The Franklinton Demons football team suffered a huge setback last Friday in Demon Stadium as they fell to the Sumner Cowboys, 21-14 in overtime. The loss puts the Demons record at 3-2 as they will move into district action this Friday on the road at Lakeshore. Sumner moves their record to 5-0.
The Cowboys opened with possession and used the drive to score at the 5:53 mark on a 12 yard run to go up 7-0. After trading possessions and punts the Cowboys again scored on a 2 yard run to go up 14-0 at the 6:11 mark of the second period.
The Demons answered with a nice 65 yard drive that was capped off with a score when Jacob Crain passed to Dalton Freeman for an 18 yard touchdown. This put the score at 14-7 and that would be the halftime score.
The Demons opened with possession in the second half and put together another 65 yard drive which was capped off again by the Crain to Freeman connection to tie the game with 6:23 on the clock.
The defenses ruled the remainder of regulation. Demons quarterback Jacob Crain was hampered with an injury and did not play the final possession of the game and did not participate in the overtime series.
The Cowboys scored first in the overtime period on a one yard quarterback run on fourth down to go up 21-14. The Demons failed to score as a pass into the endzone fell to the ground on fourth down.
After the game Coach Nick Saltaformaggio said. "The game was how I thought it would play out. Obviously, losing Jacob was a giant blow to us. We still have to find a way to run the football. It is more important now than ever because of the quarterback situation. All of our goals are still ahead of us. We have to find a way to get six wins because that number guarantees a winning record and a playoff spot."
Jacob Crain passed 22 times completing 18 for 137 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and also rushed for 18 yards on five carries. Ricardo Burris rushed 10 times for 11 yards. Rayden Raborn rushed 7 times for 18 yards. Jayden Burkhalter rushed 4 times for 4 yards and was 0-3 passing. DaMikies McClain caught 7 passes for 73 yards, Dalton Freeman caught 5 for 37 yards and two touchdowns and Colin Stewart caught one for 21 yards.
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