lose shootout, 28-19

Howe's 3rd and 4th grade Bulldogs played the S&S Rams early Saturday morning The Bulldogs would shut the Rams down on their first series and start their first possession at midfield The Dogs would score on one of two runs by Beaudy Kuykendall, his first of the season The 'Dogs scored again in the second quarter with runningback Braden Ulmer after having a touchdown called back for a questionable block in the back on the offense

The second half was dominated by the Howe Bulldogs defensive and was led by linemen Aris Fox and Eli Stoner Howe middle linebacker Beau Stephens also the early stages of the second quarter made a touchdown saving tackle deep in the secondary The 'Dogs would seal the game with a run by quarterback Garren Lankford to give Howe a final winning score of 23-0

Howe, who is in second place, will host Bells Panthers next week in the Dog Pound in Howe to close the regular season

Howe played Tom Bean on Saturday morning in Collinsville

The game had huge implications on playoff seedings for each team Howe desperately needing a win for first round playoff pairings opened the gate quickly with a Ryan Hough scoring strike on a 49

-yard touchdown pass from Austin Haley on the first play of the game to give Howe a 7-0 lead after a successful Carson Daniels pointafter run

Daniels would score later in the game to give Howe a 13-6 lead in

Tom Bean ripped off two long touchdowns around the left side of the offense to give them a 20-13 lead at the half

Haley connected with Cooper Jones on a 4th and long play to keep a third quarter drive alive which allowed Hough to score on a 29yard reverse 29 yards to narrow the gap, 20-19 Howe went for a twopoint conversion, but were unsuccessful

Tom Bean added one more score to beat the Bulldogs, 28-19

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