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Thursday, September 13, 1973 Th« Ny i sa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Pag« Fourteen Ny ssa Bulldogs Drop Close Game At Ontario, Coaches And Players Prepare For Vale Contest By Richard Sept There was a rumor going around Nyssa last week that Ontario’s head coach had pre dicted his Tigers would defeat the Nyssa Bulldogs by about 55 points. Whatever the truth of the rumor, the 21 to 14 vic tory for Ontario couldn’t have felt very good to the Ontario coaching staff. ONTARIO CAME within a few short minutes of ending up a Tigerskin rug in the Nyssa foot ball locker room. Nyssa out played the larger Ontario team throughout most of the game, but the Tigers were able to capitalize on a Bulldog fumble with less than three minutes to go. Ontario hit with two long passes after the fumble recovery and then went over with the winning touchdown, Just after the horn ended the Friday night contest. Art Bullock, Nyssa's head coach, told his players, “You had it, but you lost it. Don’t let it get you down, because you’re NEXT F RIDA Y night, Septem a better team and you proved ber 14. the Bulldogs will go up it tonight." against their area rival’s from Vale High School on the Vale COACH BULLOCK Monday after the game,Coach field. The game will start at Bullock said, “We didn’t win 8:00 p.m. and of course this is what we’re Vale, according to Bullock, runs from a singlewing for out there for.” “We diiki’t go the full ball mation and plays a ••power” game, because the last three form of football. minutes lost us the ballgame.” OFFENSIVE LINE HITTING and exchanges were Jerry Huntley, offensive line two problem areas that hurt the coach, scouted Vale last Fri Bulldogs, according to Bullock. day night and predicts a “typi “We dnki’t tackle as well as cal Nyssa-Vale football game.” we should and our quarterback “They don't do a lot of fancy to halfback exchanges were not things," said Huntley “they just as good as we’d like, we had run rigtit at you.” “IT’S A TOUGH offense to some fumbles.” OVERALL, said Bullock, “We stop; if they consistently get were pleased with some kids, but their four andfive yards, they’ll of course we were disappoin hurt you." ted with the loss.” Because he was scouting Vale, “I'm well pleased with my Huntley had to listen to the three coaches and the game they Nyssa-Ontario game on the ra- put together for these youngsters. (j10j however, on Monday he was “We're going to profit by ahle to watch the game films our mistakes this week,” added »nd get a better idea of how the Bullock. team did. "1 looked at the films," said Huntley "and the line did the job that they were expected to do. and some of them a little btt more." "1 THINK WE can beat Vale There’s no doubt in my mind that we can beat ’em if we play ball like we played last week." DEFENSE "We dnto't have any lapses on defense,” said Max Brit tingham, defensive coach. “We were there, we executed cor rectly. but in a few instances we didn't make the tackle.” "ESSENTIALLY we weren't hitting with our heads up and driving through the people." "1 was proud," said Britting ham "that our guys came back after Ontario made that quick touchdown.” Since Brittingham was plea sed with the overall defensive game, he plans to present the same type of defense io Vale this Friday night. "Our scouting report says they run about 80 percent of the time," said Brittingham. ■ We've got a few little things designed to see if we can t upset their whole pattern." ONE PROBLEM that showed up during the Ontario game was the lack of an effective pass rush, according to Brit ■ We just didn ’t get tingham, "We didn't any pressure on the quarterback, especially in the last two mi nutes when they scored.” “You let any quarterback have that long in the pocket and he'll burn you.” OFFENSE “I think that we showed that the basic offense itself is good,” said Gerald Talbot, offensive coach. “And 1 think that to a certain extent the boys have learned the system pretty well . ” "WE DID SEE some mental lapses against Ontario," said Talbot “in things like taking handoffs incorrectly, not exe cuting the fakes properly and not running to the correct hole.” “We did establish the run ning game that we wanted, but we weren't able Io get our passes off to the receivers.” "WE HAD a definite break down in u pas-, blocking," said Talbot, "more because of our backfield than our line." Talbot, naturally, will be ma king some adjustments for the game against Vale this Fri day. but he said he was satis fied with the overall offensive game. "I think we just need to refine all the techniques that we've already got down," said Talbot, “tiecause basically we we’re there." NEXT WEEK Coach Bullock said this week will be spent eliminating the mental lapses that hurt the Bulldogs against Ontario. "We're gonna’ run the same game,” said Bullock. “We just hope to do things better." Nyssa Linebacker Tackles, Acts As Defensive Leader Earlier this fall Max Brit tingham. Nyssa’s defensive coach, was searching the ranks of this year’s football players for a boy "with a nose for the ball." "The one guy,"said Britting ham "who is somehow always right there where the lull is, as if he knows in advance what play is being called." "That’s the guy you use as your defensive signal caller.” TED .11>Yt 1 . .1 junior. was the boy Brittingham picked to SAVE ON STEEL ! 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