Bulldogs

continued from Page #1 loom on the horizon, but for a moment in time, Howe looks to be on pace for something everyone can be proud of

The game actually started out a bit slow with both teams trading punts before Cooper Akins scored his third touchdown on the young season with a 21-yard scamper. With a new holder on PAT's, the kicking game looked a bit shaky all night long and Brice Honaker's first PAT was blocked That left Howe with the 6-0 lead with 4:28 left in the first quarter

The Knights of Lindsay answered back with a 53-yard drive that took 7:13 off the clock and Knight quarterback Brandon Cragie plunged over from the 2-yard line The PAT by Tanner Debord was successful and Howe trailed 7-6 with 9:14 left in the second quarter

Things got a bit scary when Howe quarterback Brandon Wall was pressured and threw a pass off of his back foot that was intercepted by Knight freshman Skyler Neu, but the defense held and Lindsay punted it right back and pinned Howe deep at their own 5 yard line Moments later junior running back Tyler Grisham broke several tackles and stiff-armed a man down as he raced for a 74-yard touchdown After Stratton Carroll scored the 2-point conversion, Howe led 14-7 with 4:41 left in the second quarter

After another Lindsay punt, Jaden Matthews capped off a 70-yard drive with a 46-yard touchdown and with 2:46 left before half, Howe led 20-7.

The defense dominated from the second quarter on and in most impressive fashion, sophomore Andrew Griffin took the ball away from Logan Wann and ran 34 yards for a defensive touchdown Howe's lead was extended to 26-7 with 2:13 left before half

Yet another Lindsay fumble would give Howe one more shot to score before the half and fancy clock management and broken tackles nearly allowed Jaden Matthews to score, but he was tackled inside the 5 yard line as time expired Howe took the 26-7 lead into the half.

Howe wasted no time jump starting the second half. On the very first play, Carroll, coming off an ACL surgery flashed his renewed quickness on a 63-yard touchdown A successful PAT by Honaker gave Howe a 33-7 lead with 11:38 left in the third

Lindsay was forced to punt again and Howe took the ball at their own 46 yard line. Just over two minutes later, Grisham added his second touchdown of the night, this one from 28 yards. The PAT gave Howe a 40-7 lead with 6:29 left in the third

Howe forced yet another Knight fumble at the Howe 14 yard line, but the drive resulted in a 57-yard Nick Wilson punt

Lindsay would control the clock and the damage in the fourth quarter by sustaining a 77-yard, 6:16 drive that was finished off with a 3-yard Aaron Flightman touchdown

Howe got the ball back with 2:23 left to go in the game and would work the clock to punt on the last play of the game to finish off the 40-14 Bulldogs win.

Howe moves to 3-0 on the season and are only the twelfth Bulldog team to accomplish that. The 1940 Howe Bulldogs went 9-0 before they finally lost to Lewisville in the bi-district championship The last Howe team to reach the 3-0 mark to start the season was back in 2010 when they started 4-0 under Head Coach Cory Crane

Current Head Coach Zack Hudson improves his record to 13-13 which is quite an accomplishment after going 3-7 in his first year rebuilding the program in 2013 With the win, Hudson passes continued on Page #6 continued from Page #5