Mon September 16, 2024

By Lance Hawley

Sports Hope

Bobcats Drop Tough One to Ashdown 26-14

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Bobcats Drop Tough One to Ashdown 26-14
Hope- Friday night was a very competitive and action-packed affair as Coach Eryc McCaslin and the Panthers strolled into town from Ashdown for a non-conference showdown with the Bobcats.  Hope won last years game in a 14-12 nail-biter in Ashdown last year and this years’ game was another doozy between these two teams. 

Coach Turner and the Bobcats came out fighting early in this one as points were hard to come by early on in this one, as neither team found pay-dirt until Ashdown scored on a 3-yard TD run. That would be all the scoring in the opening half as the Panthers would head into the break with a 6-0 lead. 

The Bobcats would fight back in the third quarter and take a 14-12 lead later on in the 2nd half on a pair of Zyun Brown TD runs and two Josh Ramos PATs. Ashdown would rally and punch in a score to take the lead in the 4th quarter and add on a late TD to extend their lead to 26-14, as that would be the final score. 

Zyun Brown played a lot of snaps at the quarterback position and moved the ball very well and showed off his dual-threat ability as he totaled for 47 yards rushing and 2 TDs, as well as making some really good throws. Jaiden Brown had 2 catches for 22 yards, Tra Gomer had 77 yards on the ground and ran the ball extremely hard all game. Defensively, Christian Matlock played lights out as he had 9 tackles, 4 of which were for a loss, 3 sacks, and forced a fumble. Joel Bello had 6 tackles, 1 sack, and recovered a fumble. Lanod Westmoreland had 8 tackes, while Kentorian Cheatham had 1 INT, another pass break-up, and a tackle. Cheatham was not tested much after that early interception, as he limited the Panther wideouts to next to nothing. 

The Bobcats showed a lot of fight on Friday night and they will look to piggy-back off of that performance as they head to Prescott for a date with the Curley Wolves. 

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