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Monday, October 7, 2019
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Youth football roundup Sub-varsity roundup K-2nd Grade The K-2nd grade Howe Bulldogs (6-1) took on the Bells Panthers in Leonard on Saturday. The Bulldog defense stuffed the Panthers on their first drive which set up a Bulldogs touchdown on the first offensive possession. Sean Douglas took it for a long touchdown on the ground. The Panthers could not get anything going against the stingy Bulldogs defense as the howe only gave up two first downs. Easton Ganow took the next offensive play from scrimmage for a 50 yd score on the ground behind a great block by Austyn Navidad. Navidad also took the extra point in on the next play carrying multiple Panther defenders. Navidad also scored a touchdown later in the game from 20 yards out. Both Noah and Eli Espitia also scored a touchdown today to round out the scoring for the Bulldogs.
bring home a 6-0 win on Saturday against the Bells Panthers. Deacon Bender scored the only points during the game for Howe. Luke Ellison and Isaiah Allen carried the Bulldog defense with five tackles each. Ellison caused and recovered a fumble to get the ball back for the Bulldogs. Karson McNutt had three big tackles, while Samantha Fuhr had the only sack to go along with her four tackles. Grant Davidson, Jaden Strunc, Caden Crosson, and Sam Blassengame all had tackles in the game. Howe will play Blue Ridge ini Bells next Saturday at 1:30 pm. 5th/6th Grade The Howe 5th and 6th grade Bulldogs (2-5) played Whitewright in S&S on Saturday and according to Head Coach Billie Ingram they beat themselves with fumbles and interceptions.
7th Grade The Howe 7th Grade Bulldogs kept their undefeated record alive as they traveled to Emory Rains and beat the Wildcats 20-12. Braden Ulmer got Howe on the scoreboard first with a 15-yard scamper with 6:51 left in the second quarter. Rains answered back immediately with a 68-yard score of their own to tie the game at six. In the second half, quarterback Garren Lankford hit Triston Williams for a 25-yard touchdown. Ulmer raced across for the 2-point conversion to give Howe a 14-6 lead with 2:15 left in the third quarter. With 1:08 left in the third, Rains scored on a 60-yard run to narrow the game to 14-12. But midway through the fourth, Ulmer again carried it over from the 2 yard line to seal the 20-12 win.
The Bulldogs secured the number two seed going into the playoffs with the win over the Panthers and will take on Bells again next week in the first round at Wolfe City at noon. Howe has scored 188 points and allowed 59 on the year.
"The defense was on the field too long and wore down," said Ingram. He indicated that Conner Roberts stood out and played great defense in the 26-6 loss.
8th Grade Cooper Jones scored Howe's first points on a 60-yard run with 5:24 left in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead. Rains answered back on a 5-yard score on a jet sweep to tie the game at six.
3rd/4th Grade The Howe 3rd and 4th grade Bulldogs (4-3) put up a fight to
Howe will play S&S in Trenton next Saturday at 1:30 pm in the first round of the playoffs.
Rains scored on a 69-yard quarterback scramble with :18 left in the third quarter to break the tie.
Cooper Jones on his way for a second quarter touchdown.
Rains led 12-6. After a Howe blocked punt deep in Rains territory, the Wildcats were able to pick it up and run it 10-yards for a score to increase their lead to 18-6. The 2-point conversion was successful. Rains scored another touchdown late in the game on a 42-yard run up the middle to give the Widcats a 28-6 win. JV The Howe JV were defeated 26-6 by Emory Rains. Luke Lopez scored Howe's only points on a 65 -yard run.
