Tanager freshman team suffers OT loss

After scoring the tying points in the fourth quarter, the home team came up short in overtime when they were unable to match EP/J's 2-point conversion and lost the game in a heartbreaker.

Offensively: Andrew Eidem went 87 yards on 18 carries and a TD; Mike Oberle � 10 carries/55 yards; Tony Thomas � 8 rushes for 50 yards, and 3 for 9 passing for 58 yards. Tyler Steele caught a 15-yard pass and ran another 45 yards for the tying TD in the fourth.

Eidem scored the TD in OT with a 3-yard run.

Defense: Oberle � 15 Tackles; Eidem � 9 Ts; Chris Cameron � 7 Ts; Steele � 5 ; Tyler Johnson and Kyle Nemei � 4 Ts, each.

Coach Jason Huska was satisfied with the performance.

"Defensively we did a nice job. The kids are beginning to understand how to play defense together. Offensively, we hurt ourselves on drives as we moved the ball but then have a breakdown, but we hung in there and played hard. All aspects of our game are improving," he said.