SOUTH WAYNE - Black Hawk senior Shane Jackson's timing couldn't have been better Friday night.
Jackson intercepted a pass from River Ridge's Ron White on the second play of the third quarter that turned the tide and set up the go-ahead score in the Warriors' 24-13 win over the Timberwolves at Murphy Field. Black Hawk's offense cashed in right away with junior Cody Foster racing in for an 8-yard TD run to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead.
"I saw both backs going out and I picked up the tight end coming over the middle," Jackson said. "I was pretty lucky to be at the right place at the right time."
Black Hawk coach Cory Milz knows Jackson's interception was a big catalyst in jump-starting the Warriors, who outscored the Timberwolves 17-6 in the second half.
"Teenage boys kind of have fragile minds," Milz said. "With a lot of kids, the key is to get them to have confidence before they have doubt. Our kids started to gain some confidence and their kids started to have some doubt."
With the win, Black Hawk improves to 6-2 (5-2 Six Rivers Conference). Jackson led the Warriors rushing for 196 yards on 21 carries.
The Warriors' defense was opportunistic all night forcing three turnovers (two interceptions, one fumble). A fumble recovery late in the third quarter was the springboard to Jackson's 33-yard TD run.
Early on, both teams got off to auspicious starts. After Black Hawk's first drive ended in an interception, the Warriors responded on the ensuing drive marching 80-yards in 11 plays. The potential scoring drive was set up when Jackson ripped off a 59-yard run. The drive ended when Jackson missed a 22-yard field goal.
River Ridge drove down to the Warriors' 5-yard line on the next drive, but a critical holding penalty pushed them back and the Timberwolves missed a 31-yard field goal.
On the ensuing drive, the Warriors capitalized when senior Marcus Hagen broke away after recovering a fumble and rumbled for a 30-yard TD run at the end of the first quarter.
Midway through the second quarter, the Timberwolves appeared to tie the game on Luke Moris' 64-yard TD run, but the score was wiped out by a holding penalty.
The Timberwolves tied the game with a 10-play, 69-yard drive culminating in Moris' 4-yard TD run with 1 minute, 13 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Warriors were plagued by 10 penalties for 85 yards.
"We knew they would be a physical football team," Jackson said. "At halftime, we knew we had to go in and get a little more fired up. We were kind of flat in the first half. This was a must-win game."
The Timberwolves' stacked I-offense created some big plays in the first half and Milz challenged his team to stop the run.
"I told them at halftime, it will come down to if you can stuff them in the hole and get off blocks. They just had to physically get it done."
Jackson intercepted a pass from River Ridge's Ron White on the second play of the third quarter that turned the tide and set up the go-ahead score in the Warriors' 24-13 win over the Timberwolves at Murphy Field. Black Hawk's offense cashed in right away with junior Cody Foster racing in for an 8-yard TD run to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead.
"I saw both backs going out and I picked up the tight end coming over the middle," Jackson said. "I was pretty lucky to be at the right place at the right time."
Black Hawk coach Cory Milz knows Jackson's interception was a big catalyst in jump-starting the Warriors, who outscored the Timberwolves 17-6 in the second half.
"Teenage boys kind of have fragile minds," Milz said. "With a lot of kids, the key is to get them to have confidence before they have doubt. Our kids started to gain some confidence and their kids started to have some doubt."
With the win, Black Hawk improves to 6-2 (5-2 Six Rivers Conference). Jackson led the Warriors rushing for 196 yards on 21 carries.
The Warriors' defense was opportunistic all night forcing three turnovers (two interceptions, one fumble). A fumble recovery late in the third quarter was the springboard to Jackson's 33-yard TD run.
Early on, both teams got off to auspicious starts. After Black Hawk's first drive ended in an interception, the Warriors responded on the ensuing drive marching 80-yards in 11 plays. The potential scoring drive was set up when Jackson ripped off a 59-yard run. The drive ended when Jackson missed a 22-yard field goal.
River Ridge drove down to the Warriors' 5-yard line on the next drive, but a critical holding penalty pushed them back and the Timberwolves missed a 31-yard field goal.
On the ensuing drive, the Warriors capitalized when senior Marcus Hagen broke away after recovering a fumble and rumbled for a 30-yard TD run at the end of the first quarter.
Midway through the second quarter, the Timberwolves appeared to tie the game on Luke Moris' 64-yard TD run, but the score was wiped out by a holding penalty.
The Timberwolves tied the game with a 10-play, 69-yard drive culminating in Moris' 4-yard TD run with 1 minute, 13 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Warriors were plagued by 10 penalties for 85 yards.
"We knew they would be a physical football team," Jackson said. "At halftime, we knew we had to go in and get a little more fired up. We were kind of flat in the first half. This was a must-win game."
The Timberwolves' stacked I-offense created some big plays in the first half and Milz challenged his team to stop the run.
"I told them at halftime, it will come down to if you can stuff them in the hole and get off blocks. They just had to physically get it done."
