Dogs drop non-conference game at Park City

CCHS played in cool, wet conditions against the Panthers in Park City on Friday night.

The Bulldogs received the opening kickoff and scored on their third play from scrimmage. The score came on a 40 yard play action pass from Turner Tooke to Mick O'Connor. O'Connor was wide open a few yards past all of the Panther defenders. Blue added the two-point conversion on a run.

Park City wasted no time on their first score either. After an out-of-bounds Bulldog kickoff, Garrett Zimdars took the next kick back 65 yards for a score. Park City failed to convert their two-point conversion attempt.

The Panthers then capitalized after a Bulldog fumble by scoring on a one yard run from Tucker Johnstone. They added two more on the conversion and had a six point lead early in the contest.

Later in the first, a screen pass went for a 69 yard Panther score. Blue was down at the end of the first, 8-20.

The Bulldogs had a big play of their own early in the second quarter when Seth Kennedy scored on a 42 yard run, closing the gap to 14-20. After a stop on defense, CCHS drove the ball down the field, eventually capping what was likely their best drive of the day on a 4 yard run from Turner Tooke. The Dogs had battled back from two-scores down and taken a 22-20 lead.

After another defensive stop, CCHS had the ball with just under two-minutes to go before halftime. Another turnover, this time on an interception, gave Park City the ball back and they quickly scored on a 60 yard quarterback scramble just before the half to take back the lead, 28-22.

What was a close game early ended up getting away from the Bulldogs in the second half as they were shutout for the remainder of the game. Quarterback runs and scrambles hurt them on defense as Park City scored four times from outside the 10 yard line in the second half. Park City scored 14 points in the third and 14 more in the fourth. The Bulldogs lost 22-56.

This weekend CCHS will take another long road trip, this time to Scobey, to take on a tough 4-1 Spartan team. The Bulldogs, also 4-1, will be playing for the top spot in the sub-conference. The game was originally scheduled for Friday but has been moved to Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. The junior high football team will play prior to the varsity contest at 1 p.m.

8-Man East Standings

(Conference, Overall)

Fairview 5-0 5-0

CCHS 4-0 4-1

Scobey 4-1 4-1

Circle 3-1 3-1

Forsyth 3-2 3-2

Culbertson 1-3 1-3

St. Labre 1-3 1-3

Broadus 1-3 1-3

Plentywood 1-3 1-3

Lodge Grass 0-3 0-3

Lame Deer 0-4 0-5