DEVIL DEFENSE HOLDS AGAINST MADISON COUNTY - TAZ THOUGHTS

The Middle School Red Devils traveled to Madison County on Sept 22 to play the Madison County Tigers.  Now that , my Devil fans, is the Devil team that is fun to watch. The recurring theme of tonight's game would be "And the Devil Defense holds". I counted no less than seven drives by Madison County that resulted in either a punt or a turnover on downs. Nice job by the Devil Defense to help lead the team to a very impressive 22-0 win over the home team Tigers. 


TAZ'S GAME SUMMARY: 
The Devil D forced a turnover on downs to open the game and turned the ball over to the Devil offense who put together a nice scoring drive, helped in part by the determined running of Pankey and the nice blocking of the offensive line. The PAT was good and we led 8-0 with 3:07 left in the first quarter.  The Elkmont defense went to work and quickly gave the ball back to the Devil offense.  They wasted no time in getting back in the end zone on a long catch and run by Hobbs, followed by another successful PAT.  We were up quickly 16-0 with 0:15 remaining in the quarter. 

The second quarter was mainly a defensive struggle 
and the score remained 16-0 going into halftime.

The Devil offense stalled on the initial drive of the second half but the Devil Defense put the stop on the Tigers when they attempted a fake punt on fourth down. Our offense stalled again and was forced to punt.  However, as they had all night long, the Devil D held firm again and the third quarter ended 16-0. 

The Devil offense converted a nice drive in the fourth quarter on a bit of razzle dazzle, with a halfback pass from Hobbs to Moss.  The PAT fell incomplete and we led 22-0 with 5:33 remaining in the game.   Then, guess what, ..... yep you guessed it, the Devil D holds yet again, forcing a turnover at the 4:44 mark. The offense put together a nice drive to virtually run out the clock to seal the win. 

OBSERVATIONS:  
The Devils seemed to be back in a rhythm tonight in all areas of the game. The coaches had them executing nicely and the effort appeared to be strong. This is truly a fun team to watch when they are confident, focused and executing at a high percentage. Hope to see more of the Middle Devils on Monday night. 

GO DEVILS

                             ........TAZ