{"id":7117,"date":"2008-09-16T10:22:20","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T17:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/auburn-rolls-over-kentwood-28-7-in\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T20:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T03:05:34","slug":"auburn-rolls-over-kentwood-28-7-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/auburn-rolls-over-kentwood-28-7-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn rolls over Kentwood 28-7 in"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Kentwood Conquerors\u2019 point of view, there were no surprises about what Auburn did on the football field last Friday night.<\/p>\n

No surprises \u2013 except for one.<\/p>\n

The Conks couldn\u2019t keep the Trojans from doing it.<\/p>\n

Auburn ran the football 48 times, and moved forward on 44 of those carries. By the end of the night, the Trojans had outgained Kentwood by nearly 300 yards, and had outscored the Conquerors by three touchdowns, posting a 28-7 South Puget Sound League North Division victory at Auburn Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re well coached, and they kind of play to their strengths,\u201d Kentwood coach Rex Norris said after his came up short in its league opener and dropped to 1-1 for the season. \u201cAny time you have big, strong kids like that, they\u2019re going to make plays. They didn\u2019t do anything we weren\u2019t expecting. We had some interior problems, but we fixed that, then (the Trojans) adjusted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hard even to get the ball,\u201d Norris added.<\/p>\n

Auburn was credited for 408 yards. Kentwood logged just 116.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow often does Kentwood give up even 200 yards, much less 400? Our kids did a good job of blocking,\u201d Trojans coach Gordon Elliott said. \u201cAs many young guys as we have playing (Auburn has at least half a dozen sophomores on the field almost every play), they\u2019re getting used to high school football real quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kentwood got into the end zone just once all night \u2013 and that came when the Conquerors\u2019 defense was on the field.<\/p>\n

Down 13-0 at halftime, the Conks took the second half kickoff, moved from its own 24 to its 49 in eight plays, but had to punt on fourth-and-7, putting Auburn in business on its own 28.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the Trojans decided to step out of the box for a play. This time, Carlo Lavoie launched a pass down the right flank. Darrius Coleman stepped in front, picked it off, and rambled down the sideline for the touchdown. Matt Bell\u2019s PAT brought the Conquerors within 13-7.<\/p>\n

That was still the score at the outset of the fourth quarter when Kentwood had to punt it away. Auburn converted, going 61 yards in eight plays to make it 21-7. Austen Embody had the big run, going 22 yards down the right side before being knocked out of bounds at the Conqueror 1. A penalty flag was thrown against KW, but Auburn took the play, and Gouveia finished the drive on the next snap to make it 19-7. Young then ran in the two-point conversion, pushing it to a two-touchdown margin with 7:35 left.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were prepared. We definitely had our defensive game plan. They just outplayed us today,\u201d Kentwood senior quarterback Luke Angevine said. \u201cWe just have to come back (Thursday night) against Tahoma and forget about this and play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kentwood had a couple of near-misses, including a pass off the hands in the end zone, and a big run by Darrius Coleman that was called back because of a holding penalty. Coleman had taken the ball from the KW 28 all the way to around the Auburn 30 before getting shoved out of bounds by Lavoie when the flag flew.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed two wide-open touchdowns,\u201d Norris said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t take advantage of those, you\u2019re going to get beat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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