
423, 5 scores for B.J. as Swarm move to 2-0
Report by Isaac Robinson | September 20th, 2020
Career days for Henderson, Monroe -- Questions on defense -- Kalispell's Cohen slams Barkley, Henderson for acting "bush league"

Henderson led the Swarm to another win last night
Westlake, OH -- "This was expected," said B.J. Henderson after he led Westlake State to a 45-21 win over the Kalispell Warhawks. "We're not playing games this year." Henderson sure isn't. Riding the momentum of a 363 yard, 4 TD game in Week 2, the senior came out and set a career mark for passing yards, with 423, and threw 5 touchdowns.
It wasn't one-sided all the way, as both teams scored 14 in the first quarter, with Hakim Johnson nickel and diming the Swarm up and down the field, as the defense struggled to generate any pressure. The Warhawks kept pace, even briefly leading 21-14 before the Swarm equalized with Henderson's third touchdown pass of the first half.
But then Johnson, feeling pressure for the first time all game, threw a bad pass into the flat near junior corner Terrance Olson, who was all over it, getting his first interception and returning it to the Warhawk 24. B.J. Henderson proceeded to find Barrett Miller up the seam for a touchdown to make it 28-21, and the Swarm never looked back.

Turning point
Kalispell wouldn't score again. While Henderson only threw one more touchdown pass, his counterpart Johnson seemed rattled, and didn't get much going in the second half, throwing another pick and ending up with just 173 passing yards on 23 completions.
Kalispell head coach Amir Cohen wasn't happy with Barkley for leaving Henderson in all game, slamming the pair as "bush league stat-padders." Barkley declined to fire back at Cohen, saying that the win was all that mattered.
There are two big questions for this team, with the first being the offensive line. Henderson was sacked 5 times, and constantly faced pressure.

Henderson beats the blitz to find Robert Coley
The other big question following this game remains the defense. It's anyone's guess which version will show up: The version that allowed Kalispell to score 21 points in just over a quarter, or the version that shut them out the rest of the way? They'll be buoyed next week at Illinois with the likely returns of Jeremy Jackson, who was held out as a precaution this week, and linebacker Nick Watts, the team's leading tackler in 2019.







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