By Coach Joel Formanek

Week three of action for the Belle Plaine Optimist Youth Football team was an exciting one.  Belle Plaine tied 6-6 against Cedar Rapids Regis 2 at Cedar Rapids LaSalle Middle School on Sunday. Both teams were undefeated going into the game.

The first half was back and forth with no score. Belle Plaine in the second half came out right away and Jonathan Stone intercepted a pass and returned it to the 5-yard line.  Brant DeMuelenaere scored on the very next play.  The extra point failed.

Belle Plaine played pretty solid defense the rest of the half.  The lone score for Cedar Rapids came one play after a Belle Plaine fumble that was returned to the 15-yard line.  They missed the kick and that was the final score.

We had a lot of drives where we moved the ball really well but just couldn’t get it in the end zone. We had one drive end at the 15 yard line and one that ended at the 25 yard line just before half time.

Overall I was happy with the performance. We played a really tough team and held our own for playing a bigger school than us.

Belle Plaine plays next week at Newton Black starting at 1 p.m. Sunday.  This will be another tough challenge as Newton Black is undefeated and looks to be the best Newton team we will play.  It will be fun for the kids because they have an artificial turf field to play on.