Football season came to a close for the Avon Pirates at Herreid on Thursday, October 27astheysufferedatough loss 14-44 to Herreid/Selby.

It was a slow start for the Pirates the first half as they wentintohalf timedown0-24. In the third quarter Paxton Bierema completed a pass to Cade Faulkner for 36 yards and a touchdown and kept their opponent scoreless in this inning. In the fourth quarter Paxton Bierema ran in for 5 yards and a touchdown witha2-pointconversion run by Jaden Stahl. But as the finalbuzzersounded,Avonhad the deficit 14-44.

On the defense, Brady Bierema had 5.5 tackles, Paxton Bierema had 5, Terran Talsma had 4.5 and assisted in a sack, Landon Mudder had 3.5, Randall Powers had 3.5 and a sack,KleyHeumillerhad3and assisted in a sack, Jaden Stahl had 2.5 tackles, Cade Faulkner had 1.5 , Cody Soukup had 1.5, Devin Rucktaeschel had 1.5, Grayson Ratzlaff had 1.5, Noah WatchornandTrentonSoukup each had 1 tackle, and Landon Thury and Braylon Fathke each assisted in a tackle.

On the offense Cade Faulkner had 12 attempts for 66 yards, Brady Bierema had 13 attempts for 48 yards, Paxton Bierema had 7 attempts for 22 yards and a touchdown, Landon Mudder had 2 attempts for 8 yards, and Noah Watchorn had 2 attempts for 4 yards. Cade Faulkner had 1 reception for36yardsandatouchdown, BradyBieremahad1 receptionfor31yards,Tyler Tjeerdsma had 1 reception for 6 yards, and Jaden Stahl had 1 reception for 1 yard.

'Even though the season did not end like we wanted, I am proud of our team this year. We finished the season at 5-5 losing in the second round of the playoffs. Our regular season schedule was tough with seven of the eight teams on our schedule making the playoffs. The Pirates ended up finishing second in the Great Plains Conference. We will definitely miss our Seniors next season, but if our younger players that got valuable experience during this season work hard in the offseason, I think our team could surprise everyone next season.' ~ Coach Tom Culver