Greenwood moves to 6-0 on the season
The Bulldogs and the Panthers have met 12 times since 2001 and Greenwood has come out on top in each of those meetings, could the upstart Greenbrier have Greenwood’s number this year. For the first quarter it sure looked like it.
Greenwood received the opening kick that Junior Grant Karnes took to midfield. Sophomore Kane Archer would get the first series, but the offense would stall out just past midfield in Greenbrier territory and turn the ball over on downs. The Panthers punted on their possession. Starting on their own 13-yard line the Bulldogs put together a drive with a mix of Brayedan Davis running and Cooper Goodwin passing to L.J. Robins and Grant Karnes. Davis would get the call at the goal line and the Touchdown. The Body Steinfeldt kick was good making it 7-0. Greenbrier’s next possession was halted by a Braden Skaggs interception. The Bulldog drive was halted on 4th down when they turned the ball over on downs ending the 1st quarter.
Greenbrier started the 2nd quarter getting a first down but stalled on the next set of downs punting to Greenwood. A Kane Archer to Grant Karnes pass with a Facemask penalty set the Bulldogs up on the 1-yard line. Brayedan Davis gets his 15th Touchdown on the year with the run. Point After was good making it 14-0. On the first play of the Panther drive, Cash Archer tackles the Greenbrier running back for a loss. Three plays later, Greenbrier punts. Brayedan Davis once again gets it in for the Bulldogs. Point after was good 21-0. The Panthers started to put together a drive before the end of the half, but time was not on their side as the clock ran out
The Panthers started the second half putting together a well-balanced drive. A sack by Senior Eli Whitaker halted the Panther momentum and the Central Arkansas team would punt the ball away rolling into the end zone for a touchback. Brayedan Davis would take the ball 73 yards for the touchdown. The Bodey Steinfeldt kick was good making it 28-0. Greenbrier punted on their next drive. On Greenwood’s next possession, Kane Archer would find L.J. Robins in the left side of the end zone for the touchdown. Point after was good, making it 35-0 starting the Sportsmanship rule.
Greenbrier wanting to get on to the scoreboard, had a 56-yard run that looked to be headed to the end zone, RB Enoch Assan was ran down by Cash Archer and tackled at the 12. The Panthers would get the touchdown three plays later, point after was good 35-7 in the 4th quarter. Greenwood then ran out the remaining 7 minutes of the game, running the ball.
“Greenbrier’s got a good football team, very well coached. Their kids play hard, they play the right way.” Head Coach Chris Young said after the game, “They had two weeks to get ready for us, and they schemed up a few things on offense and on defense. You gotta tip your hat to them on that.”
“Proud of how our kids responded.” said Coach Young, “Especially Defense in the first half, offense was struggling a little bit and those guys kept us in the game.”
“Both Quarterbacks made some plays for us and got us going. Then the second half I thought it went better.” said Coach Young.
Greenwood is on a bye week next week and will be in action in two weeks as they travel to Lake Hamilton. The Wolves will face Greenbrier next week and are coming off a 49-28 loss to Van Buren.
