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The 2-5 Houston Tigers traveled to Mountain Grove’s Wilson Field to take on the 5-2, Mountain Grove for a Week 7 SCA matchup. Houston struggled with yardage and did not score until well past Panthers offensive efforts and fell by a final of 42-7.
1st Quarter: Mountain Grove Panthers immediately take action as Senior Eli Golden scores a 60-yard for a 6-0 lead. After this; Houston Tigers are able to pick up above five yards on a carry by Sophomore Tucker Vinn. As Mountain Grove takes back the ball on downs; Shelton and Crawford for The Tigers are able to make a few tackles but not to much good as the next run into the in-zone for The Panthers is made by Senior, Brody Bevan as Moutrntain Grove takes a 14-0 lead.
Houston tries to take another good takeover at the Mountain Grove 43-yard line, but Golden takes the ball back and nearly makes it again to the in-zone again before he is taken down.
Panthers continue to hold the lead after the first twelve minutes of play, 12-0.
2nd Quarter: After a few more stops, Golden scores again on another long pass making it a 21-0 lead for The Mountain Grove Panthers. Tigers have some luck as Sophmore Tucker Vinn makes a throw to Senior Dillion Shelton. Shelton also makes a great recovery after the ball is lost and nearly taken back for another run by The Panthers. Vinn gets another catch and runs about. Grove is still relentless however as Junior Damien LaFranchise makes a 47 yard run before being brought down by The Tigers’ Shelton. However; LaFranchise picks the ball and runs the ball into the zone to make it a 27-0 lead which is the where the game holds going into the half.
3rd Quarter: Lafranchise for the Panthers makes another single yard pass into the in-zone to make it a 35-0, Mountain Grove lead. This was followed up by another run, also by LaFranchise to make it a 42-0 game as Panthers continue to cleanly lead the first 12 minutes of the second half.
4th Quarter- Senior, Dillion Shelton for The Tigers finally gets a lucky set of yardage and gets to the ball into the in-zone. Panthers try to continue to run the football, but hold out and win the Ballgame by a Final Score of 42-0.
Next week; Houston will face the Liberty Eagles. Catch that game on The Fox 96.9. For more details concerning the venue (due to Houston’s field construction status) as well as the day of the game, find more right here on the always-free, OzarkRadioNews.com
