Yes, indeed! It's four in a row!
Tonight at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, the B-B-E Jaguars football team won their fourth straight game by defeating the Thunder 30-14. It was not the stellar performance they had worked for all week in practice, but they got the job done and had their JV unit on the field to start the fourth quarter. That's a great day in the office in high school football any way you cut it! One downer for the game: B-B-E was 0-for-5 on extra-point conversions. That cannot happen in the final three regular season games. (More on that later.)
After they struggled on their opening series, the Jaguars drilled down and scored on their next four possessions. B-B-E's first scoring drive covered 77 yards and started with 5:31 left in the first quarter. With 1:54 on the clock, quarterback Luke Dingmann scored on a fourth-and-four play for a 27-yard touchdown! B-B-E 6, LP-GE 0.
*In this 10-minute long video, you can watch B-B-E stop LP-GE on downs on the Thunder's first drive; the Jaguars proceed to march downfield for their first score of the game:
B-B-E's second scoring drive covered 67 yards and culminated with Jamison Reed's 57-yard touchdown catch with 10:25 left in the second quarter. B-B-E 12, LP-GE 0.
B-B-E's third scoring drive covered 45 yards and culminated with an eight-yard touchdown reception by Luke Illies with 4:17 left before halftime. B-B-E 18, LP-GE 0.
Finally, to wrap up the second quarter, the Jaguars scored on a 74-yard touchdown drive that culminated with Talen Kampsen's four-yard touchdown reception with 20 seconds on the clock. The Jaguars took a 24-0 lead into halftime.
To start the third quarter, LP-GE gained just three net yards on three plays and punted with 10:28 on the clock. Their punt got a hugely favorable roll towards the end zone, and the Jaguars started their first drive of the third quarter on their own 11-yard line. They malfunctioned on three plays and gained just one net yard before punting with 9:05 on the clock.
LP-GE gained eight yards on their second series of the third quarter, which started with advantageous field position on B-B-E's 37-yard line. On fourth-and-two, LP-GE lost a fumble, giving B-B-E possession on the Jaguar 30 with 7:09 on the clock. The Jaguars then mounted a 70-yard scoring drive using 15 plays to find the end zone. Luke Dingmann capped the drive with a seven-yard quarterback keeper for a touchdown with 1:03 on the clock. B-B-E 30, LP-GE 0.
The severely undermanned Thunder scored twice in the fourth quarter when their first team offense faced B-B-E's JV defense. B-B-E's first team defense held LP-GE to no touchdowns and just 103 net yards across the first three quarters of the game.
For the game, B-B-E totaled 379 yards of offense, which included 222 passing yards on Luke Dingmann's outstanding 18-of-27 performance with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
Of LP-GE's 238 total yards of offense, 135 yards came on their two fourth-quarter scoring drives when the first team offense faced B-B-E's JV defense. The first drive covered 75 yards and resulted with an eight-yard touchdown run. The second scoring drive covered 60 yards and resulted with a 12-yard touchdown with 1:23 left in the game.
More to come. Time to upload some video! That was a fun game to take in! I will be recording a sports show video early Saturday morning. Not enough gas in the tank to pull it off tonight.
NEXT: the Jaguars put their four-game winning streak on the line when they host Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City for Homecoming on Friday, October 7. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. against a brawny, physical Falcons team that lost 30-12 tonight to Upsala/Swanville Area. A-C-GC is a load and a half. They will be a very formidable opponent.
Around the Mid-State, Sub-District III tonight...
No. 1-ranked BOLD traveled to Maple Lake and won 28-6 over the winless Irish. Their head coach, Derek Flann, earned his 100th career win. The Warriors led 14-0 at halftime.
At Benson, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg got back in the win column with a 28-0 win over the neighboring rival Braves. (Fighting Saints hold the Braves to 56 rushing yards and 47 passing yards)
At Kimball, the state-ranked Class 2A Cubs won 42-0 against visiting Browerville. The Jaguars travel to face the Tigers in Browerville in Week Seven on Friday, October 14. That is shaping up to a huge, huge game!
At Swanville, the Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots wo n 30-12 against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The Falcons fall to 2-3 overall, but they are much, much tougher than their record says!
Area Week Five football scores on September 30:
Melrose Area 19, Montevideo 12
Rockford Area 43, Minnewaska Area 0
Royalton 22, Paynesville Area 16
Dawson-Boyd 16, Lakeview 8
Yellow Medicine East 48, Lac qui Parle Valley 19
Canby 14, MACCRAY 0
