{"id":14716,"date":"2024-09-18T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2024-09-20T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:44:14","slug":"elmira-varsity-football-suffers-defeat-to-south-umpqua-in-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/elmira-varsity-football-suffers-defeat-to-south-umpqua-in-home-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmira Varsity Football Suffers Defeat to South Umpqua in Home Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
Junior Danis Smajic prepares to kick an extra point. (Photo by Naomi Pew \/ Falcon News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elmira High School’s varsity football suffered a tough defeat to South Umpqua, losing 7-42 at home Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
The Falcons tackle a South Umpqua receiver. (Photo by Naomi Pew \/ Falcon News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As disappointed as they are, the Falcons are ready to get back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m just ready to hit, baby,” senior Zane Clemmer told Falcon News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Kyler Cowell was upset by the team’s performance in the game, but is optimistic about the rest of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s a lot of room for improvement,” the wide receiver said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Eben Dickenson had the only touchdown of the game and junior foreign exchange student Danis Smajic topped it off with an extra point kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Bo Highburger wasn\u2019t happy with the outcome of the game, but is excited for what’s to come with the future of his team.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
Juniors Caleb Breding and TyRay Chacon line up before the snap. (Photo by Naomi Pew \/ Falcon News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Our appetite for success as a team is pretty high,” the coach said, “so we’re looking forward to future opponents.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Falcons next game will be Friday at home against the Sisters Outlaws at 7:00 p.m. It will be the first league game of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show your support by dressing in this week’s theme, “Black Out & Glow.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Falcons go on to face Sisters Friday for their first league game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":14697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14716"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14781,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions\/14781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}