Gallatin’s Bulldogs believe Friday night’s dominating performance against South Harrison is just the beginning of more good things to come.
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“There are a lot of positives to take away from the game this week,” says Head Coach Patrick Treece. “First of all, it is nice to get back into the win column, especially in the fashion that we did on Friday night,” he added. “Second, I think the boys gained a great deal of confidence in what we are doing and I think that will help us down the stretch.”
Friday’s 50-0 GHS win witnessed virtually everything click into place for Gallatin and nothing at all working for the visiting Bulldogs. South Harrison turned the ball over seven times, leading to multiple GHS scores.
Gallatin scored a season-high seven times from its running game while averaging 5.5 yards per carry. The GHS Bulldogs also missed only once in four pass attempts. Gallatin’s junior varsity saw a lot of playing time.
Wyatt Bird scored four times in the first half for Gallatin, on runs of 25, 30, 17 and 12 yards. Cole McBee added two more ground scores in the opening half, from 11 and 12 yards out.
Corbin Toney tallied Gallatin’s lone touchdown in the second half on an eight-yard, third quarter run. The Bulldogs added a fourth quarter safety to an already lopsided score.
A stout defense led to nearly all of Gallatin’s offensive success. Graydee Rains intercepted three South Harrison passes and forced one of two fumbles. Bird and Chad Walker each picked off an opposing pass. Gaven Gray forced a fumble and Hunter McCampbell recovered one fumble for Gallatin.
Gallatin travels to Milan this Friday for a new chapter in the team’s Grand River Conference experience. Including Putnam County and Trenton, three of Gallatin’s next four games are against newly-added conference foes. Friday marks the first trip to Milan since the 1997 playoffs.
“Milan is a team that has played some good competition and held their own, for the most part,” Coach Treece said. “They played Trenton to a tough, 28-14 football game this past week. They are a power run football team that is big up front and senior heavy,” he added.
Milan enters Friday’s game winless in five tries but the Wildcats were tied, 14-14, with Trenton at half time last week before the Bulldogs rallied with two second half TDs.
If the Bulldogs are to win their second game in a row, they much match Milan’s physical style of play, win the battle of field position and control the line of scrimmage, said Treece.