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With the rain starting to fall in earnest, and with just 55 seconds left in the half, the Galena Bulldogs marched 73 yards in five plays to score the final three points of the half on a 21-yard Scott Anderson field goal. The score left the Bulldogs up over the Caney Valley Bullpups 25-0.
It was the way it had been all night, with Galena scoring almost at will to down Caney Valley 31-0 and improve to 9-0 and 3-0 in district play. Caney fell to 7-2 and 1-2 in the district.
The Bulldogs are the district champions and will face Erie at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at home.
Galena stopped the Bullpups on their first drive, then went 65 yards on their first play from scrimmage on a pass from Troy Albright — who had the ball lateraled to him from quarterback Jacoby Martin — to Cody Clark. Colton Leet added the point after to make it 8-0 with 9:56 left in the first quarter.
Less than three minutes later, the Bulldogs struck again on a 49-yard pass from Martin to Albright. Albright added the point-after run, and it was 16-0. Martin upped the lead to 22-0 with a little less than three minutes to go in the half, and Anderson’s last-second field goal brought the score to 25-0 at halftime.
The final score of the game came after a blocked punt on the Caney Valley five-yard line. The ball was kicked into the end zone, and the resulting penalty sent the Bulldogs back 15 yards. Just a few plays later however, Albright ran the ball in from the two-yard line to put the Bulldogs up 31-0.
Right after the touchdown, however, a fight broke out in the end zone and several players were ejected from the game on both sides.
“I really don't know what happened,” head coach Beau Sarwinksi said after the game, adding he pulled a couple players other than the ones ejected.
Sarwinki’s team held a previously high-scoring offense to just 108 total yards while racking up 391 of their own.
“We talked about it all week long,” he said. “We had to tackle well, and we were fortunate to tackle well.”
Penalties were a major issue for both teams — the Bullpups had 60 yards worth on eight flags, and Galena had 105 yards on ten penalties.
Galena will face Erie in the first round of bi-district play Tuesday, but Sarwinski said it didn’t really matter who the Bulldogs played next.
“Whoever we play we’ve played before,” he said. “It's awful hard to beat a team twice.”
With the rain starting to fall in earnest, and with just 55 seconds left in the half, the Galena Bulldogs marched 73 yards in five plays to score the final three points of the half on a 21-yard Scott Anderson field goal. The score left the Bulldogs up over the Caney Valley Bullpups 25-0.
It was the way it had been all night, with Galena scoring almost at will to down Caney Valley 31-0 and improve to 9-0 and 3-0 in district play. Caney fell to 7-2 and 1-2 in the district.
The Bulldogs are the district champions and will face Erie at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at home.
Galena stopped the Bullpups on their first drive, then went 65 yards on their first play from scrimmage on a pass from Troy Albright — who had the ball lateraled to him from quarterback Jacoby Martin — to Cody Clark. Colton Leet added the point after to make it 8-0 with 9:56 left in the first quarter.
Less than three minutes later, the Bulldogs struck again on a 49-yard pass from Martin to Albright. Albright added the point-after run, and it was 16-0. Martin upped the lead to 22-0 with a little less than three minutes to go in the half, and Anderson’s last-second field goal brought the score to 25-0 at halftime.
The final score of the game came after a blocked punt on the Caney Valley five-yard line. The ball was kicked into the end zone, and the resulting penalty sent the Bulldogs back 15 yards. Just a few plays later however, Albright ran the ball in from the two-yard line to put the Bulldogs up 31-0.
Right after the touchdown, however, a fight broke out in the end zone and several players were ejected from the game on both sides.
“I really don't know what happened,” head coach Beau Sarwinksi said after the game, adding he pulled a couple players other than the ones ejected.
Sarwinki’s team held a previously high-scoring offense to just 108 total yards while racking up 391 of their own.
“We talked about it all week long,” he said. “We had to tackle well, and we were fortunate to tackle well.”
Penalties were a major issue for both teams — the Bullpups had 60 yards worth on eight flags, and Galena had 105 yards on ten penalties.
Galena will face Erie in the first round of bi-district play Tuesday, but Sarwinski said it didn’t really matter who the Bulldogs played next.
“Whoever we play we’ve played before,” he said. “It's awful hard to beat a team twice.”
