Falcons 22 – Siskey YMCA 18
The Falcon Green Team won their first game of the season against the team from the Siskey Y by a score of 22-18. The Falcon defense shut out the Siskey Y in the second half while collecting a 2 point saftey. Siskey scored the first touchdown of the game on their second possession but failed on the 2 point conversion for a 6-0 lead. The Falcons drove the ball down the field and scored when Alex Carpenter scampered around the right end and down the sideline to tie the game at 6-6. Ethan Robinson threw a five yard pass to Mitch Moore for the extra point and the Falcons lead 7-6. The Siskey Y came right back with another touchdown by lining 2 players up in the quarterback position and scored in 4 plays. The extra point was missed once again and it was a 12-7 game. On the Falcons next possession Paul Cunningham took a handoff from Alex and cut to the middle of the field and down the sideline for the Falcons second touchdown of the game. The extra point was missed but the Falcons had regained the lead at 13-12. With time winding down the Siskey Y was able to score on the last play of the half and took a 18-13 lead at the break.
The Falcons opened the second half with a drive down the field that resulted in a touchdown pass from Paul Cunningham to Caleb Robinson. Christian Farmer took the snap from center on the extra point and completed a pass to Ryan Brown and the Falcons were up 20-18. On the Siskey Y’s second play from scrimmage in the second half, Mitch Moore chased down the quarterback and caught him in his own end zone for a 2 point safety and increasing the Falcon lead to 22-18. The Falcon offense could not put additional points on the board for the remainder of the half but it didn’t matter as the defense held the Siskey Y to three straight four and outs and the Falcons had their first victory of the season.
