Our Glendale Falcons hosted the Belton Pirates on Friday night at JFK Stadium, in the quarter final round of the Missouri Class 5A state playoffs, and lost 12-41.  The Falcons had a great season, on their way to winning a 2nd consecutive Class 5A District 5 Championship, but the District 6 champions from Belton proved to be a tough team for our Falcons to match up with.

The Falcons defense held Belton to an opening drive 4th down, when the Pirates appeared to be in punt formation.  But a fake punt run all the way in for a touchdown by the Pirates’ quarterback, set the tone for the rest of the game.  Belton opened up a 0-14 lead before the Falcons showed some life, and scored on a long touchdown run by quarterback Joey Mendel.  But a 6-14 (missed PAT after a bad snap) score was the closest our Falcons would ever get.  Belton was up 6-34 by the half, and a late game touchdown by our Falcons yielded the final 12-41 score.

Great season Falcons, and for the Seniors who will be moving on now after this season, best of wishes, and thanks for all your hard work as Falcons over the last 4 years!  For the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen, we look forward to seeing you next year for another great season of Falcons football – GO FALCONS!!!