Franklin 23, CMH 20: Highlights from the Sabers’ victory
The Sabers defeated the Crusaders for the third straight season in Week 1. Here’s some of the highlights from the showdown between powers.
Franklin senior Dominick Walters scored a punt return touchdown against Catholic Memorial.Walters contributed significantly on offense, defense, and special teams throughout the game.Walters is committed to play college football at South Dakota State.
WAUKESHA – Ninety-two seconds can be an eternity in a football game, but for Franklin star senior defensive back Dominick Walters in the Sabers’ 23-20 victory over Catholic Memorial, that’s all the future South Dakota State Jackrabbit needed to make an impact.
Walters gathered Landon Smart’s punt around midfield, made two Catholic Memorial tacklers whiff and then ran through an attempted tackle from Smart in front of the CMH sideline to put the Sabers up a score before the offense even touched the football.
Not bad for a kid who didn’t catch a single punt in warmups.
“We were working on it throughout camp and this past week,” Walters said on his return duties. “I told (Franklin special teams coordinator Evan Walton), ‘I got a feeling I’m taking one to the house.’ I didn’t even get any receiving reps because I was punting (laughs), so I was like, ‘Well, I better not drop this.’ I caught it and there was nothing but green in front of me. Props to the 10 other guys blocking for me. You can’t start off a season any better way.”
Walters has gone from sophomore sensation at the back end of Franklin’s defense to a team captain, a returner on both the kickoff and punt teams, full-time punter, defensive back and even took some snaps as the H-back for the Sabers offense that struggled early in the contest before finding a late rhythm on the back of Robert Beglinger’s tough running between…
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