Cougars fight hard but fall to Providence Day
CHARLOTTE – The Cannon football team knew it had its work cut out for it as it headed to highly regarded Providence Day on Friday night.
The Cougars looked competitive early and only trailed Providence Day by five points in the second quarter and by just eight at halftime. However, the physical nature and depth of the Chargers eventually wore on Cannon, and the Cougars fell, 49-10.
“For the first half, we held our own and actually had opportunities,” Cougars coach Brad Hoover said. “About midway through that third quarter is when they started just beating us down and grinding us away.”
While the score at the end may not have necessarily reflected the game as a whole in Hoover’s opinion, the type of game the Cougars got was exactly what they dreaded.
“It probably honestly should have been a little bit closer of a game,” Hoover said. “We were worried coming in about how we matched up up front, and that’s where we physically got beat down.”
The good news for private-school Division 2 Cannon (3-2) is that it will no longer have to face Division 1 teams like Providence Day (5-1) for the rest of the season, as the Cougars begin conference play at home this Thursday against SouthLake Christian, a game moved up a day in accordance with the Jewish holiday.
The Cougars’ only losses have come to either public school powerhouses or a private school a classification above them, and Hoover is fairly happy with where his team is right now.
“We want to see where we stack up as we make a push toward the playoffs,” Hoover said. “For us, personally, I think we’re right about where we thought we’d be through five games.
“The big two that I look at in our conference are High Point and Statesville Christian,” he continued. “Those have been the two teams in these lower two divisions the last two years that have kind of run the table.”
-- Henry Hutton
CHARLOTTE – The Cannon football team knew it had its work cut out for it as it headed to highly regarded Providence Day on Friday night.
The Cougars looked competitive early and only trailed Providence Day by five points in the second quarter and by just eight at halftime. However, the physical nature and depth of the Chargers eventually wore on Cannon, and the Cougars fell, 49-10.
“For the first half, we held our own and actually had opportunities,” Cougars coach Brad Hoover said. “About midway through that third quarter is when they started just beating us down and grinding us away.”
While the score at the end may not have necessarily reflected the game as a whole in Hoover’s opinion, the type of game the Cougars got was exactly what they dreaded.
“It probably honestly should have been a little bit closer of a game,” Hoover said. “We were worried coming in about how we matched up up front, and that’s where we physically got beat down.”
The good news for private-school Division 2 Cannon (3-2) is that it will no longer have to face Division 1 teams like Providence Day (5-1) for the rest of the season, as the Cougars begin conference play at home this Thursday against SouthLake Christian, a game moved up a day in accordance with the Jewish holiday.
The Cougars’ only losses have come to either public school powerhouses or a private school a classification above them, and Hoover is fairly happy with where his team is right now.
“We want to see where we stack up as we make a push toward the playoffs,” Hoover said. “For us, personally, I think we’re right about where we thought we’d be through five games.
“The big two that I look at in our conference are High Point and Statesville Christian,” he continued. “Those have been the two teams in these lower two divisions the last two years that have kind of run the table.”
-- Henry Hutton
