back broke a couple tackles and made a couple more miss on a 48 yard touchdown run that proved to be the winning score with 5:24 remaining. Clint Dennhardt tacked on another touchdown with 2:17 remaining to set the final margin.

The two teams traded touchdowns about a minute and a half apart in to start the second quarter and traded scores later in the quarter to make it 14 all. A failed onside kick gave Greene County the ball on the Atlantic 44 on their last drive of the half. After three straight incompletions Rams quarterback Brent Riley hit Lance Hughes on a 41 yard hook-up to set up first and goal at the three. The Trojans defense came up huge with four straight stops to keep it a tie game heading into halftime.

The Trojans carried that momentum into the second half and rumbled down the field in 12 plays on their first possession. Chase Mullenix hit Tyler Moen for a 36-yard touchdown pass to give Atlantic the lead at 21-14. That drive ate up half of third quarter clock. Greene County would immediately answer back though. After gettin the ball in Atlantic territory on a failed onside the Rams score in two plays. Colby Kafer found the left sideline to race for a 38-yard touchdown. The next three possessions would end on a turnover on downs. That’s when Kafer scored on the big run to give Greene County the lead for good on their first drive of the fourth quarter.

Greene County ended up out-gaining the Trojans by a slight margin 440-399 yards. Colby Kafer led the Rams ground attack with 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. Clint Dennhardt, who ran out of the wildcat formation for a good portion of the game, racked up 116 yards and 3 scores.

Chase Mullenix went 13-30 for 209 yards passing with 1 touchdown and three interceptions. He also rushed for 60 yards and a score. Tyler Moen had 62 yards rushing and one score.

Greene County improves to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in 2A District 9. They travel to Red Oak next week.

Atlantic falls to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the district. The Trojans travel to Shenandoah next Friday night and we’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

Listen below for the complete postgame interview with Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott.