Call Warsaw's football scrimmage with South Bend Clay Saturday a roller coaster.

Call it what you want, but it definitely had its ups and downs.

In the first 15-minute/15-play segment, the Tiger defense forced the Colonials into three penalties and three incomplete passes and recovered two Clay fumbles.

When the Tiger offense took to the field for the first time, it moved frequently and efficiently. Sophomore Brad Seiss took the handoff on the first play and gained three yards. Seiss pounded out a 9-yard gain on the next play before his brother, senior quarterback Greg Seiss, found senior wide receiver Ross Kesler for a 15-plus yard gain on Warsaw's third overall play.

Two plays later the elder Seiss found Kesler open for a 20-yard touchdown strike. The Tiger offense scored one more time in their opening offensive segment when senior running back Zach Scheetz found an open 5-yard path to the end zone.

"It's a learning experience," said Warsaw coach Phil Jensen. "We had some people to evaluate. There were 25-30 people we wanted to evaluate for varsity competition. And I felt like we did that in the first 15 to 25 plays."

That was the upside of things.

On the downside of things, the Tigers may have lost two potential varsity players for the season.

Junior wide reciever Josh Buck caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Seiss but landed wrong and came away limping. Jensen said he went to be X-rayed after the scrimmage.

Also injured was sophomore running back Ray Rasing. Rasing was running toward the end zone when his leg gave out. He didn't get up from the play. After the scrimmage, Jensen didn't know the status of the two other than they were to be X-rayed.

Warsaw will open up its season Friday with a home game against Columbia City at 7:30 p.m. The evening's activities will include parents' night. [[In-content Ad]]