It was a beautiful evening for football at the mountain stadium in Hailey last night. It was the battle of the Green and white, but both teams came out with long pink stockings. Many of the Wood River fans were sporting pink to draw attention to a teacher at the high school who is battling cancer. The Bobcats got word of this and Sheri Greener whipped up a washing machine full of white socks, soon to become pink for the occasion. The Wood River crowd was pleased by this.
The Burley Bobcats improved their record to 2 wins 3 losses with a 35 to 14 win over the Wood River Wolverines. The Bobcats came out strong and scored quickly on a pass from Jake Mills to Christian Winmill who was all alone on the 10. This touchdown was followed up quickly by another pass from Jake to Alex Greener. Alex and Jake went on to connect on another score following an interception by Skylar Tolman who got two picks for the night. Putting the Bobcats up 21 to 0 at the first quarter. The second quarter started with a series of turnovers and dropped passes. Wood River gained some momentum scoring on a nice run by Tyler Peters just before the half. A broken play, a last ditch lateral and some quick feet allowed Wood river to capitalize on the 2 point conversion. The half ended with the Bobcats being up 21 to 8.
A blocked Burley Punt on Burley’s first possession of the second half was recovered in the end zone for another quick Wood river score. The two point conversion failed. Later in the quarter Branson Handy scored on a 3 yard run following an earlier score by Bill Blauer that was called back for a holding violation. Mills connected again with Alex Greener for the final score of the game with ended the game at Burley 35 and Wood River 14.
The final quarter was fun for all as both teams substituted liberally and everyone got to play. Coach Kramer even played a few Sophomores that looked no bigger than the little league half time expo. Some of the lineman got to run the ball and Wesley Finch was able to score a touchdown, and he crossed the goal line with a forward flip only to have it called back. For the fans that went it was a great night.
Clay Handy
