The Blazers traveled to ODA on Friday to take on the Thunder in a battle of top ten teams in the SSAA. The Thunder entered the game at 4-0 while the Blazers were 4-1 with a three game winning streak. The game was back forth for three plus quarters until the Thunder had a big 4th quarter. ODA scored on their first drive and then midway through the 2nd to build a 14-0 lead but Tait Zeltwanger found Cale Zeltwanger in the final seconds of the half to cut the lead to 14-7. Both teams were pretty even statistically on the night with Blazers gaining 363 yards to 387 for the Thunder. The Blazers won the time of possession with 76 plays to 43 and 18 first downs to just 13 for the Thunder but could not overcome two turnovers. 

The teams traded punts to start the second half before ODA would hit another big pass play form 64 yards out on a tipped and nearly intercepted pass by Tristan McConnell Haas. Zeltwanger would then find his favorite target, Noah Spenn, on the night for a 15 yard TD strike to make it 21-14 Thunder. Spenn would collect 7 catches on the night. The last score for the Blazers was from Tait Zeltwanger on a 63 yard scamper to the endzone. He finished the night as the Blazers leading rusher with 98 yards.  

The defense was lead by Wyatt Campbell who had a stand out night with 10 total tackles including a sack and two tackles for loss. Shawn Georgiades and Matthew Manyak also recorded tackles for loss. Freshman corner, Judah Mayer recorded 4 tackles on the night. 

The Blazers will return home to host Northside Christian on Friday, September 25 at 7pm. Northside is currently 0-5 but have played a very tough schedule including a top 25 florida team.

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