The end result was a 23-7 victory, but Roosevelt coach Kim Nelson wasn’t overly thrilled with how his team performed against Lincoln (0-3) in Saturday’s Presidents Bowl.

“Good first quarter,” he said flatly.

That it?

“Good first quarter,” he repeated, a grin slowly sweeping across his face.

“We were very sloppy on both sides of the ball.”

While the No. 3 Rough Riders (2-1) look to build off a frustrating (but victorious) effort, the Patriots, who put together a strong second half for the second week in-a-row, leave Howard Wood Field looking to flip the script and start playing better at the outset.

“I think we responded okay,” Fredenburg said of the team’s response to the RHS’ first touchdown. “The message is, after that we played okay. It’s just we got to come out right away and play. We are catching things and playing slow. We’re playing reactionary instead of attacking stuff. It’s a bunch of young kids, they will learn.”

Here are some notes and quotes from Saturday night.

EISENBRAUN INJURED

When he went down midway through the second quarter, it looked like Lincoln quarterback Preston Eisenbraun’s season was in jeopardy.

Those fears seemed to be affirmed as he sat on the trainers’ table, tears welling up as trainers tended to his left knee.

Luckily, the injury does not appear to be as serious as it looked.

“They thought it was a sprained MCL,” Fredenburg. “I’m not sure what the time frame on that would be but it’s not a torn ligament, it’s just a sprained ligament in his knee.”

After being helped to the locker room at halftime, Eisenbraun came out for the second half (in street clothes) with a positive attitude.

He was fully-engaged throughout the final two quarters, standing next to his coaches while the offense was on the field, then walking over and offering advice to his younger brother, backup quarterback Terel Eisenbraun, when the defense was out there.

“There’s no quitting that kid, he’s a great kid,” Fredenburg said. “He’s all the way in.”

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WHAT A START

Roosevelt came out and punched Lincoln right in the mouth, capping off a lengthy (but efficient) opening drive with a touchdown pass from Brady Dannenbring to Nick Hoekstra.

After last week’s loss to Washington, the quick strike did good to give them some early confidence.

“It’s always good to come and come out strong,” receiver Demareio Hester said. “For us to come out and get that first touchdown, it was a big mood swing.”

“I think it was good, but maybe we let up,” Nelson said. “Maybe we thought it was going to be like that the whole game. It’s immaturity. You have to know better than that. It’s the first drive of the game.”

DEFENSE DEFENSE

Nelson was none too pleased with how his offense performed, suggesting that it seemed like guys were trying to do too much. But he was fairly pleased with how the defense performed.

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Even as their offense sputtered along, the defense denied Lincoln the opportunity to gain any sort of traction. Nelson graded the defense out at a “B.”

“I was very happy with how our defense played,” Nelson said. “Our pass coverage was pretty good. Should have had a few more picks, I thought. Hopefully we’ll have a little more confidence (moving forward) and break on the ball a little faster.”

RIDICULOUS CATCH

An early candidate for catch of the year: Lincoln’s Zach Hanson dove to his left, reached up and hauled in a one-handed catch in the end zone.

This sentence does not do that catch justice, so you should watch this week’s All-Access to see it yourself.

It was ridiculous.

“That was one of the best high school catches I have ever seen,” Fredenburg beamed.

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WHAT A START

Roosevelt came out and punched Lincoln right in the mouth, capping off a lengthy (but efficient) opening drive with a touchdown pass from Brady Dannenbring to Nick Hoekstra.

After last week’s loss to Washington, the quick strike did good to give them some early confidence.

“It’s always good to come and come out strong,” receiver Demareio Hester said. “For us to come out and get that first touchdown, it was a big mood swing.”

“I think it was good, but maybe we let up,” Nelson said. “Maybe we thought it was going to be like that the whole game. It’s immaturity. You have to know better than that. It’s the first drive of the game.”

DEFENSE DEFENSE

Nelson was none too pleased with how his offense performed, suggesting that it seemed like guys were trying to do too much. But he was fairly pleased with how the defense performed.

Even as their offense sputtered along, the defense denied Lincoln the opportunity to gain any sort of traction. Nelson graded the defense out at a “B.”

“I was very happy with how our defense played,” Nelson said. “Our pass coverage was pretty good. Should have had a few more picks, I thought. Hopefully we’ll have a little more confidence (moving forward) and break on the ball a little faster.”

RIDICULOUS CATCH

An early candidate for catch of the year: Lincoln’s Zach Hanson dove to his left, reached up and hauled in a one-handed catch in the end zone.

This sentence does not do that catch justice, so you should watch this week’s All-Access to see it yourself.

It was ridiculous.

“That was one of the best high school catches I have ever seen,” Fredenburg beamed.