HAMILTON — The Badin Rams have won four in a row after starting the season with two losses.
And right now, that makes Badin (4-2) the hottest team in The Report’s coverage area.
Here are four midseason takeaways for the Rams so far:
1. Making the necessary adjustments
Badin lost a slew of its starters from last season due to graduation. But the Rams have quickly made the necessary adjustments in 2024.
“It’s week by week of continuing to try to get better,” Badin coach Nick Yordy said. “It’s a different year. It’s a different group of kids, and we’re still focusing on the little things now — really simplifying things and just trying to get better in every aspect.
“You can throw the inexperience out the window right now.”
2. Badin defense being Badin defense
The Rams continue to put out a sound defensive unit each year. It’s no different in 2024.
Badin has held opponents to 10 points a game this season.
Junior linebacker Trent Owens leads team in tackles, while senior defensive linemen Roscoe Martin and Royce Rachel have a combined 8.5 sacks and senior defensive back Xander Arnold is atop the Greater Catholic League Coed with three interceptions.
3. Keeping the momentum
As the Rams dig deep into GCL Coed play, Yordy said it’s all about keeping the momentum.
Badin lost to Hamilton and St. Francis DeSales to open things up but have reeled off four straight victories.
“We just had to right the ship there a little bit to get some things rolling,” Yordy said. “We’ve gotten it done.”
4. Offense is taking off
Badin’s offense is beginning to come around. There were question marks entering the season because the Rams were only returning junior running back Lem Grayson from last year’s squad, offensively.
It’s been a mixture of senior Garrett Konesky and junior Colt Emerson at the quarterback position for Badin.
“It’s all about running plays and having confidence with it,” Yordy said. “Now we’re starting to do some things and understand why we’re running certain plays and why we’re calling them in certain situations. You sort of take that for granted sometimes because you just expect kids to know those things. We’ve kind of slowed everything down here a little bit, and the kids are starting to respond.”
Midseason Report Card: B
