First-year Wilson High football coach John Janzen was on his way home Sunday from Napa, where his Bruins had dropped a 21-13 decision to the Indians a night
earlier in a season-opener.
Speaking via telephone, it was obvious Janzen wasn't thrilled with the defeat. But he intimated he could take some solace in knowing his team never quit.Wilson was losing 21-6 at halftime some 400 miles away from home and could have packed it in.
But the Bruins held Napa scoreless in the second half - even knocking out its starting
quarterback, Zack Sims, on a 9-yard sack late in the third quarter.
"We've got a lot of fight in us; we didn't quit," Janzen said."Down at haltime 21-6 and
they didn't score in the second half; we shut them down. ... We fought our hearts out in the second half."
Trailing by eight points, Wilson had the ball late but turned it over on downs with just over four minutes to play.
"We had scoring opportunities, we just didn't take advantage," Janzen said.
The Bruins (0-1) will have a bye this week and return Sept. 9 when they play host to
JSerra.
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