That was nothing less than war on the gridiron.
Facing the No. 5-ranked team in the state, the BOLD Warriors, the B-B-E Jaguars football team battled in a 48-minute slug fest tonight that was all-out, no-holds-barred war.
The Jaguars scored on their first series and led 8-0 with just one minute and four seconds elapsed in the first quarter. YES! That happened.
BOLD's first series gained traction after they started on their own 43-yard line before stalling out on downs at the B-B-E 23-yard line with 7:16 on the clock. The Warriors later scored on their second series of the game later in the first quarter.
*Here's video featuring BOLD's first touchdown of the game:
The Warriors took a 12-8 lead in the second quarter, but the Jaguars mounted a late scoring drive and regained the lead on a nine-yard touchdown reception by Luke Illies with just 1:06 left in the half.
**Here's a lengthy video that features B-B-E's second scoring drive of the game as mentioned above:
As you can see in the video, I had a hard time trying to contain my excitement!!!!
HALFTIME: B-B-E 14, BOLD 12.
The Jaguars scored two additional touchdowns in the first half of the third quarter to go up 28-12 and put BOLD on their heels. With 5:40 on the clock in the third quarter, Owen Paulson scored on a 23-yard catch. The Warriors recovered a lost fumble on the two-point conversion play, and B-B-E led 28-12 at that point.
The dynasty that is the Warriors football program then showed why they are for real by scoring 24 straight points in methodical fashion. With 7:46 left in the game, BOLD led 36-28 after Kaden Fischer scored on a 22-yard carry and Fischer's two-point conversion catch. That 36-28 deficit was difficult to see on the scoreboard at that moment. The Jaguars did not back down, however, not one bit!
Starting on their own 31-yard line after the kickoff, the Jaguars moved down field and had a huge boost by a 31-yard catch by Toby Cebulla to convert 3rd-and-13. Two plays later, Luke Dingmann carried in a one-yard touchdown run with 2:56 left. Unfortunately, the extra-points conversion was stopped near the line of scrimmage to leave BOLD with the two-point lead.
Final score: BOLD 36, B-B-E 34. Next Tuesday, the Jaguars open the Section 4A playoffs at 6 p.m. back on the home gridiron in Belgrade.
**Here's my Friday Night Lights VIII sports show! This video recaps tonight's loss with some of my own color commentary of the game:
I have to tip my hat to not only the BOLD Warriors team in general, but also to their feature running back, sophomore Hudson Vosika. He finished the game with 165 rushing yards on 20 carries. He had one carry good for an 80-yard touchdown, which means his other 19 carries were good for an average of 4.5 yards. He is one tough, speedy, shifty running back. The Jaguars had their hands full all night with him in the backfield. He is the real deal!
More to come. Video is uploading. I had a little delay because I was taking in and enjoying video from the pep band performing. It was wonderful to play with the band! I have to admit, although we were small in numbers, we sounded very, very good!
Week Eight Midstate, Sub-District III football scores on October 19:
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 35, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 8
Kimball Area 32, Upsala/Swanville Area 6
Browerville 37, Maple Lake 26
Parkers Prairie 13, Ottertail Central 7 (An upset win by the Panthers against an OTC team that was ranked No. 20 in the latest QRF state rankings)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 68, Benson 32 (That is just a crazy number of points scored)
A new blog post on Thursday morning will include seeding and playoff information.
