Chelan 14 - Cle Elum 49

One of the many reasons that we enjoy Chelan High Head Coach Darren Talley is that he doesn't back down when times get a little tough.  There's no question that, at least so far, this is a down year for his squad, particularly after the success of the last few years.  Nevertheless, Coach Talley continues to provide a weekly update on his teams game.  At smaller schools there is inevitably an ebb and flow as talented classes graduate and new players get coached up to speed.  Larger schools are often more able to absorb the losses that come with graduation and often have a ready arsenal of new players ready to pump into the system.  Given his history as a coach in Chelan, it is only a matter of time before his team is, once again, winning big games.  You can hear it in his words below, if you read them carefully.  Here's Coach Talley's game report for last week's contest against Cle Elum.

Chelan started the opening drive of the game ready to play football, running and passing the ball to pay dirt.  Cle Elum answered right back and the game was on.  Chelan made too many turnovers to put themselves in a positive situation and Cle Elum capitalized on those mistakes taking a lead that they never relinquished, defeating Chelan 49 - 14.  We did not play well as a team, and we did not respond to an excited Cle Elum team.  We will work to correct what needs to be corrected this week as we head to Seattle this next weekend to take on 2010 2A playoff quarterfinal foe, Foster High School in Tukwila.  One real nice positive was seeing young Tanner Hendricks come in at QB, allowing Matt Robinson to take his starting role at Wide Receiver, which allowed Matt to immediately take charge on a 40 yard reception from Tanner for six.  On the defensive side, a real bright spot was the play of sophomore Konnar Stevens.  The kicking game became very solid this week with open tryouts and a surprise as Jared Anderson shined as a deep kicker and was perfect two for two on PAT's in the game.   In this awesome game called football, as in life, there are ups, and there are downs.  We will continue to work as hard as possible in either, because if we don't we are almost guaranteed to have more of the later. 

 

Stats are attached.  Please call or email me with any questions.

 

Sincerely,

 

Darren Talley

 

Darren Talley - Head Football & Ass't Track Coach Chelan H.S.PO Box 969Chelan, WA 98816
509.682.2444 - voice home
509.682.4424 - voice Chelan office
360.397.0407 - faxDarren@TalleyFinancial.com

Chelan vs Cle Elum Game Stats

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