Coach Schilb Talks About A Tough Loss To Pella
Adam Rowley takes off against the Pella defense on Friday night
Pella, Iowa – The game against Pella started off rough for the Indians. With two quick fumbles of the ball and quick scores by the Dutch to capitalize on the mistakes is where I started my conversation off with Indian Head Coach Schilb.
“We can shoot ourselves in the foot like that in the beginning of a big game like this. We handed over 14 points, it’s hard to overcome. I thought our kids responded and competed hard in the second quarter of the game. We showed that we’re capable of making some plays. We were unable to sustain drives, that’s what beat us two games”. He went on to compliment the Dutch by saying, “They’re a good football team, they’re good athletes”.
“I’ll be interested to see how many turnovers we had. You can’t let the ball go over our head, [or] just drop the ball”, Schilb said of the turnovers that plagued the Indian team.
I wanted to know how injuries did or did not play into the nights game. “We have young kids in there on the offensive line. I think they played pretty hard. It’s a learning experience for them. We got 3 or 4 sophomores out there, and their learning. They got their feet wet tonight.”
At the start of the second half, the Indians were down 17-7 when their kickoff to the Dutch was returned 93 yards for a TD. “Here again were talking about a kick-off return. We can’t do that. That was a great kick. Coverage is we just have 4 guys run right by the ball”. Coach Schilb went on to say, “Fundamentals, it’s being focused and playing every play. We’ll get there, we’ll keep working on it. I think that’s been our weakness now through four games, is just sustaining every play the whole game”.
The final drive by the Indians seen them scoring to secure some moral victory for them. “Long game, we kept playing, they play hard. We’ve just got to learn to compete every play, every play. We’ve got to learn to sustain drives, stay focused the whole time, and when we do that, we’ll be a tough football team”.
The Indians lost in a tough one to rival Pella by a score of 31 -14.
