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6 Friday, September 27, 2013 v Krum News v www.lemonspublications.com v email: krum@lemonspublications.comBobcat football beats Paradise 27-7By John CallarmanThe Krum Bobcats gotback on the winning trackFriday night at PantherStadium in Paradise with a27-7 victory on touchdownruns by halfback BrennanEllis and quarterback ColtenGraham, a touchdownpass from Graham to Ellis,and a fumble recovered andreturned by Logan Shipley.The Panther defensehad no answer for Ellis’offensive play, as the Bobcatsenior ran for 231 yardson 33 carries and caught 3passes for 63 yards, but rulesinfractions by the Bobcatsstymied three possessionsand an intercepted passtemporarily halted another.The Bobcats had a totalof 55 center snaps fromscrimmage during the contest,and on 33 of thosescrimmage plays, Elliscarried the football. Threemore runs by Ellis were negatedby holding penaltiesagainst the Bobcats, andsix more scrimmage playswere blown dead as a resultof false start penalties. Grahamthrew only five passes,three completed to Ellis,another incomplete and thefifth intercepted. There wasone fourth-quarter run byDylan Serna and three firsthalfpunts by Graham toround out the Bobcat snaps.Ellis was able tosqueeze through holesopened by the offensive forruns up the middle on eitherhand-offs from Grahamor direct snaps from thewildcat formation, runs offtackle on either side of theline, or sideline sweeps. Hewas stopped behind the lineof scrimmage just one timeduring the game. The Pantherswere able to sack Grahamone time, and the onlyother loss — aside from thenine penalties on offense —came on the last play of thegame when Graham took aknee a yard behind the lineof scrimmage.After freshman BrandonReeves ran back theopening kickoff to theKrum 20, the Bobcats reeledoff an 80-yard drive in 11plays … but got credit for12 yards gained passing and83 yards gained rushing …after being set back 5 yardson a false start penalty and10 yards for holding. Elliscaught passes of 12 and 10yards and carried six times,including runs of 16, 26 and17 for the touchdown. MiguelLicea’s extra point kickmade it 7-0, Krum, with7:45 left in the quarter.After a pass interferencepenalty against theBobcats gave Paradise afirst down at the Panther 41,the Bobcat defense held thePanthers to 4th and 11 at the40. On the punt runback,the Bobcats were penalized10 yards back to the 10, andon the first play from scrimmage,lost 5 yards more ona false start penalty. Elliswas stopped at the line ofscrimmage, another falsestart moved the ball half thedistance to the goal, and twomore Ellis runs picked upjust 7 yards.Graham’s punt wasdowned at the 50, and whenthree plays gained nothing,Jarret Holt dropped backinto punt formation for thePanthers. Instead of kicking,Holt threw a strike upthe middle to Cash Preather,giving the Bobcat defendersa 26-yard surprise to theKrum 24. Holt picked upanother first down on a 10-yard run, but the Bobcatsheld him to minus 2, TaylorEdwards to plus 5 anda 3rd-down pass on the firstplay of the second quarterfell incomplete in the endzone. But the Bobcats wereoffside, and instead of 4thand-7at the 11, it was 3rdand2 at the 6.From there, Edwardsfound a hole off right guardand scored Paradise’s onlytouchdown of the game.Holt’s conversion kick wasgood and it was 7-7 with11:49 to go in the half.Reeves ran the kickoffback from the 15 to the 37,Ellis picked up 16 yards onfour consecutive carries but,from the Panther 47, a holdingcall on the fifth Ellis runpushed the ball back to theBobcat 44. Defensive backNathan Cline blitzed Grahamand sacked him backon the Bobcat 37, Graham’spass was incomplete, and,with 4th and 22, Grahampunted out of bounds on theParadise 29.Quarterback DillonMeadows completed a24-yard pass play to JohnBridgeman, giving the Panthersa first down at theBobcat 45, and three playslater, Meadows completeda pass to Edwards, but defenderMorgan Sprayberryknocked the ball loose afterEdwards started his run andTyrone Emory recoveredthe fumble at the Bobcat 29.Still another false startpenalty set the Bobcats back,and Graham’s punt rolledout of bounds at the Paradise47. Despite a false startpenalty against the Panthersafter an 8-yard gain, Meadowspassed to Tanner Valentinefor 7 yards and EdwardsHey, Bobcats fans,do business withthe bank that’s on the ball.ran for 6 and a first down onthe Bobcat 38.Emory came up withhis second defensive gemon the next play, interceptinga Meadows pass at theBobcat 20 and returned itto the Panther 42, where theBobcats put the ball in playwith 1:30 left in the half. Ellispunched the ball up thecenter for a yard, then wentinto wide receiver mode,breaking left, then wheelingright and hauling in Graham’sthird pass completionat the 25, sprinting the restof the way for a 41-yard TDplay. Licea’s conversion kickwas good and the Bobcatsled, 14-7, with 1:03 left inthe half.The Panthers were ableto pick up a first down afterthe kickoff but time ran outwith the ball on the Panther44.Sparked by a 14-yardMeadows to Cody Carmichaelpass, a quarterbackoption pitchout to KristofPewitt, and a screen pass upthe middle to Edwards, thePanthers moved from theopening second-half kickoffto a first down at theBobcat 28. Defenders RileyMarshall and Sprayberrystopped a swing pass fromMeadows to Skyler Clawsonfor a 1-yard loss; Austin Hogantook a hand-off up themiddle but was gang-tackleda yard behind the line; andwhen Meadows droppedback to pass, Marshall andMatt Robinson were in thebackfield with him for asack that made it 4th and 17at the Bobcat 35. Sprayberrystayed home on a reverseand smeared Luke Gage fora 10-yard loss at the Bobcat45.It took Ellis five runningplays to score the Bobcats’third touchdown — sweepleft for 9 yards, 3 yards ona wildcat snap; 33 yards onanother sweep, and 5, then 2yards from the Wildcat set.The snap for the extra pointattempt was high and Licea’skick was blocked, butthe Bobcats led, 20-7 with4:13 left in the third quarter.The Panthers weren’tready to give up. AfterCarmichael fell on Licea’ssquib kick at the Panther 39,Meadows passed to SkylarBlack for a first down at theBobcat 47, then to Valentinefor another first down at the36.On the next play, twoflags flew. The officialsmarked off a 15-yard personalfoul penalty againstthe Panthers for an infractionthat occurred duringthe play, then turned aroundMVPBRENNAN ELLISDEFENSIVE MVPLOGAN SHIPLEYBIG TACKLEDYLAN COFFINBOBCAT FIGHTDYLAN COFFINand marked off an unsportsmanlikeconductdead-ball penalty againstthe Bobcats. 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