Young Bobcats sweep Midway

On September 20th the Drexel Flag, JR, and SR division football teams, of the South 71 Football League, traveled to Midway. Little did Midway know that Drexel would soon dominate the football field with all three teams.
The morning started out with the Flag team, taking just a few minutes to score their first touchdown. If you were there to watch the them play then you were able to see some pretty impressive stats: Jacob Martin; 3rd on a kick off return, 7 yards and 2 flags; Brandon Woods; 27 yards and 1 flag; Adam Gilbert; 1 flag: Cole Barnhart; 79 yard touchdown, 22 yard touchdown, threw a 28 yard pass, 50 yards, 4 flags: Grant Macoubrie; caught a 28 yard pass, scored extra point thrown to him by Barnhart, 1 block, 2 flags: Stetson Still: 2 yards, Aaron Woods; 4 flags: Ethan Wheeler 1 flag. Even though not everyone had a flag or any yards the team defiantly was working together to finish the game, 0-13.
Outstanding defensive play started the Drexel JR teams’ season off right with a...
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PHOTOS: After a rainout against Sherwood on September 13th, the Drexel youth football teams kicked off the season against Midway in Viking territory on the 20th.
Pictured, flagger Brandon Woods carries the ball gaining yardage for a first down. JR’s Bradley Moles, Bryan Rice, and Hunter Deel close in on a Midway running back giving him nowhere to go, and SR quarterback, Tyler Allen runs toward the end zone for a touchdown.
Photos by Tesa Deel