It was a valiant effort by the Dubois Rams in head coach David Trembly’s final game. Coaches know that you can play an almost perfect game and still lose, that was the case in Baggs on Friday afternoon as the Rams locked horns with the talented Little Snake River Rattlers. The Rams fell 47-22 to the two-time, defending state champions.
Snake River head coach Jack Cobb extended his win streak to 31 games and his Rattlers take on the Burlington Huskies in Laramie at 10 a.m. next Saturday for the state title.
Trembly had his Rams prepared well. Dubois passed more often and mixed their offense well. The Rams took an early lead, and then led again just before halftime 22-19.
“Nobody had them on the ropes like that all year, we were ahead of them twice,” Trembly told his team in a post-game huddle. “No one’s done that.”
As a team, the Rams were 8-for-12 through the air with four different players throwing the ball.
Zander Hawkins connected with Hayden Howard for the team’s only touchdown pass of the game and Wyatt Trembly completed all four of his passes for 71 yards.
On the ground it was no surprise with Trembly and fellow senior Jonah Oard packing the mail Trembly led the Rams with a 10-yard per carry average in gaining 149 yards on 15 rushes. The going was a bit harder for Oard, but the powerful running back picked up 35 yards on eight carries.
Trembly tallied both touchdowns on the ground.
The Rams have had problems converting extra-point kicks over the last two weeks of the regular season and in their opening-round win at Kaycee, but they addressed the problem, and freshman kicker Cooper Kintzler converted two of three point after tries for two points each.
The talent level at Snake River is high, as the adage says, “You don’t win the Kentucky Derby with a plow horse.”
The Rattlers came from behind late in the opening half and poured on 27 unanswered points to pull away from the inspired Rams.
The Little Snake River defense held Dubois scoreless in the final two periods of the game.
The Rattlers put the running clock on every opponent they faced this season except Dubois and their Carbon County rival Encampment.
Dubois graduates six seniors in Trembly, Howard, Kaleb Gleim, Saven Smith, Jett Jones and Oard.
The Rams will have a new head coach after 24 seasons next fall along with a talented group of underclassmen led by Siler Hess, Kintzler, and Hawkins.
DUBOIS 14 8 0 0 – 22
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER 19 7 13 8 – 47
Dubois Statistics:
Passing: Siler Hess 0-1, Wyatt Trembly 4-4 71, Zander Hawkins 2-4-1 31, Jonah Oard 2-3 17
Rushing: Siler Hess 5-36, Wyatt Trembly 15-149, Zander Hawkins 1-(-5), Jonah Oard 8-35
Receiving: Siler Hess 3-44, Wyatt Trembly 2-17, Cooper Kintzler 1-29, Jonah Oard 1-9, Hayden Howard 1-20