Last Friday night was a blow to the Cedar Springs Red Hawks, when they fell to the Broncos of Coopersville 28-13, bringing their winning streak to an end and their record to 3-1.
The Red Hawks looked strong in the first quarter, scoring the first two touchdowns of the game. The first came when Hank Porter swept in for a 3-yard touchdown and the second when quarterback Tyler Covell’s pass was completed to Allen Slagter, who then ran the remaining 9 yards for the touchdown. That would be the last that Cedar Springs would make. The Broncos came out strong in the second quarter, scoring two touchdowns of their own, ending the half with a score of 14-13 Coopersville.
The Broncos continued their rally in the third quarter with another touchdown, again unanswered by Cedar Springs offense. The defense did all they could to hold them to one touchdown in the third and fourth quarters. The fourth quarter continued to be a struggle for the Red Hawks as they were unable to answer another touchdown by the Broncos.
“That was a disappointing loss,” Said Coach Busen. “We started out strong and played assignment football. The second half we missed assignments on both sides of the ball. The frustrating part was Coopersville played the same defense on our first two scoring drives as they did throughout the game, they didn’t do anything different, nothing we didn’t practice against, we just missed assignments and I take full responsibility for that. We now need to learn from that loss, have a great week of practice and, most importantly, focus on assignment football as we prepare for a very talented FHN squad.”
The Red Hawks will host the Forrest Hills Northern Huskies this Friday at Red Hawk stadium at 7 p.m.