Falcons 3 - Harris YMCA 18
The Falcons won their second game of the afternoon and their second game of the season with a 30-18 win over the Harris Y. The Harris Y had the opening possession of the game but failed to move the ball and the Falcons took over on their own 5 yard line. Paul Cunningham threw a quick pass to Alex Carpenter who flipped the ball back to Paul coming around the right end. Paul out raced the Harris Y’s defense to the end zone and the Falcons had the first score of the game. Paul then caught the extra point pass from Ethan Robinson and the Falcons lead 7-0. The Harris Y got a player behind the Falcon defense and scored but missed the extra point and the Falcons still lead 7-6. The next time the Falcons had the ball Mitch Moore took a handoff from Paul Cunningham and raced down the left side of the field for a long touchdown and the Falcons second score of the game. Ethan Robinson completed the extra point pass to Mitch and the score was now 14-6 in favor of the Falcons. The Harris Y offense took over and Mitch came up with the second 2 point saftey of the day for the Falcons when he pulled the ball carrier’s flag in his own end zone. The Falcons lead had suddenly increased to 16-6. The Harris Y completed another long pass which was caught just short of the Falcon goal line. With time for only one more play, the Harris Y team completed a pass to their center just over the goal line and for the second time of the day, the Falcons defense had given up a touchdown on the last play of the half. The extra point was once again missed and the score was 16-12 at halftime.
The Falcons took the opening possession of the second half and drove down to the Harris Y’s 20 yard line. Facing a 4th down and goal, Mitch Moore took the handoff and broke around the right end. The Y’s defensive player got more than Mitch’s flag when he grasped Mitch’s shorts and did not let go. The shorts ended up at half mast, maybe a little lower but Mitch had taken one for the team and the Falcons had 4th and goal but this time from the Harris Y fifteen yard line. On the very next play, Mitch ran the quarterback reverse and wound his way through the Y’s defense for his second touchdown of the game. Christian Farmer completed the extra point to Caleb Robinson and the Falcons now lead 23-12. The Y would take 7 plays to score on the next possession but miss the extra point and trim the Falcon lead to 23-18. The Falcon offense took over and had their second long drive of the half with Mitch Moore throwing a touchdown pass to Christian Farmer in the cornor of the end zone. They reversed the throwing order as Christian hit MItch for the extra point making the score 30-18. The Falcon defense stopped the Harris Y in four plays on their next possession and then watched the offense run out the clock and secure their second win of the day. For the day, the Falcon offense scored 7 touchdowns and converted 6 of 7 extra points. Seven of the eight Falcon players were able to score a touchdown or an extra point. Five different players threw passes for touchdowns or extra points. The defense gave up only one second half touchdown and came up with two safties. One player had a wardrobe mishap that resulted in a penalty and a touchdown on the next play. All in all, it was a pretty good day.
