LMS Owls Beat Granbury Acton in Finale to Earn Quad County Honors

On Tuesday, November 6, 2013, the Loflin Owls played Granbury Acton and won two of their three games to earn post season honors.

The C Team won their game in usual fashion by a score of 18-0.  The win solidified the Owls as undefeated district champions at 4-0-1 and an overall record of 6-1-1.  Their only loss came at the hands of powerhouse Aledo.

The championship game was all Owls as they were able to keep Acton to two earned first downs.  Strong defensive play by Dusty Anglin and John Lindley, supported by a host of others, was the key to the night’s success.

The B Team was not as fortunate as they fell to the Pirates 8-6.  The loss dropped the Owls to a 3-2 record for district with a 5-3 overall record.  Because of the head to head tie breaker with Granbury, the Owls slipped to third place; however, they did earn the Quad County bronze medals and are very excited about the future.

Malaki Mendoza, Colton Fugit, and Simon Askins were key factors defensively with Mendoza and quarterback, Caleb Estes, aiding to the offensive success of the Owls.

The night finished out with a bang as the A Team was not going to be denied the district honors of the Runner-Up position.  The fireworks started when Hayden Chittum to the first play of the game 75 yards from the line of scrimmage for a touchdown.  Jacob Kastansea added the two pint conversion and the Owls were up 8-0 and only 25 seconds had ticked off the clock.  After a stalled drive by the Pirates and another by the Owls, Granbury marched the field to tie the game 8-8 with a pass on third down. 

The next series picked up where the first series left off when Will Bucholz took a 37 yard screen pass to the end zone and that score remained the same until half time.

The Owls kicked off the second half and a Pirate miscue was recovered and  a few plays later Landon McCoy put the Owls up 24-8; however, the Pirates came right back with a score of their own and the 24-16 tally remained unchanged until 1:11 left in the game.  At that point, Granbury was driving to tie the score and an open field touchdown was interrupted by Owls safety Connery Peters as he stripped the Granbury runner of the ball on the Owls’ 5 yard line.  The very next play Owl running back, Tyger Brigmond took the ball 95 yards to seal the fate of the Pirates and sending the Owls into offseason as Quad County District Runner-Up with a 3-2 district record and a 4-4 overall record.

For the season, Loflin Middle School was 15-8-1 as an 8^th grade program and all three teams earned post season honors.  Both the B and C Teams outscored their opponents ten and fifteen points respectively and the A Team fourteen points.

This was a very successful season in terms of changing the direction of the program and it is exciting to as the kids are already talking about next year and not simply being satisfied with their current success by wanting to get better.

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