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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2021
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By far the worst part of Fri
day’s scrimmage for BCA,
though, came late in the first
half when senior linebacker/
defensive end Trevor Slaick
suffered a serious leg inju
ry while joining in on a stop
and had to be carried off the
field on a stretcher. It was a
gut punch, Lane said, for the
Knights, who will be with
out Slaick on the field as
he spends the next several
months rehabbing in hopes of
being ready for BCA's base
ball season in the spring.
“When you have a close-
knit group like this one and
one of your teammates gets
injured, it has an effect on
you,” Lane said. “I thought
the kids bounced back really
well in the second half. That’s
a tough blow losing Trevor
because he’s a great leader for
us. Right now, we’re praying
for him to recover and prog
ress to where he can have as
normal a senior year as pos
sible. He’s been a real utility
guy for us on both sides of
the ball and a mainstay in our
special teams, so that means
some guys will have to step
up in that regard, and we’ll
just have to take it one day at
a time.
“I think where it duly hurts
us is his leadership ability.
Obviously his athleticism is a
big loss, but he’s the kind of
guy who loves his teammates
and wants to see them suc
ceed. We’ve really got to have
guys step up right now, but
he’ll still be around the team
and give us everything he has
and I think our kids will re
spond well to that.”
As for last week’s scrim
mage itself, the action went
back and forth throughout
the first half, with both teams
exchanging touchdowns
quickly to open the game.
On the first play from scrim
mage, Matthew Miller, who
scored all three of Provi
dence’s first-half touchdowns,
caught a tipped screen pass
from Connor Jones out on
the edge and raced 65 yards
untouched to help give the
Storm an early 8-0 advantage.
BCA responded, though, as
promising sophomore Joshua
Adams ripped off a 60-yard
touchdown run to make it 8-7
with 10:41 left in the opening
quarter.
The Knights had a chance to
take the lead early in the sec
ond quarter after junior Ben
Reed, the team’s new start
ing quarterback, found senior
standout receiver Ty Whiting
on a big pass play down to the
Storm 8-yard line. But a cou
ple of plays later. Reed had
a pass tipped and intercept
ed, and that set the stage for
an 89-yard touchdown drive
by Providence, which was
capped when Jones found
Miller again from 23 yards
out on a third down-and-long
play to make it 16-7 with 4:38
left in the half.
The teams needed just a lit
tle over a minute to exchange
touchdowns again. Whiting
caught a 10-yard touchdown
pass from Reed after the
Knights quickly moved into
the Providence red zone with
the help of a pair of person
al-foul penalties and a defen
sive pass interference call.
Reed then connected with Jay
Fulford on a two-point con
version to make it 16-15 with
3:49 to go in the half.
But the Storm came right
back. After a pass interfer
ence against the Knights
moved the ball to midfield,
Miller bolted free again for a
50-yard touchdown run, and
Providence converted another
two-point conversion to go up
24-15. Miller put an exclama
tion mark on his impressive
first half with an interception
on BCA’s final possession
of the half. The backup units
each scored a touchdown in
the third quarter before Prov
idence came away with one
more in the final period.
“We saw some good things
Friday, but one of the things
that was a little disappointing
was giving up the big play,”
Lane said. “That first play that
went for the touchdown, we
got hung up inside and took
poor angles to the ball. Those
are things that we have to and
we will get better at. Offen
sively, there were too many
penalties. Hopefully our guys
will continue to mature in the
roles and our decision-mak
ing will be better on plays.
Just don’t try to do too much.
“I don’t think there were a
lot of physical errors, just a lot
of mental errors — things we
have to make sure we don’t
have if we want to be success
ful Friday night.”
BCA now turns its attention
to Friday night’s opener when
it’ll face a Strong Rock team
that is coming off a 4-6 season
but lost a significant amount
of its offensive production to
graduation.
Senior quarterback Brady
Sanders does return to lead
the Patriots’ run-heavy of
fense with senior Aaron
Bright back as the team’s
leading returning rusher and
likely to take on the bulk of
the carries following the grad
uation of 1,000-yard rusher
Jackson Wilkerson.
Senior linebacker Will
Turner is among the top re
turning defensive players for
Strong Rock.
“We haven’t heard a lot
about them and are going into
the first game leaning on us
ing a lot of intuition,” Lane
said. “We’ve got to prepare
for a little bit of everything,
and that’s often part of play
ing the first game. They’ve
got the same coach, so we
feel like they’ll be really sim
ilar and don’t anticipate any
major changes.
“We feel like we’re in a
much better position this year
to play really well against
them, but we’ve got to con
tinue to get a little bit better
every day.”
Kickoff Friday is set for
7:30 p.m.
Photo by Scott Thompson/
BCA’s Lawson Wooten gives chase to Providence Christian quarterback Connor
Jones during the first half of the teams’ preseason scrimmage Friday, Aug. 13, at
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