Around the SIRR: Du Quoin uses big second half to down Bulldogs

http://www.dailyregister.com/sports/20170902/du-quoin-uses-big-second-half-to-down-bulldogs

HARRISBURG, IL (Harrisburg Register. –  Please click on the link for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

Du Quoin fumbled five times, Harrisburg threw two interceptions, and the clubs combined for 21 penalties, but it was still an exciting Friday night at Taylor Field when the Indians were able to hang on for a 33-27 win over the Bulldogs in Week 2 prep action.

HHS (1-1) jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and led 20-14 at intermission before Du Quoin (2-0) started a second half rally which was led by its defense.

The positives that we can take from this are that we found a way to win,” said Du Quoin coach AJ Hill. “A lot of things didn’t go our way, we didn’t play very well. We had a lot of penalties and put ourselves in a lot of bad situations right off the bat, but I’m just proud of the way our guys fought back and didn’t let the momentum shifts keep us down.”

“We put ourselves in a position to win, and we were pretty close,” said Harrisburg coach Gabe Angelly. “We told our defense all week long that if we focused on making them have long drives, that they were going to turn the ball over. They didn’t have to do that in Week One. So our gameplan worked out there, but when we stalled out a few different times in a row, and they had the ball in our territory in the second half, especially. We just didn’t execute coming out of halftime.”