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Demons edge Longhorns 20-18
It was an exciting game with big scoring plays. The third quarter, especially, saw scoring back-and-forth. Despite a hard fought effort, self-inflicted wounds in the form of turnovers doomed the Panthers, and the Demons escaped with a 20-18 win. McIntosh got the ball first, but their first drive didn't go very far until it was ended when a pass by quarterback Michael Bolton was intercepted by Marengo's Corey Noid. With 10:51 left in the first quarter, the Panthers had the ball on the McIntosh 20-yard line. However, Noid gave the ball back through a fumble on the next play. Anthony Barnes recovered the ball for the Demons on their own 15. McIntosh could only go as far as their 43 and was forced to punt. Marengo began a long drive at their 30. A pass from James Bennett to Kaylos Pritchett gained 37 yards. Two runs by Ontarrio Woods moved the ball to the Panther 49, and a face mask penalty moved the ball to the Demon 46. Michael Watkins gained 3 yards, and Kaylos Pritchett reached the 39. A pass to Watkins lost 2 yards, but an offsides penalty on McIntosh brought the ball to the Demon 36. Kaylos Pritchett gained 3 more yards, but two plays later, Noid was pushed back to the Demon 37. An incomplete pass forced the Panthers to turn the ball over-on-downs giving the Demons good field posistion. The Panther defense forced McIntosh to three downs-andpunt, and Marengo began their next drive on their 34. Watkins gained three yards, and a run by Woods reached the 44. On the next play, Watkins would break out of a gang of Demon tacklers and run to the McIntosh 24. A pass to Jeremy Bouler moved the ball to the 14. As the second quarter began, Watkins broke more tackles to reach the 3-yard line. Two plays later, Kaylos Pritchett punched it in for a touchdown. The point-after kick by Marcus Richardson was no good, and with 10:47 left in the first half, the Panthers led by 7. Marengo was also successful recovering an onside kick on the Demon 35, but the McIntosh defense held firm, forcing the Panthers to turn the ball-over-on downs after four plays. The Demons began their next drive with Buck Thomas losing 3 yards. In two plays, Bolton ran to the 41, and Josh Nichols reached the Demon 44. Thomas moved the ball to the Panther 44, but a pass to Quentin Echols lost a yard. Nichols would gain 9 yards, but Quintin Watkins caught Nichols behind the line for a 3- yard loss. On the next play, Thomas fumbled the ball and Marengo's James Dumas recovered. With 4:59 left in the first half, Marengo had the ball on the Panther 26. The Demon defense was stout. Loodie Reed pushed back Woods on first down for a 2-yard loss. Watkins was forced back to the Panther 23. A pass to Watkins resulted in a fumble, and the Demons recovered on the Panther 21 with 3:37 left in the second quarter. On the next play, Thomas ran it in for the TD. The twopoint conversion by Nichols was also good, and with 3:27 left in the first half, McIntosh led 8-6. The next Panther drive was also ended with a fumble when James Bennett was sacked, and the ball was recovered by Lonnie Weaver. With 1:46 left in the first half, McIntosh had the ball on their own 46. Penalties on the Demons and a great tackle by Pritchett on a run by Nichols on second down thwarted the McIntosh drive as time ran out in the first half. The Panthers got the ball first in the third quarter. Despite a great runback by Noid to the Panther 45, Marengo couldn't move any farther than the Demon 46 before they had to punt. McIntosh next went three downs-and-out. After the punt, Marengo had its next successful drive, beginning on the Panther 45. Pritchett gained 2 yards, and Noid broke it to the Demon 17. Pritchett added two more yards, and hard running by Noid brought the ball to the 9-yard line. Pritchett scored from there with 5:15 left in the third quarter. The two-point conversion attempt by Pritchett was no good, and Marengo led 12-8. However, before the Panther fans knew what hit them, Thomas ran the kickoff back all the way for a touchdown. The two-point conversion attempt by Jerome Haley was no good, and with 5:41 left in the third, McIntosh led 14-12. The Demons tried their own onside kick, but the Panthers recovered on their 45. A face mask penalty on McIntosh moved the ball to the Demon 48. Pritchett gained 9 yards, but two penalties on Marengo moved the ball back to the Panther 49. An offsides penalty on the Demons moved the ball to the McIntosh 45. Pritchett gained 1 yard, before Noid broke tackles again and ran for a TD. The two-point conversion attempt by Noid was no good. With 3:17 left in the third, Marengo led 18-14. The Demons began their next drive on their 32. A pass to Quentin Echols gained 4 yards. Thomas was stopped by Bouler for a 2-yard loss. Two runs by Thomas reached the Demon 43. Nichols would lose a yard, but a pass from Michael Bolton to Anthony Barnes, the first play of the fourth quarter, scored the final TD of the game. The two-point conversion attempt was no good, and with 11:50 left in the game, McIntosh led 20-18. There was another Demon onside kick, and the Panthers had the ball on their own 46. Marengo could only reach the Demon 42 before having to punt. The Panther defense held McIntosh to three downs-and-a punt, but the ball was fumbled on the punt reception with 6:14 left in the game. McIntosh had the ball on their 44. Bolton was sacked back to the Demon 40. After two incomplete passes, McIntosh had to punt. Marengo got the ball back on its 18. Noid got loose again and ran to the Demon 43. Runs by Pritchett and Noid moved the ball to the McIntosh 29. However, a holding call pushed the Panthers back to the Demon 40. Two plays later, another penalty moved them back to the 45. A fourth down incomplete pass forced Marengo to give the ball over-on-downs on the Demon 43 with two minutes left in the game3..
McIntosh was hit with three procedure penalties on their next drive, and after a bad punt, Marengo had the ball on the Demon 49 with 36.1 seconds left in the game. Bennett was sacked on the first play, and time ran out on a pass play to Dumas.
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