Strong Second Half Boosts JV Roadrunners to Second Victory

Down 6-8 at the halftime of their Monday game in Leon, the junior Varsity Roadrunners dug a little deeper to tack on 26 second half points to take the victory 32-20 over Central Decatur. Interstate took the lead early in the first half by taking their first offensive possession down the field to make it a 6-0 score. However, they were stymied in the second half and allowed a touchdown and a quick two point conversion to put them in the hole at the break.

With a strong break out performance by sophomore fullback Jonathan "Rollie" Young, the offense was able to get back in gear the second half. Young made road kill of the hapless Cardinals as they tried to make the tackle. He was even given the nod on many 3rd and long plays from his fullback position to bust a simple trap play into a quick, hard-nosed ten yards.

Not to be outdone in the second half was Travis Yossett who accounted for a couple of scores himself including a kick-off return after the momentum looked to have changed in Central Decatur's favor. Up two scores, the Roadrunner kickoff team allowed a deep kickoff to be run back for a touchdown. After denying the two point conversion, a long kick over the head of Yossett looked like it was going to be trouble. Yossett then scooped up the ball on his own 20, ran to the Interstate wall, made one cut to head for daylight and hit paydirt in the end zone a couple of seconds later. The score would be the remedy needed to break the Cardinal momentum and the victory was earned late in the fourth quarter when freshman Austin Wagner weaved his way through the porous Cardinal defense ending Interstate's scoring at 32.

While the Cardinal defense struggled to adjust to a unbalanced Interstate offense, the defense was able to keep the fast paced Central Decatur bottled up in the second half. A rejuvenated Roadrunner defense held the Cardinals to one score that came as time expired in the game. Hard hits and forced fumbles were the hallmarks of the defense after halftime spurring the Roadrunners on to victory.

The Roadrunners take their 2-1 record back home on Monday of homecoming week to take on the Raiders of Mt. Ayr.