WOODLAWN - Depending on how the rest of the season plays out, the seniors on this year’s Woodlawn Bears football team may have played their last game at the Carl Jones Sports Complex.The Hermitage Hermits informed Woodlawn Monday that they are forfeiting their varsity football game that was scheduled for this Friday night, Oct. 11, at the Carl Jones Sports Complex. It was the Bears’ final home game for the regular season, and was scheduled to be Senior Night.Woodlawn Coach Zach Meyer announced that the junior high teams are still scheduled to play, but the starting time has been moved from 5 to 6 p.m. Meyer said “Senior Night” ceremonies will be held during halftime of the junior high game.Meyer and his staff were anxious to get back on the field after suffering a 52-14 loss to top-ranked Strong last week in their South Conference opener. Woodlawn improves to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play with the Hermitage forfeit.While the final turned out to be a 38-point loss, it was just a two-score game (30-14) with about 8 minutes left before the Bulldogs punched in three late scores against a tiring defense to pull away.Meyer said he was pleased with the attitude he found with the team when the returned to practice Monday. “They kept their head up,” he said.As the team reviewed film of of the Strong game Monday, Meyer said they saw several mistakes they made that could have made a big difference in the game overall. “We’ve got to be more consistent,” he said. “You can have six guys block perfectly on one play, and if just one of them takes a play off, it makes all of them look bad.”Meyer said those “off plays” can really hurt a team like Woodlawn since the offense is predicated on running the ball and controlling the clock. That approach become even more important against a team like Strong that has a speed and athletic advantage. “We can’t be behind the sticks,” he said,...
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