An ugly win is better than a pretty loss.  That pretty much is how Coach Rusty Buzzard felt about the Coleman victory over Rotan 21 to 12.  But a win is a win and the Cats can go into their bye week with a 3-0 pre-season record.  The Bluecats didn't get off to a good start and seemed sluggish for much of the first half.  It was Rotan that scored first holding Coleman scoreless until late in the second quarter.  The Cats looked much better in the second half and held off last quarter attempts by the Yellowhammers to get back in the game.  To the credit of Rotan, they were a shifty bunch with much team speed and enough talent to carry them well when they get into district competition.  To Coleman's credit, the Bluecats never gave up and played hard-nosed defense we've come to know and love.  To the credit of the Bluecat fans, there was more blue in the stadium than there was orange.  The game summary and Cat Stats follow:

* Coleman won the toss - first series ended with Coleman losing a fumble
* Rotan's first series ended when Coleman's Bronson Buzzard intercepted a pass 
* Coleman's second series ended with a fumbled exchange between the quarterback and center, Rotan recovered
* Rotan scored the first TD of the game on a 3 yard run by quarterback Josh Reese with :31 remaining in the first
           quarter.  Coleman's Chase Avants blocked the extra point, Rotan 6 and Coleman 0
* Coleman recovered an on-side kick at midfield to begin a new series. Rotan eventually took over on downs after
           Coleman failed to convert a 4th and 6 play
* Rotan shot themselves in the foot with two penalties to help stop their drive. Curtis Yates also made two quality tackles
            for the Bluecats. Series ended in a punt by Rotan
* Coleman went three plays and had to punt
* Rotan stalled on a 4th and 9 and had to punt
* Coleman scored on their next series on a 38 yard romp by Stanley Cole with 2:58 left in the 2nd quarter. Oscar Villeda
             kicked the extra point, Coleman 7, Rotan 6
* Rotan ran into a stiff Coleman defense on the next series and wound up punting on 4th and 26
* Coleman's final drive before the half featured a pass from Colton Buzzard to Dalton DeLeon for 25 yards to set up a 3
             yard touchdown run by Bronson Buzzard with :12 left in the half. Villeda's PAT was good, Coleman 14, Rotan
            12 at the half

Second Half
* Rotan punted on their first possession
* Coleman took possession at their own 31 with 10:17 left in the 3rd and scored a touchdown with 1:43 left in the
             quarter as Felipe Cruz caught a pass intended for Stanley Cole but was deflected off his body to Cruz. Villeda's
             PAT was good, Coleman 21, Rotan 6
* Rotan's next drive ended with a huge defensive effort by the Bluecats, culminating with a Glen Edington, #22 shown
             above, interception of a Josh Reese pass at the goal to keep Rotan from scoring, giving possession back to the
             Bluecats
* Coleman faced a 4th and 21 and failed to convert on a long incomplete pass
* Rotan's next series ended when Coleman's Dalton DeLeon intercepted a Josh Reese pass with 4:44 left in the game
* Coleman's offense stalled and turned the ball over on downs
* Rotan changed quarterbacks to #8 Brady Adams who threw a TD pass to Reese with 2:09 remaining. Rotan tried a
              2-point pass for the extra point which was intercepted by Curtis Yates who returned the ball untouched 100
              yards to the Bluecat end zone but a penalty called the play back, Coleman 21, Rotan 12
* Coleman recovered the ensuing on-side kick by Rotan but the Bluecats had to punt a short time later
* Rotan's last series failed to generate much yardage, time ran out, Coleman victorious 21 to 12.
 

Bluecat N'difone Agbor (64) battles Rotan's  Dexter Daniel (44)

Glen Edington - ready to go!