ON THE CLOCK: The Knights lost 56-42 to the Cougars in a tough battle. Connally scored a touchdown on their opening drive and recovered an onside kick to score again. On the Knights first possession of the quarter they had a successful drive and Butler ran the ball into the end zone on a 2 yard carry. Both teams scored in their next drives with Dunham running the ball in from the 2. Kicker Dash Levy made both of his extra points to help close the Cougars lead over the Knights. McCallum then punted an onside kick recovered by Karon Lewis. After the Knights brought the ball down to their redzone, with three seconds left on the clock, Luke Dunham scored a touchdown and with a good extra point, they ended the game.
Caption by Callen Romell. Photos by Julia Copas,
Naomi Di-Capua, Alice Scott, and Ingrid Smith.
THIRD
QUARTER TDS: The Knights maintained stable in the 3rd quarter, down 35-21 at
the end of it. The Knights received the ball to open the half and with a 16
yard gain into the red zone by Mark Sanchez and touchdown by Mitchell Butler as
well as a good extra point by Dash Levy to close their deficit. However, the
Cougars were able to come back and score halfway through the quarter to keep
their lead. The Knights then scored another touchdown with Jaiden Booe catching
the ball in the endzone and Dash Levy kicking a good extra point. The Knights
punt to the Cougars as the last play of the quarter.
Caption by Callen Romell. Photos by Julia Copas,
Naomi Di-Capua, Alice Scott, and Ingrid Smith.
SECOND
QUARTER HOPE. The Knights started with a stronger 2nd quarter, despite being
down 28-7 to the Cougars at the end of the half. The Knights took their opening
drive all the way to the endzone with quarterback Luke Dunham scoring a 1 yard
touchdown, and then followed it up with an extra point from kicker Dash Levy.
The Cougars responded to McCallum scoring a touchdown on their next possession.
McCallum, after having an unsuccessful drive, faked a punt but their pass was
incomplete, and the Knights turned over their downs. On Connallys last play of
the half, their quarterback was sacked by Tony Andrew's, pushing them back to
3rd and 19. The ball was then intercepted in the end zone by Mark Sanchez, with
the half ending with the Knights in possession.
Caption by Callen Romell. Photos by Julia Copas,
Naomi Di-Capua, Alice Scott, and Ingrid Smith.
FIRST
QUARTER FRUSTRATION: The Knights got off to an unsuccessful start against the
Connally Cougars, ending the first quarter down 21-0. The Knights won the toss
and deferred to receive to the second quarter. The Knight were able to stop the
Cougars and the got the ball on Connally’s 42 yard line. McCallum was unable to
convert and were turned over on downs. The Cougars scored on their next drive,
4 minutes into the game. McCallum, not scoring on their next possession, punted
to Connally, resulting in another Cougar touchdown but a missed extra point.
The Knights had another unsuccessful drive and punt to the Cougars, resulting
in another Connally touchdown, who scored a 2-point conversion. To end the
quarter McCallum received the ball, giving them possession to start the 2nd.
Caption by Callen Romell. Photos by Ingrid Smith,
Alice Scott, Naomi Di-Capua and Julia Copas
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