Titan football team ends playoffs, season in Touchet

The Odessa-Harrington football team lost its final game this year to Touchet in a playoff game there last Friday, November 15. The score was 68-14.

O-H 0 0 0 14 14

Touchet 30 14 16 8 68

Touchet set the tone early, scoring first on a safety and building up to 30 points in the first quarter alone. The Titans were unable to put any points on the scoreboard until the fourth quarter, when Sam Schafer made a 20-yard run into the end zone. The pass play for extra points was no good.

Caleb Behrens came in at quarterback and connected with Joey Buell on a 10-yard pass play. Behrens then ran the ball on a quarterback keeper for the two-point conversion.

O-H had 60 yards rushing on 15 carries and was 5 for 15 passing with two interceptions and 100 kick-return yards. Carsen Weber had 45 yards on kick returns and punt returns.

On defense, Carsen Weber had 9 assist tackles and 5 solo tackles, Sam Schafer 11 assist tackles and 4 solo tackles, Jacob DeWulf 6 assist tackles and 3 solo tackles, Sage Elder 5 assist tackles and 2 solo tackles, Dillon Dennison 4 assist tackles and 2 solo tackles and Caleb Behrens 4 assist tackles and 2 solo tackles.

Comments by head coach Bruce Todd: Touchet was dominant in every aspect of the game. They were the fastest, quickest, most aggressive team we’ve faced this year. Their defense was outstanding. It was a good learning experience for our young kids. Our thoughts after the game centered around what it is going to take for each individual on our team to be as good as the team that just beat us. Our kids need to make a serious commitment to the weight room and work on their speed, agility and quickness.

Touchet defense was tough, quick, physical and aggressive. We couldn’t stop their running game. We couldn’t get anything going on offense because their front line and linebackers were upon us before we could get anything going.