WITH LIFE CONNECTIONS.
ERIC: IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
PLAYERS WERE UNDER THE FRIDAY
NIGHT LIGHTS FOR WEEK TWO LAST
NIGHT. ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS
WAS NEW LONDON HIGH. SPORTS
ANCHOR DUSTIN NOLAN JOINS US
LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A LOOK
AT THEIR IMPRESSIVE
PERFORMANCE... DUSTIN?
THAT'S RIGHT ERIC -- THE NEW
LONDON TIGERS -- ARE OFF TO --
"A" -- BLISTERING -- 2-0 START
-- LED BY -- "A" -- HIGH
POWERED OFFENSE -- THAT HAS
SCORED 82 POINTS IN THEIR 1ST
2 GAMES -- OF THE SEASON --
LOCAL 4'S -- RYAN RISKY -- HAS
THE LATEST FROM -- NEW
LONDON...
AFTER PUTTING UP 36 POINTS IN
THE FIRST HALF, THE TIGERS
WERE FOCUSED ON COMING OUT
FAST IN THE SECOND HALF AND
NOT TAKE THEIR FOOT OFF THE
GAS. "WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN
THE LOCKER ROOM TO GIVE OUR
STARTING GUYS ONE MORE SERIES
AT THE HALF AND THEN TRY AND
WORK SOME OF THESE YOUNGER
GUYS IN WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD AT PRACTICE AND THAT
KICKOFF KIND OF SEALED THE
DEAL FOR US." THE DEFENSE DID
THEIR JOB SHUTTING DOWN WACO.
THE TIGERS WERE ABLE TO GET
EVERYONE SOME SNAPS THIS WEEK
AND ONE YOUNG PLAYER THAT
COACH MAKR MCSORELY WAS
IMPRESSED WITH WAS BODEN
PICKLE. "HE DID HAVE A BIG
HALF. HE PLAYED HARD. HE PLAYS
HARD EVERY GAME. IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF KEEPING SOME OF
THESE GUYS FRESH. THE EIGHT
MAN GAME IS FAST AND OUR
CONDITIONING WE'RE JUST
GETTING IN THE SECOND GAME
HERE WITH SOME OF THE KIDS
JUST SITTING IDLE SINCE MARCH
BECAUSE OF ALL THE COVID STUFF
GOING ON SO WE'RE STILL TRYING
TO GET THEM IN SHAPE." PICKLE
SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE
SECOND HALF INCLUDING RUNNING
THE OPENING KICKOFF BACK FOR A
TOUCHDOWN TO HELP DOMINATE ALL
THREE PHASES OF THE GAME. "IT
FEELS GOOD BECAUSE COMING INTO
THIS WE THOUGHT THEY WERE
GONNA BE HARD. THEY'RE A VERY
BIG TEAM SO GLAD WE GOT THE W.
DEFENSE PLAYED AMAZING,
OFFENSE PLAYED REALLY GOOD."
COACH MCSORLEY PREACHED THAT
ONE OF THE MAIN KEYS FOR THE
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION WAS THE
EXECUTION OF THE PLAYS. "IT'S
ALL ABOUT THE EXECUTION AND
KIDS KNOWING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY AND KNOWING WHO
TO BLOCK, RUNNING BACK'S
HITTING THE HOLES AND GETTING
POSITIVE YARDS." PICKLE SAYS
THAT LEARNING FROM MISTAKES IN
THEIR PREVIOUS GAME HELPED THE
OFFENSE LIGHT IT UP. "FROM
LAST WEEK WE MADE A LOT OF
IMPROVEMENT, BEEN STUDYING. WE
RAN OUR PLAYS SUPER HARD. JUST
ROTATING NEW PEOPLE IN AND
TRYING NEW STUFF OUT."
MCSORLEY AND THE TIGERS ARE
ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR
BIG GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST
MONTEZUMA. "WE CAN'T REALLY
SIT AND MISS A DAY OF PRACTICE
SO WE'LL COME IN MONDAY A
LITTLE BIT AND DO SOME WALK
THROUGH STUFF, BUT MONTEZUMA
WILL THROW THE BALL A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE SAW
TONIGHT SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE
READY FOR THAT." IN NEW
LONDON, RYAN RISKY, LOCAL FOUR
SPORTS.
REPORTER: AS -- "YOU" -- HEARD
--- "FROM" -- COACH -- NO DAYS
OFF FOR THE TIGERS AS THEY
LOOK TO IMPROVE TO 3-0 THIS
WEEK-- IN THE STUDIO -- DUSTIN
NOLAN -- I'LL SEND IT BACK
OVER TO YOU AT THE DESK --
ERIC...
ERIC: WELL THE PANDEMIC AND
SHUTDOWNS HAVE HURT MANY
