Travis Burk focused on the positives after his College Heights Christian football team suffered an 82-30 setback to Orrick in Week 2 of the 2022 season.
“I felt we made some improvements from Week 1, even if you can’t tell by the score,” Burk told SoMo Sports. “Orrick has a great program and has been solid for several years. We have a lot of work to do and a lot of teaching. I was proud of our effort. I never want to make excuses, and we preach the same thing to the athletes. In reality, though, we are still learning and football is new to so many of them.”
The Cougars scored 16 points in the first quarter.
Logan Decker ran for a 1-yard touchdown and ran in the 2-point conversion.
A sophomore, Decker completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Colsen Dickens. Decker ran in for the extra point.
In the second quarter, Decker threw a 64-yard TD pass to Caleb Quade. The 2-point try was good, as Decker completed a pass to Quade.
CHC’s final score came when Decker completed a 10-yard pass to Dickens. The 2-point conversion failed.
Orrick led 52-30 at halftime.
The hosts outscored the Cougars 30-0 after the break for the final margin of the 8-man clash. The Bearcats improved to 2-0.
Burk noted there were many positives in the game. He added he saw several areas of concern that the Cougars will be working on this week in practice.
“Offensively, I really felt we competed great in the first half but missed a few key blocks that could have helped us score a few more times,” Burk said. “We’ll get that cleaned up this week. Defensively, we need to finish our tackles, which we will also be working on.”
College Heights (0-2) will host Greenfield (0-2) at 7 on Friday night at Joplin High School.
Greenfield has suffered losses to Appleton City (44-20) and to Liberal (36-12).
