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     The Dresden Lions traveled to Gibson County last Friday night for a Region 7-2A contest and came back home with a 12-7 win over the host Pioneers. The win improved the season record for the Lions to 2-7.

     Dresden kicked off to Pioneers to open the game and then halted the Gibson County offensive series after seven plays to force the punt. The Lions took over following the punt at their own 19-yard line and six plays later scored their first touchdown of the game on a double pass play that involved a pass from quarterback Justin Coleman to split end Randy Williams on the sideline with Williams then connection with senior end Drew Vernon for a 55-yard touchdown pass. The extra point kick went wide to leave the Lions with a 6-0 advantage with 5:38 remaining in the first quarter.  On the scoring drive, running back Matt Clements had a 14-yard run to keep the drive alive.

     Gibson County received the Dresden kick-off and returned it out to their own 38-yard line where they began their first and only successful scoring drive of the game. On the fourth play of the series, running back Antone Cunningham told the handoff and scurried 54 yard for a touchdown with 3:40 remaining in the first quarter. Bill Luckey kicked the extra point to give the Pioneers a 7-6 edge in the game.

     The Pioneers threatened to score one other time in the first half of play as they began a drive early in the second quarter at their own 26-yard line and marched the ball down field over a series of 11 plays to the Dresden 16-yard line where the Lion defensive unit held and forced a turnover on downs. The Lions did not mount any serious scoring threats for the remainder of the first half.

     Dresden took the opening kick-off of the second half and began their offensive set at their own 35-yard line. The Lions moved the ball down the field over the course of nine plays to the Gibson County 13-yard line where a Coleman pass was intercepted by the Pioneers to bring the scoring threat to a screeching halt.

(Read the rest of this story in the October 25th edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

     With the Bulldogs playoff chances hanging on by a thread, the Lake County Falcons put an end to the Gleason playoff hopes as the 42-7 loss to the Falcons on Friday night in Tiptonville mathematically eliminated the Bulldogs.

     Despite not having their starting quarterback Brandon Springer due to injury, the Falcons got on the board early. After four runs by Damio Yancy took the Falcons to the Lake County 40-yard line, freshman quarterback Seth Hinson found Sep Valentine for a 29-yard strike across midfield to the Gleason 31-yard line. After a 10-yard run by Hinson, the freshman quarterback hit Valentine for a second completion, this one for a 21-yard scoring strike to make the score 6-0 with 8:10 left in the first frame.

     Gleason was able to get a couple big plays on its first drive – a 22-yard run by Wallace, but the drive stalled, forcing the Bulldogs to punt. Neither team was able to get their offenses moving over the next two possessions, but Lake County got back on the offensive on its third possession.

     After starting at their own 26-yard line, the Falcons went to Sam Mills, who broke a 20-yard run to open the drive. After a five-yard Yancy run, Mills followed with a 42-yard sprint to the Gleason 7-yard line. From there, Mills capped the drive with a seven-yard touchdown run to make the score 12-0 with 11:35 left in the first half.

     Lake County got on the board one more time before the half. Though a Gleason punt put the Falcons deep inside their own territory, Yancy broke free for a 71-yard touchdown run. Hinson added the two-point conversion to extend the Lake County lead to 20-0 with 3:39 left in the half.

(Read the rest of this story in the October 25th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

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