001[Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] do you want me to stay good evening football fans that time has finally come it's time for some ihsaa football calling the game tonight i'm jacob pierce pleasure to be with you tonight with all the uncertainty going on around the season will they play it will they not it's such a joy to be here at stafford field for the season opener of olympian football tonight the fans will be didn't work for my producer our fans will be limited tonight there will be 250 fans each for each side of the stands 250 for east 250 for our visitors the whiteland warriors social distancing will be required in the stands alleviated to the 250 per side anybody outside of your family will
002require to sit six feet away from each other a bummer to our fans that we're expecting to get a quick snack tonight at the game there will be no concessions tonight for either side a mask are required no exceptions in the series the visiting whiteland warriors and the columbus east olympians in the 2010s the east olympians lead the all-time series against the warriors three to two the first time they played was in 2010 where whiteland defeated the olympians 59-22 and this will mark the third consecutive year these two teams have opened the season against each other the past two years they've split the season series one to one two years ago the warriors came into stafford field and upset the olympians and last year the olympians came into whiteland and defeated the warriors and both
003of those games as i noted we're on the road whiteland hails from the mid-state conference while the columbus east olympians hail from the hoosier hills conference last year whiteland finished six and four with a loss to new palestine in the sectional to end their season and the olympians ended their season against center grove in the sectional ending at seven and three total while columbus east comes into this game in number 19 in class division 6a the warriors come in number seven in class division 5a despite east being in a class division higher than the warriors whitelands middle school clark pleasant has a larger student population than columbus east high school a little bit of an interesting tidbit there but that's class division football for you folks are three keys to the game this will be
004a general overview of what these teams need to do in order to win this football game number one for our season opener whichever team makes less mental mistakes will probably win this football game although these teams had a scrimmage to open up the season last week there will still be mental mistakes made in this game offsides false start illegal formation whichever team can limit those penalties will have a great chance to win this football game number two both of these teams love to run the football although their styles are different the end goal is the same keep the ball on the ground and in the hands of their running backs whichever defense will be able to stop the run will most likely be able to win this football game and stuff the other offense and
005number three this goes right along with making mental mistakes whichever offense can take advantage of those mental mistakes and get big plays down the field those cheap touchdowns and the chuck plays will definitely pay dividends towards the end of this football game tonight we are joined by a host of sponsors we'd like to thank each and every one of them ruloff mortgage ovation technology group first financial bank columbus wealth jolie rentals and julie development and overhead door of south central indiana we'd like to thank all of our sponsors for sponsoring this game tonight we'd like to thank those who are able to make this game possible tonight through live stream our film crew tonight consists of ashland bergman and our producer josh burnett we'd like to thank each of those go outside [Music] please [Music]
006all right sports fans josh burnett here bcsc communications coordinator i'm sitting here with jacob pierce our announcer for the night i want to say a special thanks to him and all of you who are watching obviously we're in a a really interesting year an interesting time with covet 19 but we want to make sure that we can do everything we can to bring some live sports uh to you so you can watch that from maybe the comfort of your own home as well as uh wherever you feel most comfortable obviously we've got some covid 19 capacity issues and we appreciate your patience as well as your support with this live stream we are going to be live streaming both the columbus east game versus whiteland as well as the columbus north against gibson southern game
007that'll be starting at 7 30. we're here at stafford field myself jacob as well as ashland all east grads and proud to be over here announcing for the columbus east game jacob talk a little bit about what you're hoping to see from our olympians tonight well it starts on the defensive side of the ball week one there's going to be some mental mistakes on both sides but one thing that travels to home games and away games is the defense if the olympian defense can stop the run that whiteland pins its hat on the olympians will have a great chance of winning this football game and making a 2-1 series lead against the whiteland warriors the past three years very cool well jacob i can see our olympians starting to walk up to stafford field getting
008ready to announce the whiteland warriors right now as the players come out we're going to start with our starters for tonight now these are projected starters for our week one game since we haven't had a lot of film to go off of we'll start with the olympian defensive starters at defensive end number 59 chase harrison sophomore at defensive tackle number 57 km shrum a senior at noseguard number 50 trent henry senior defensive end number 52 jayden durnell jr at the sam linebacker number nine trace bergman senior at the middle linebacker number kai stidham senior at the week linebacker number 16 tj barkheimer senior at corner number six tyrell bowers senior and at the other corner number 14 rocco duffy who is a junior in the far secondary free safety number elliott koopman who is a
009senior and roaming at the strong safety number 33 parker harrison who is a senior now on to the whiteland warriors offensive starters at left tackle number 73 jacob mccarthy at left guard number 67 ernie powell at center number 71 jackson bolton at right guard number 56 ethan myers at right tackle number 72 tayton schlackel at tight end number one max sullivan at receiver number 27 desmond singleton and at the other receiver number 24 dalton de bonne at one of the running backs number 21 chase valentine number 33 landon wood at the other running back and under center for the warriors number eight brant coons those are the projected starters for tonight's ball game as here come the olympians out to center field and we are almost underway for the ihsaa regular season season opener the
010visiting warriors and your columbus east olympians those were your columbus east starters for the defensive side of the ball we're moments away from the national anthem and right after that we're going to be playing some football [Music] [Applause] great job by our olympian spirit marching band and we are moments away from the opening kickoff please coming out to midfield are the east and whiteland captains for our ceremonial coin toss beautiful weather tonight for the football game a great way to open our season the sun will be setting towards the end of the first half and it'll mostly be dark by the second half so we'll see if the teams decide to kick away from the sun towards the first half or elect to kick into the sun to the second half [Applause] [Music] the warriors
011have won the toss and have elected to defer to the second half that means the olympians will receive the football to start our 2020 ihsa football season kicking off for the warriors number 34 chris dewalt and returning for the olympians number 24 mark mcdonald [Music] [Applause] we are moments away from the opening kickoff to start our 2020 ihsa football season dewalt runs up and we are underway at stafford field the kick is caught by number 22. ernie neal breaks a tackle stiffs armed another still going across the 45-yard line great field position for the olympians to start the football game and the offense led by malachi parks parked in his first year as a full-time qb starter he's played the last two years intermittently at wide receiver and defensive back came in and substitute towards
012the later half of last season when cole gilley went down with an injury hopefully that experience can carry over to him as his first time starter at quarterback keeper by parks up the middle brought down around the 49-yard line number nine ethan tanner came in to make the tackle parks hands it to mcdonald breaking tackles out to the whiteland 45-yard line gonna be a yard short of the first down will be third and one for the olympians they're gonna bring in a second running back that's trix villero number seven the junior third and one can the olympians get their first down of the season low snap hands it to villarreal and he is wrapped up in the backfield number one came in on a stop for the warriors that's max sullivan the 6-6 junior and
013the olympians are forced to punt on their first drive of the season and as is per tradition or at least seems like tradition the olympians starting their quarterback at punter as well malachi parks back to booted away number 15 awan nikum back to return for the warriors short punt going to dribble out of bounds that's going to be maybe a five yard punt and that's going to give the warriors good field position to start their opening drive this offense led by number eight brandt coons the junior quarterback 63203 this warriors offense unique you may not see this much in ihsa football it's a jet motion based offense you're going to see the ball on the ground a lot you're going to see a lot of pre-snap motion and it makes the defense have to think
014a little bit before making a play as they send two men in motion to the right side of the formation they send 27 in promotion [Applause] whistle on the field i believe this will be on whiteland no they're gonna call on the olympians offside that's gonna be a free five yards for the warriors before they even run their first play so first and five for the warriors and the olympians not starting off on a great foot on defense three receivers to the left side now they send two of them to the right side send 27 in motion they're going to hand it to him off the right side breaking tackles and falls forward to the 41-yard line in olympian territory and that's going to be a first down for number 27 desmond singleton and that's
015what you're going to see all night seeing a receiver in motion pre-snap and making options based off that so the warriors move the chains on first down under centers coons since number 13 in motion they're going to hand it up the middle and the olympian defense there to meet him that's gonna be about four yards up the middle it'll be second and six coons and shotgun formation this time they send singleton emotion they're gonna hand it to him off the right side knocked out of bounds just short of the maybe at the 35 in there on the tackle number 32 elliott koopman who is also a varsity basketball player for the olympians going to bring up third and about three yards for the warriors let's see if the olympians can make a short yardage stop
016here coons up the middle falls forward near the marker let's see if they give it to him and they will another first down for the warriors they managed to gain the three yards they needed and just by the nose of the football the warriors another set of downs well into east territory now sends two to the left side sending singleton in motion they're going to hand it to him again cuts it up the middle still going out across the 30 into the 28 yard line good run by singleton breaking arm tackles as they cut it up the field for about four yards coons in under center weak eye formation sending receiver in motion they're gonna fake the jet sweep hand it to the running back and he's got a good burst up the middle right
017at the marker [Applause] near the 22 yard line that's number 21 chase valentine on the carry it's going to be a first down for the warriors so the east defense reeling to start off the football game as the warriors are pushing it down the field consistently and haven't even run a pass yet coons lines up in shotgun formation valentine to his left he takes the snap hands it to valentine off the right side and the olympian defenders are there to meet him may have gotten back to the line of scrimmage good job by the east defense to finally plug up that run game so it'll be second and ten it is right back to the line of scrimmage dunes coming out under center two backs behind him sends a receiver a motion he's gonna throw
018it one on one it is caught touchdown warriors number 24 dalton devone and the warriors take a quick six nothing lead here at stafford field with 6 55 left to go in the first quarter the warriors rolled down the field had great field position to start on the bad punt by parks and the warriors looking to add an extra point here it's going to be number 34 chris dewalt adding the attempt snap away hold down there's a flag down so hold that thought [Music] official speaking with the whiteland coach a penalty on the olympians offside that's going to push the ball [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] all the way back at the 10-yard line looks like we're back if you're an olympian fan you might not want to see that anyway
019it'll be second and forever they give it to mcdonald on the draw play he's got a good gain out to the 19-yard line but it's still going to be third and long for the olympians looks like mcdonald's helmet came off so he's gonna have to come out for a play they're gonna send in villaro four wide receivers in the formation definitely a passing situation for parks drops back looking to throw evading sack gets away from one and he's wrapped up this time number 37 for the warriors this one away number 15 iwo nikum back to return for the warriors better punt this time takes a bounce around the 40 and bounces backwards fielded by elliott koopman at the 39 yard line and the warriors once again starting with great field possession [Music] what coons under
020center sends two men right to the formation since 13 in motion he's going to hand it to him cuts it back up the middle out to the 31-yard line make it the 30. it's gonna be just short of the first down but a good gain on first down for the warriors dalton murray on the carry number 13. and the warriors starting off once again with a chunk run second and two for the warriors coons under center once again since singleton in motion they're going to fake the handoff throw it down the field it's going to be intercepted elliott koopman number 32 on the pick looking for room to run out to the 20-yard line and maybe the forces that turn in favor of the olympians threw it in the double threw it into double coverage
021and koopman was right there to snatch it and bring it back to the 20-yard line that may have turned the tide for the olympians we'll see it right here as parks runs back on the field this olympian's offense has been stifled so far maybe that's the little boost they needed from their defense ball at the 21 yard line two wide receivers in the set parks fakes the handoff to mcdonald busts up the middle out to the 28-yard line seven good yards on the run by parks number 50 lenario grier had his helmet come off for the warriors and they're going to run no tempo mcdonald up the middle close to the first down nearside official just short of the marker as it appears they're going to give it to him nearside official was a little
022off but they call it a first down and that's the first first down for the olympians this game coming here with three and a half minutes left to go in the first quarter parks fakes the handoff looking to throw evading rush out the outside wrapped up at around the 43 yard line and parks makes something out of nothing busted protection and showing off those wide receiver skills that he's had the past couple years gets the first down for the olympians and once again the olympians moving towards warrior territory they send bergman emotion they're going to hand it to him bergman cutting outside puts it back up the middle breaking tackles out across midfield in another first down for the olympians so three plays three first downs for the olympians still going up tempo parks takes
023the snap hands it to mcdonald breaking tackle still going out to the 43-yard line before he is brought down so the first down streak ends but still a positive play for the olympians [Music] macdonald a three-year varsity running back starter he's had his fair fair share of knocks and bruises but he is a strong runner and he's going to be a big part of this olympian's offense as parks busts it off the right side frankie tackles across the 25 and up to the 20-yard line the olympians in the red zone for the first time this game and the warriors call a time out to stop the bleeding right away the coach came out and said we want time the teams start to funnel out after the time out the olympians have been rolling down the
024field after that elliott kootman interception really seemed to upstart this olympian's offense as they're now in the red zone looking a strike to make this game tied parks hands it to mcdonald cuts it up the middle across the 15. cross the 10 falls down just short of the five yard line another olympians first down and it's going to be first and goal [Applause] if mcdonald could have broken that last tackle that would have been an easy six for the olympians but nonetheless first and goal up tempo parks keeps it off the left side and he's wrapped up right away falls forward towards the three yard line so cut the yardage in half from the six to the three it'll be second and goal parks takes a snap but a flag down who's this gonna be
025on this may be a big penalty it's gonna be on the olympians full start on the olympians that's gonna push it back to the eight yard line