On Saturday, March 27 Churchill County High School took on Fernley, their long-time rival for both Varsity and JV, at home. The JV team took the field first with a 12:30 kick off time. The entire game was invigorating and fun to watch. There was never a lull in game play. The JV Greenwave quickly took care of Fernley’s JV team, with a final score of 63-0. In their next game, the Geenwave will face the Lowry Buckaroos at home on April 3. The Buckaroos recently lost to Elko 33-0. When CCHS went head-to-head with Elko, they managed to keep Elko to a mere 2 points last week. The game against the Buckaroos should be an easy one for the Greenwave, as long as they keep up their hard work and they do not relent.
The Varsity team kicked off at 3:00, immediately following completion of the JV game. The Greenwave started the game quite excitingly. They kicked off to Fernley's Vaqueros to start the game. When the ball landed, a Vaqueros player touched in but never managed to secure possession of the ball. Luckily a Greenwave player was right there and obtained possession of the ball. Their first touchdown of the first quarter was completed by #6 Levi Andrews, the P.A.T. was good, kicked by #81 Sam Robertson. At the sixth minute, Andrews ran four yards for another touchdown, and the kick from Robertson that followed was good. In the last 3 minutes of the first quarter Fernley scored and, in an attempt to lessen the Greenwave lead, tried for a two-point conversion. But the Greenwave stopped them and on their last possession of the quarter, with a mere 10 seconds left, CCHS scored with another 30-yard run from Andrews and Robertson secured the extra point.
The second quarter started off intense, CCHS scored with eight minutes left before the half. #1 Colby Malkovich ran the ball in to score Greenwave’s fourth touchdown of the day, and Robertson scored the extra point. With 45 seconds left before the half, Fernley scored another touchdown and again attempted for a two-point conversion, but they were stopped yet again. The score at the half was 28-12.
After the half is when things took a turn for the worse for CCHS. In the third quarter, CCHS took the field cockily, assuming that they had already won the game. As the end of the third quarter approached, the Greenwave appeared confused on the offensive side of the ball. Their quarterback looked scrambled, like he never knew what the play was that was taking place. The defense quickly grew tired, as they were never off the field more than a few minutes at a time. With five minutes left, Fernley managed to out play CCHS’ defense and scored a touchdown. Again, the Vaqueros tried for a two-point conversion and were once again stopped. In the final quarter, the team got their heads’ back in the game and the spark was relit. Andrews scored at the beginning, with an eight-yard run. Robertson’s kicked that followed was called good.
With seven minutes left to go, Strasdin picked the ball off from the Vaqueros, leading to their sixth and final touchdown, ran in by Malkovich. Sadly, the kick that Robertson attempted was called no good. In the final quarter, the team got their heads’ back in the game and the spark was relit. Andrews scored at the beginning, with an eight-yard run. Robertson’s kicked that followed was called good. With seven minutes left to go, Strasdin picked the ball off from the Vaqueros, leading to their sixth and final touchdown, ran in by Malkovich. Sadly, the kick that Robertson attempted was called no good The only player that never stopped giving 110%, and continuously rallied the team together was Colby Malkovich. Exhausted from being on both sides of the ball, this kid never lost his spark in this game.
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