Our Glendale Falcons went 1-2 against the Joplin Eagles squads this week.

Last Friday night, our varsity squad hosted the Eagles, and lost 27-47.  Initially it appeared we would trade touchdowns with Joplin in a scoring fest, but our offense turned the ball over too many times, and the defense had trouble stopping the high-flying, pass-happy offense of the Eagles.

Last night (Monday), the JV squad traveled to Joplin, and lost 22-52.  Freshman quarterback Skylar Ladd threw a touchdown pass to Zack Lee, and Skylar also added 2 other rushing TDs.  Celab Bolda was having a good rushing night, until he went down with an injury late in the first half.

Also last night, the Freshman squad scored their first victory of the season with a 27-26 win over the visiting Eagles!  After falling behind 0-14 by the end of the first quarter, our Falcons battled back.  Trailing 7-14, the defense came up with a huge stop toward the end of the first half, keeping Joplin from possibly going up 7-21.  Then, with less than 2 minutes to go, the offense marched 80+ yards (highlighted by a huge run on a half-back reverse by Philip Hite), and managed to tie the game at 14 for the half.  And actually, they scored two touchdowns in the last 17 seconds of the half – the first one being nullified by an illegal procedure penalty, but then they scored again on the very next play!  In the 3rd quarter, Joplin scored again to take the lead 14-20, then our Falcons scored a 3rd touchdown, and with a good PAT, took their first lead of the season 21-20.  Touchdowns were traded again in the 4th quarter, and with the defense holding off the Eagles on a 4th down play at the end of the game, the 27-26 win was preserved!

Up next – the always tough Waynesville Tigers – GO FALCONS!!

Ad books were being handed out and sold at the varsity game against Ozark, last Friday night.  If you have not picked up your ad books for those patrons who placed an ad, please contact Tammy Jones about getting those books.  She can be reached at 840-5085.  Please note that this year, there is a change – only those who purchased a $50 or greater ad will receive a free copy of the ad book.

After our Glendale Falcons varsity team defeated the Ozark Tigers last Friday night 28-21, the Freshman and JV Falcons teams both lost at Ozark last night (Monday).

The Freshman team built up a 14-0 lead by the end of the first quarter, only to see Ozark reel off 3 unanswered touchdowns to take a 14-21 lead by early in the 2nd half.  Our Falcons tied the game at 21 in the 3rd quarter, but Ozark scored the deciding touchdown in the 4th quarter, to hand our Freshman team a 21-27 loss.

The JV Falcons lost 8-34 in the “night cap” game.

We will look for a sweep of all the Joplin teams coming up this next Friday & Monday – GO FALCONS!