Mistakes Prove Costly In Tiger
Loss
The Tigers trailed 7-3 at halftime to the Ennis
Lions, but mistakes in the second half allowed Ennis to take control and win
42-10. In the first half the Tiger defense bent on multiple
occasions getting an interception in the endzone and making a stop on
fourth down on the 3 yard line but they refused to break. When Matt
Pratt kicked a field goal to open the scoring it was the first time all year
that Ennis had trailed in a game.
The Lions responded though by quickly getting a
touchdown run from Graham Harrell to go into halftime ahead 7-3. The
Lions came out in the second half and drove down the field and scored their
second touchdown of the night when Andrew Novak made a catch that appeared
out of bounds but was ruled a touchdown. The Tiger offense couldn't
get anything going and had to punt. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
on the return gave Ennis great field position and the Lions quickly scored
again. The Lions would score again after a Tiger fumble before
Clarence Robinson would finally get the Tigers back on the scoreboard with a
nifty touchdown run.
Ennis would add two more touchdowns - one after
a tiger fumble deep in Ennis territory the Lions ran back to inside the
Tiger 20 - that would round out the scoring.
The Tigers have to put this game behind them
now and get ready for Red Oak next week. By virtue of Lancaster's win
over Red Oak on Friday night the Tigers did clinch a playoff spot and will
play Waxahachie in the first round.
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