BOURBON - The John Glenn Falcons football team showed mercy Friday night in Bourbon.
Already in front 48-0, the Falcons just knelt on the ball from only two yards outside the goal line, ending a Northern State Conference game the Triton Trojans can't forget quick enough."There's no excuses," Triton head coach Rodney Younis said. "We just have to get better at what we do. We were playing on our heels. We weren't aggressive, and it was a disappointment. We should play better than this. There's no excuses."
Triton (2-3, 1-2 NSC) was playing on its heels from the opening kickoff, which was returned 95 yards by Glenn sophomore Josh Anderson, giving the Falcons a 7-0 lead 12 seconds into the game.
Things didn't get much better from there, as Glenn (3-2, 3-1 NSC) outscored Triton 34-0 in the first half, racking up 9.2 yards a rush in the half, en rout to a 325-yard rushing day.
"I was pretty proud of our team's focus and intensity coming out in the first half, and keeping it up in the second half, even when we got the subs in," Glenn head coach Justin Bogunia said.
The Glenn rushing attack was led by Anderson's 95 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown run, followed by senior Kevin Stewart's 86 yards and senior Tyler Thornton's 79-yard, two-touchdown night.
"The offense was pretty efficient," Bogunia said in an understatement.
Rushing the ball 48 times on the night, Glenn senior quarterback Cody Singleton threw just two passes, but one went for a 21-yard touchdown to Jonathan Stewart.
"There is nothing to say," Younis said. "We just have to go back to work and get better in every aspect of our game."
While Glenn was averaging 6.8 yards per rush, the Triton rushing attack mustered just 1.1 yards per carry, losing 26 yards and possession of the ball on a high snap on the first play of the second quarter.
Prior to that high snap, Triton appeared to have something going, moving the ball from their own 25 to the 42-yard line on seven plays, picking up two first downs, while down just 14-0. However, the Glenn defense pounced on the high snap on the Triton 32-yard line, and punched it in three plays later, increasing its lead to 21-0 with 11:11 to play in the second quarter.
From there, it only got worse for Triton.
The Trojans' leading rusher, senior Adam Creighbaum, entered the game averaging 144 yards a game, but an ankle injury, along with the Glenn defense, slowed him down, as he picked up only 40 yards on 12 carries.
"He's a great athlete and a great player," Bogunia said about Creighbaum. "The focus, definitely, coming into this week was stopping and containing him. We felt like, if there was one player that could hurt us, it was him."
And even though Creighbaum was slowed, Younis wanted to make sure there were no excuses.
"Every player has to play better," Younis said. "That's the bottom line. We have to play with a purpose. Tonight, we didn't."
The road doesn't get much easier for the Trojans, who now get ready to travel to New Prairie Friday for a 7:30 p.m. start.
