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WELCOME BACK TO THE FRIDAY
NIGHT FRENZY.TIME FOR MORE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FINAL WEEK
OF THE REGULAR SEASON IN HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL. áOUR NEXT
STOP IS AT THE HOME FIELD OF
LEWIS CASS, WHERE THE KINGS
HOSTED THE WESTERN PANTHERS
TONIGHT. áTHIRD QUARTER LEWIS
CASS QUARTERBACK SHELDON
SLUSSER ON THE PLAY FAKE FINDS
PAYTON YOUNG FOR THE BIG GAIN
AND THE FIRST DOWN.áLATER IN
THE DRIVE, DREW SHEPHERD TAKES
THE HANDOFF, HURDLES OVER
TACKLES AND RUNS BY THE
DEFENSE FOR THE SCORE MAKING
IT 14-13 KINGS. THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD GAME.áPANTHERS BALL,
AND HUDSON FEATHERSTONE GETS
STUFFED ON THIRD DOWN. COACH
SAYS GO FOR IT.áSO THE
PANTHERS DIAL UP A PLAY FAKE
AND DREW BELLUS FINDS KENDAL
MCDONALD FOR THE HUGE GAIN AND
WESTERN IS DOWN AT THE GOAL
LINE.áTHIRD DOWN AGAIN FOR THE
PANTHERS AND THIS TIME JAMES
DAVIS GETS STUFFED BY THE KING
DEFENSE. COACH SAYS, GO FOR
IT.áANOTHER PLAY FAKE BY
BELLUS FINDS MCDONALD AGAIN,
THIS TIME IN THE ENDZONE. 20
TO 14 PANTHERS AT THAT POINT.
THE KINGS GO ON TO WIN THIS
CONTEST BY A FINAL OF 21-20.
áWE HEAD TO CARROLL...WHERE
THE COUGARS HOSTED THE VIKINGS
OF NORTH WHITE TONIGHT.
áCOUGARS HAND IT OFF TO JADEN
RENEAU (REH-NO) AT THE GOAL
LINE... HE TAKES IT IN FOR
SIX... 28 NOTHING CARROLL.
áNEXT DRIVE, VIKINGS
QUARTERBACK COLIN HILEMAN
LOOKING DEEP.. HE FINDS THE
FRESHMAN LUKE DIENER FOR THE
HUGE GAIN AND THE SCORE. THEY
THOUGH, 28 TO 6 COUGARS, END
OF THE FIRST.áCOUGARS BALL,
RYAN SPESARD (SPE-SERD) FINDS
BRANDON DILLON FOR THE FIRST
DOWN. VIKINGS NOT HAPPY ABOUT
THAT ONE...
BRANDON DILLON FOR THE FIRST
áSAME DRIVE, SPESARD LOOKS TO
PASS AGAIN.. THE JUMP BALL IS
PICKED OFF BY THE VIKINGS
HADEEN WILLIAMS. HOWEVER, THE
VIKINGS GO THREE AND OUT...
AND GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE
COUGARS.áTHEN IT'S SPESARD ON
THE KEEPER... HE GETS IN FOR
THE SCORE...STRONG RUNNING
THERE BY THE SENIOR.THE
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT MATCHUP BY A
FINAL OF óóó-óóó.
áOUR NEXT STOP IS AT WEST
CENTRAL, WHERE THE TROJANS
HOSTED PIONEER IN A MATCHUP OF
RANKED TEAMS. áFIRST QUARTER
ACTION, PIONEER BALL...AND
PANTHER Q-B SAM KISER...HE'S
FAST...35 YARDS UNTOUCHED FOR
THE SCORE, PANTHERS ON THE
BOARD FIRST.áSTILL FIRST
QUARTER...PANTHERS WILL THE
BALL AGAIN...KISER TRIES
ROLLING BUT FELICIANO
VILLARREAL...THE SPEEDY END
BUSTS IT UP TO GET THE SACK.
áPANTHERS PUTTING SOME
PRESSURE ON TOO...SENIOR
DILLON STANTON BREAKS ON
THROUGH TO THE OTHER
SIDE...PICKING UP A SACK FOR
PIONEER.áPIONEER WITH THE
BALL...SWEEP OUT TO JOE MILLER
AND YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT
SPEED...BIG PICKUP FOR THE
SENIOR FULLBACK.áWEST CENTRAL
DEFENSE...PUT A LOCK ON KISER
AFTER THAT BIG RUN...GAGE
MURRAY WITH THE INITIAL
PRESSURE...THEN JAE HOFFMAN
AND RODNEY OLIVER WOULD PUT
HIM DOWN.THE PANTHERS WOULD
STAY ON TOP THOUGH AND GO ON
21-6.
áTHE BISON OF BENTON CENTRAL
TRAVELED TO RENSSELAR TONIGHT
TO TAKE ON THE BOMBERS.
áOPENING DRIVE, BISON
BALL...Q-B BRANDON ROOZE
(ROSE) DROPS BACK TO
PASS...BUT ITS DEFLECTED BY
ONE BOMBER DEFENDER RIGHT INTO
THE HANDS OF SOPHOMORE AB
KIGER...BIG PLAY THAT WOULD
SET THE PACE FOR THIS ONE...
áENSUING POSSESSION, BOMBERS
PITCH IT OUT TO ELI ISOM..BIG
RUN FOR THE JUNIOR, PUTTING IT
IN THE RED ZONE..BOMBERS
DRIVING EARLY IN THIS ONE...
áHOWEVER, THEY'D TRY TO GO TO
ISOM AGAIN BUT IT GETS SNIFFED
OUT...BISON STOP THE DRIVE AND
FORCE THE FIELD GOAL.áBOMBERS
WOULD GET THE BALL BACK
THOUGH... SENIOR HUNTER
HICKMAN IS GOING TO SHOW OFF
THE ARM...DEEP BOMB TO BRADEN
MATTACKS...HE'LL AVOID THE
DEFENDERS AND PUT SIX ON THE
BOARD.BOMBERS WOULD TACK ON A
FEW MORE AND WIN THIS ONE BY A
FINAL OF 31 TO 6.
SUM UP IN A FEW MINUTES WHAT
*** ATHA HAS MEANT TO THE
BENTON CENTRAL SCHOOL
CORPORATION OVER THE YEARS...
HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED ALL KINDS
OF FEATS DURING HIS LIFE...
INCLUDING PLAYING BASKETBALL
FOR THE NEW YORK KNICKS... BUT
MOSTLY HE IS KNOWN FOR POURING
HIS HEART AND SOUL IN TO
BENTON CENTRAL... I RECENTLY
SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE
INSPIRATIONAL *** ATHA... AND
FOUND OUT THAT HE JUST SEEMS
TO BLEED... GREEN AND GOLD...
#@CALEB MARTIN *** ATHA
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 81ST
BIRTHDAY AND HOW DID HE DO IT?
BY LEADING A BISON CHEER AT A
FOOTBALL GAME WHILE THE PA
ANNOUNCER INFORMED THE CROWD
THAT IT WAS HIS SPECIAL DAY.
ATHA HAS SPENT MANY YEARS AT
BENTON CENTRAL. HE WAS THE
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, THE
PRINCIPLE, A COACH, AND NOW HE
SPENDS HIS TIME HELPING
WHEREVER HE IS NEEDED. JIM
PUCKETT "IF YOU ASK ME WHAT
*** ATHA MEANS TO BENTON
CENTRAL. IT'S A COMPLICATED
QUESTION BECAUSE HE IS
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED HIM
TO BE."*** ATHA "I WENT TO
THE FIRST EVER CONSOLIDATION
MEETING EVER HELD FOR BENTON
CENTRAL. BENTON CENTRAL ALONG
WITH MY FAMILY IS MY LIFE."
CALEB MARTIN ATHA HAS
TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES DURING
HIS LIFE AND HIS TIME SPENT AT
BENTON CENTRAL. HE HAS
INSPIRED MANY INDIVIDUALS ONE
OF WHOM, IS CENTRAL CATHOLIC'S
TIM BORDENET. TIM SPENT TIME
AS A BASEBALL COACH AT BENTON
CENTRAL AND BECAME VERY CLOSE
TO *** ATHA. NOW, TIM TRULY
CONSIDERS HIM HIS MENTOR. TIM
TO *** ATHA. NOW, TIM TRULY
BENTON CENTRAL, HE JUST HAD A
GREAT IMPACT ON ME. HE REALLY
LED ME INTO WANTING TO BECOME
AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR."CALEB
MARTIN THESE DAYS, YOU CAN
ALMOST ALWAYS FIND *** AT A
BENTON CENTRAL SPORTING EVENT
AND IT'S USUALLY NOT VERY HARD
TO FIND SPOT HIM IN THE CROWD.
MAINLY DUE TO THE PANTS AND
GOLD SHOES HE WEARS OR YOU CAN
JUST LISTEN FOR HIS VOICE AS
HE FIRES UP THE CROWD WITH A
CHEER. *** ATHA "WHAT'S
AGAIN, BISON. ONE MORE TIME,
BISON. BISON."
THAT SPELL, BISON. TELL THEM
CALEB MARTIN ATHA PLANS ON
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE
BISON FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN
AND THE BISON COMMUNITY TRULY
APPRECIATES HIS
BISON FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN
GOLD. REPORTING FROM BENTON
MARTIN, SPORTS 18. @#
IT TRULY WAS AN HONOR TO SPEND
SOME TIME WITH MISTER ATHA