Whitehall shuts out St. Ignatius in home opener

ST. IGNATIUS — Following a blowout loss at Eureka in their first game of the season, things got no better for the Mission Bulldogs on their home turf.

Visiting Whitehall jumped out to an early lead and rode stifling defense to the tune of a 51-0 drubbing of Rich Ferris’ young Bulldog squad.

“We played terrible,” Ferris said bluntly. “We got beat deep on a few plays. There were a few plays where the secondary got mixed up.”

Mission’s anemic offense managed just one first down in the contest, the Bulldogs young line getting beat up front regularly.

Ferris said he’s looking for improvement throughout the season with a team that is certainly a work in progress rather than finished product.

“I’m more worried about us learning football and having fun,” the coach said. “I don’t want to set goals too high or too low.”

Score by Quarter

Whitehall 36 0 8 7 – 51

St. Ignatius 0 0 0 0 – 0

Scoring Summary

W – McNamara 3 run (Colton Coffing pass from Murphy)

W – Fike 20 run (kick failed)

W – Connell Coffing 33 pass from Murphy (Colton Coffing pass from Murphy)

W – Connell Coffing 2 pass from Murphy (Colton Coffing kick)

W – Connor McNamara 75 pass from Murphy (Colton Coffing kick)

W – Colton Coffing 57 pass from Murphy (Colton Coffing pass from Murphy)

W – Reinschmidt 21 run (Colton Coffing kick)