Palatine has rolled back to 2-2 after defeating the Wildkits of Evanston by a score of 49-20. They strive to win out for the rest of the season.
“You have to do little things right to win the games,” Head Coach Corey Olson stated about what needs to be completed going forward. “There’s not an athlete issue. We got plenty of athletes, but what we got to do is we got to execute better.”
Week 1’s neck and neck battle with the North Stars from St. Charles North was a tennis match of touchdowns, but unfortunately Palatine couldn’t keep up in the second half, being out scored 20-7 and ultimately taking the 37-34 defeat. Tommy Elter had a solid performance with 195 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. Ethan Plumb, North Stars Quarterback threw for 332 yards, 3 touchdowns and was also intercepted once, by junior Ethan Hunt.
“Well, I’d say every week, we’re pretty serious about getting stuff done. But this week, just as far as today, we want to lock in and hone in on our individual jobs as a whole on the defensive side of the ball, so we can succeed as a unit,” Linebacker Christian Courtney said. “Everybody has to do their job in order to get the win this week.”
Week 2 arrived and the pirates did not disappoint, clobbering Buffalo Grove 42-17. That’s excluding the touchdown return from Jacob Stark that should’ve stayed a touchdown.
“We’re just gonna take it week by week and focus on our job ahead of us right now,” Courtney stated. “We have to play every team with the same mentality that we’re going to win and get the job done.”
Weeks 3 and 4 were uphill and downhill. They lost to a sold out Maine South crowd 28-21 in dramatic fashion, but then came back on a solid home territory win over the Wildkits. They will travel to Hoffman Estates this Friday.
