The Franklinton Demons football team defeated the Fontainebleau Bulldogs handily 45-20 last Friday night in Demon Stadium. The Demons move their record to 1-2 on the season and picked up their first win since week ten of 2019. The Demons go on the road to play Denham Springs this Friday. The Demons have not played the Yellow Jackets since 1978 and hold an all time advantage of 10 wins to 8 losses.
Against the Bulldogs the Demons opened the scoring on their opening drive with a Cole Colletti field goal of 22 yards for a 3-0 score before they scored again on their second drive on a Keyon Nelson run of 11 yards for a 10-0 lead with 3:07 left in the first period.
In the second period the Demons blocked a Bulldog punt to give them the ball at the Bulldog 22 yard line. Quarterback Zion Anders ran it in from the 11 for a touchdown and a 17-0 lead before the Demons Senqualon Conerly picked up a loose ball on the Bulldogs next drive and ran it in for a touchdown and a 24-0 Demons lead. Another fumble later in the period gave the Demons a touchdown and a 31-0 lead which would be the halftime score.
In the second half the Bulldogs made adjustments and scored on a 68 yard drive with 7:20 left in the third to cut the lead to 31-7 but eh Demons answered as Anders hit Glen Mark on a pass for an 80 yard touchdown to push the score to 38-7.
The Demons Shelton Jenkins forced another fumble on the Bulldogs next drive to give them the ball at the Bulldogs 8 and Kelly Daniels ran it in from there for a 45-7 lead.
The Bulldogs scored two touchdowns later in the game for a 45-20 final.
Coach Jonathon Barber was fired up about the win. "Great win for our program, I'm proud of our guys. This was a win that our entire community needed. It was truly amazing to see our student body so excited. Our students have been through a lot recently and being part of bringing that joy to them was really special. As far as our team, it's a win that we had to have. We have had two tough losses to start the season and we are in the middle of three straight games versus 5A schools. We talked all week about sticking together and doing whatever it takes to get the win. Our guys dominated the game from the start. They made a couple adjustments at halftime so we gave up a score to start the third, but our offense immediately came back and restored order. It is very gratifying when we can dominate all three phases of the game like we did last night. We have another huge test next week and we will be ready."
Zion Anders completed 7 passes of 13 attempts for 231 yards and a touchdown while rushing just three times for 17 yards and a touchdown. Keyon Nelson rushed six times for 14 yards and a touchdown. Glen Marks was the leading receiver with 157 yards and a touchdown on 4 receptions. Daniel Bryant had 2 for 58 yards. Kelly Daniels had one rush for five yards.
PHOTO: Glen Marks scored for the FHS Demons. Photo by Caleb Mulina
