Turnover problems plagued Reeths-Puffer Friday night as the Rockets
took a 48-7 defeat to rival Mona Shores in O-K Green Conference action.
Rockets'
coach Cody Kater said his team (1-3, 0-1 O-K Green) had four giveaways,
including an interception returned for a touchdown, leading to the team
spending much of the game defending its side of the field. Shores
scored 23 second-quarter points to take a 29-0 halftime lead.
"Just
critical errors at times," Kater said. "We forgot how to fall back to
some of our fundamentals. They continued to have long runs, and
offensively we couldn't generate any push."
Braylon Swain
passed for 100 yards, 54 of them on a third-quarter touchdown pass to
Mason Darke that accounted for R-P's points. Cal Millis had seven
tackles.
Kater said the performance was a step back from last
year's game against Shores, which despite ending 40-0, was a fairly
close battle into the third quarter.
"We had some things
happen where we didn't respond as well as we could have as far as
playing the game," Kater said. "Success is a terrible teacher, and we've
got to be able to fail...I think the lights were a little too bright
and our focus was on external things. We've got to find ways to improve
throughout the week. That's on the coaching staff, and it starts with
me."
The Rockets will have a chance to bounce back Friday against Union, a matchup R-P has won the past three seasons.
