Mustangs trample Bulldogs 47-14

El Dorado Springs Head Football Coach Bob Ramsey spoke with the Sun on Monday following his team’s 47-14 loss to the Eldon Mustangs made worse by the injury loss of three starters.

Coach Ramsey told the Sun: It was frustrating game. Twenty years and I haven’t been in this situation where I lost our top three kids. You lose your quarterback, your fullback and your tailback. Those guys account for most of our offense and a lot of our defense. Losing those kids really hurt in that ball game.

Q. How are they doing?

We are not going to have any back this week. They have all been to the doctor and none of them have been cleared or released yet.

The good news is: Brendan Fast did not break a bone. He just got a deep bruise on his hip which is aggravating and painful. It usually takes a while to heal.
Tanner Hixson does not have a break. He has a severe ankle sprain.

Garrett Mays had a concussion on a attempt to make a tackle. He went in and they did a CAT scan. They didn’t find anything. You have to be careful with that.

The final score was 47-14.

They are as good football team. We knew going in it was going to be a challenge. They returned 10 offensive starters and 10 defensive starters from last year. They finished the season last year being pretty competitive and were pretty excited about this being their year to win quite a few ball games. They are a big strong football team and were just able to take it to us.

Q. Their big back was fast. When he got around the end, he was gone.

He was not only 6’2” 215 - 225, but he ran very well. When you got that big ol’ body moving he was hard to tackle.

This Friday night we have Nevada and it’s homecoming. Again, we are going to match up with a 3A school, sometimes 4A. And they are going to be a big physical football team.
They are just as big as Eldon and just as physical. We are going to have to buckle those chin straps and dig in this week. We are going to have kids who do not have a lot of Friday night experience out on the field. We will start a freshman quarterback, Kason Schwalm. We are going to have a good week of practice and get them ready to go.
It’s only week 4 and our goal is to win the district. We have three weeks before we get to district play. So, we want to make sure we are healthy for districts. I don’t want to try to win a game against Nevada and lose those guys for the rest of the year. I’d rather try to get them healthy and make sure we have them for the end of the season.

Q. Were the injuries because they were playing a bigger team?

No, Tanner Hixson has had this ankle. It’s been a recurring injury. A kid fell on him and it twisted again. Same thing with Brendan. On Mays, that ding was just a poor tackling technique. He should have hit it low and it was pretty much helmet-to-helmet.

We have homecoming this week parade Friday at 2:45 afternoon. We encourage everyone to come out and support the team.

Stats for the game included:

The Mustangs scored with 10:20 left in the first quarter on a three-yard run. PAT was good. 7-0 Mustangs. With 6:44 left in the first, they scored again on a 66-yard punt return. Kick failed. 13-0 Mustangs. With 2:10 left in the first, Eldon scored again on a 26 yard run. Run was good. 21-0 Mustangs.

At 6:19 left in the half, Eldon scored on a 77 yard run. Run failed. 27-0 Eldon. With 1:55 in the half, Eldon scored on a two-yard run. (That is the play that injured Garrett Mays.) PAT was good. 34-0 Mustangs.

With 48 seconds left in the third, the Bulldogs go in the board with a two-yard run by Sophomore Running Back Robert Keith. The Kason Schwalm pass to Kyle McCullick was good. 8-34 Bulldogs. With 23 seconds left in the third, Eldon scored on a 49 yard run. Kick failed. 40-8 Mustangs.

With 8:30 left in the game, Schwalm connect on a 29-yard pass to McCullick. Schwalm’s run failed. 14-40 Mustangs led. With 1:17 left in the game, Eldon scored on a 70 yard fumble recovery. PAT was good. Final 47-14 Eldon.

ElDo had 20 first downs to 14 for Eldon. The Bulldogs had 204 rushing yards to 379 for the Mustangs. The Dawgs completed 3/9 for 39 yards. The Mustangs completed 0/5 passes.
The Bulldogs had 243 total yards of offense on 63 plays. The Mustangs gained 379 yards on 45 plays. The Bulldogs fumbled 5 times and lost 4. The Mustangs fumbled 2 times and lost 1. The Bulldogs were penalized twice for 10 yards. Eldon got flagged five times for 40 yards. Eldon had the ball for 25:34. ElDo had the ball for 22.26.

The Bulldogs converted 4 of 12 third downs. Eldon was successful on 3 of 8. On 4th down conversions, ElDo was 2 of 3. Eldon was 1 of 2.

Robert Keith led the Bulldog ground game with 20 carries for 81 yard and 1 TD. Dustin Abercrombie rushed 7 times for 36 yards. James Dubois ran 6 times for 33. Tanner Hixson carried 4 times for 29. Kason Schwalm ran 7 times for 14 yards. Chase Brown rushed 4 times for 13 yards. Garrett Mays gained 5 yards on 4 attempts.

Kyle McCullick caught one 29 yard TD pass. Robert Keith caught 1 for 13 yards.
On defense, Chase Brown led with 9 tackles, 7 solo and 2 assists and 1 tackle for a loss (TFL). Jacob Bowman had 4 solo tackles, 2 assists and 0.5 TFL. Hunter Harper made 4 solo tackles. Garrett Mays made 3 solo tackles. Kyle McCullick made 2 solo tackles, had 1 assist and 1.5 TFL. Tyler Owens had 1 solo tackle, 1 assist and 1 TFL. Kai
Bishop and Kyle Collins each made 1 solo tackle and had 1 assist. Dustin Abercrombie, James Dubois, Matt Hackleman and Brendan Fast each had 1 solo tackle. Kason Schwalm made one solo tackle for a loss. Daniel Zimmerman assisted on 1 tackle.

Garrett Mays punted four times averaging 27.3 yards with the longest 33. Tanner Widener punted two times with an 18-yard average and the longest 24.