{"id":1047,"date":"2024-10-05T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2024-10-05T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:03:54","slug":"cards-stumble-late-fall-41-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1047","title":{"rendered":"Cards stumble late, fall 41-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fort Bragg scores 28 unanswered points to snap 13-13 tie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FORT BRAGG >> The Clear Lake Cardinals were hoping to take another step forward Friday night during a North Central League I varsity football road game against the Fort Bragg Timberwolves, but at best took another step sideways in a 41-13 loss that leaves the team at 0-5 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just not a very well-coached team right now,\u201d Clear Lake head coach Mark Cory said after the Cardinals, coming off a hard-fought 34-28 loss against Middletown a week earlier, fell apart over the final quarter against Fort Bragg (2-2 league, 3-3 overall). \u201cIt lands at my feet. We\u2019re not doing enough offensively or defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the final score indicates a one-sided affair, this game was tied 13-13 early in the third quarter after Clear Lake took the second-half kickoff and drove the length of the field, finally scoring on quarterback AJ Bruch\u2019s second touchdown pass of the night, this one a 17-yarder to Ty Bingham, which along with Nolan Ewing\u2019s extra-point kick knotted the score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tie game lasted only until Fort Bragg\u2019s next possession as the Timberwolves answered with a touchdown and two-point conversion for a 21-13 lead. Clear Lake appeared to cut into that deficit on its next drive only to have a touchdown pass from Bruch to Adrian Truby wiped out by a holding penalty. Those same two players connected on a 60-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter that brought The Cardinals within a point of Fort Bragg at 7-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The negated touchdown left the score at 21-13, which is how the third quarter ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll hell broke loose (for us) after that,\u201d Cory said of the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg lengthened its lead to 27-13 just eight seconds into the fourth period before breaking the game wide open with two more quick touchdowns, one set by a Clear Lake lost fumble on a kickoff return. Before the Cardinals knew it, they were down 41-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruch\u2019s touchdown pass to Jace Beard with 1:34 to play cut the margin to 41-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cory compared to loss to a 45-13  non-league loss to St. Bernard\u2019s earlier this season when the Cardinals hung around most of the game before giving up a large number of points down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was very similar to St. Bernard\u2019s,\u201d Cory said. \u201cBut the bottom line is Fort Bragg was making the plays and we weren\u2019t. Fort Bragg is much improved from a year ago and did a good job. They were running it down our throats at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One bright spot for the Cardinals was the play of Bruch, who finished 16-for-34 for 259 yards with three touchdowns but also two interceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAJ played really well tonight,\u201d Cory said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truby caught four passes for 133 yards with a touchdown. The Cardinals gained only 49 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg led 13-6 at the half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe played decent football for two-plus quarters,\u201d Cory said. \u201cWe\u2019re just not consistent enough right now. We need to do a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake returns home next Friday to play a Lower Lake (1-3, 3-3) team coming off back-to-back home overtime losses to St. Helena and Upper Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg and Clear Lake tied 14-14 in the junior varsity game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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