Vilonia comeback spoils Beebe homecoming

By JEFFREY SMITH Leader staff writer

The Badgers lost a tough one on Homecoming night, Friday, dropping the game 17-14 to the Vilonia Eagles. Even though the Badgers stopped two major drives of the Eagles they did not con- sistently have an answer for Vilonia’s quarterback, who threw complete pass after complete pass.

The game started slow with the only score through the

20 minutes, an Eagles field goal. A great pass play where Kiandrea Barker pulled the ball down, like a high basket- ball rebound, at the 23-yard line, got the Badgers excited. After two short runs by quarterback Zach Grant, he handed off to Jayden Smith who went 18 yards untouched for the score at the 4:11 mark. An extra point, by Andy Rodriquez, made it 7-3. Rodriquez has only missed quarterback’s arm, headed right down the field, but the drive was stopped by a Brenton Brasfield interception at the 5-yard line. Brasfield took it up to the 29-yard line. That left the halftime score, 14-10, Badgers.

On their possession, Vilonia marched it right down the field and the Eagles quarterback, Wesley McKissack, scored from the three-yard line after faking a handoff to the run- ning back.

On the kickoff, Braydon Sanders pulled in the kick at the 15-yard line, and in a mat- ter of a few ticks, went 85-yards for a touchdown. A good extra point, and Beebe was on top again, 14-10.

The Eagles brought the ball down to the 15-yard line but couldn’t score. The Badgers had a chance to go 85-yards in the last 22 seconds of the game but couldn’t pull it off.