Friday, September 16, 2017. Garrison Bulldogs’ Stadium –
The Shelbyville Dragons Varsity Football Team found it hard to keep the first-down chains moving offensively, last Friday night. The Dragons played well, against Garrison High School, at times but were not able to hang with the hometown Bulldogs who took the 28-0 win, which boosted the Bulldogs’ pre-district record to 1-2.
The loss moves Shelbyville’s record to 0-3. They will use an open week to regroup, and heal some injuries, in preparation to host Corrigan-Camden for the Dragons’ Homecoming on September 29, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. The Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs last lost to Shepard High School and have a 0-3 season mark as well.
Garrison wasted no time getting on the board in last Friday’s contest. While going for it on fourth-down-and-short yardage, with 10:30 left in the opening period, Bulldog quarterback Makedric Collins broke free on a 41-yard run which moved the ball from the Bulldogs’ end of the field to the Shelbyville 29-yard line. On, first down, the Bulldogs recovered their own fumble. Three plays later saw Collins go in for a 15-yard touchdown run with 8:34 left in the opening period. Aidan Britton added an extra point kick to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 advantage.
The first Shelbyville drive saw the GHS defensive line held Shelbyville to just four yards on two runs. On third down, the Dragons got an illegal substitution penalty, and then a false start. The drive was cut short and SHS was forced to punt the ball back to Garrison with almost seven minute still remaining in the opening quarter. Garrison took over at their 19-yard line.
Bulldog running back Sebastian Porter gained a total of 22 yards on three consecutive runs but the Shelbyville defense eventually forced Garrison to turn the ball over on downs at the ‘Dogs 41-yard line with 4:58 left in the opening stanza.
Shelbyville gained their first first-down on runs by Jacobi Jackson and Kyle Tindoll to start the drive. A 12-yard pass completion negated a false-start penalty and gave SHS their second first-down which moved the pigskin to the Bulldogs 17-yard line. The Dragons turned the ball over on downs at the Bulldog 9-yard line four plays later. The first period ended with Garrison leading 7-0.
Sawyer Hendricks helped Shelbyville out when he recovered the football near midfield on Garrisons’ next offensive drive.
Caleb Campbell made a 27-yard reception which gave Shelbyville a first down at Garrisons’ 22-yard line with 11 minutes left in the first half. The Shelbyville offensive drive was cut short when they fumbled at the Bulldog 18-yard line with 10:50 remaining in the first half.
Sabastian Porter scored Garrisons’ second touchdown of the night when he went in the end zone on a 10-yard scoring run with 5:29 left in the second quarter. Britton added his second extra point kick of the day to put GHS up 14-0.
Kasper Hodge scored Garrisons’ third touchdown on a 51-yard touchdown reception from Drew Wise just 35 seconds before the halftime buzzer. The two teams went in for the halftime intermission with Garrison up over the Shelbyville Dragons by a score of 21-0.
Porter scored the game’s final touchdown when he broke a tackle at the line-of- scrimmage and raced 69 yards to the end zone with 4:11 left in the third stanza. Leading 28-0 at this point, the Bulldog defense stiffened. Garrison controlled the clock offensively and only allowed SHS three first downs for the remainder of the contest, while relaxing to prevent-style defensive formations.
Garrison held a 14-7 advantage in gaining first downs. Shelbyville was penalized 30 yards and Garrison 25. Garrison rushed for 447 yards and allowed Shelbyville 128 rushing yards. Shelbyville completed 3 passes on 7 attempts for 17 yards, and SHS was intercepted once.
Garrison completed 2 passes on 5 attempts for 38 yards. GHS held a 605 to 145 yard advantage in total offense.
Shelbyville Head Football Coach Charles Tindoll stated, “We will have to work on running a more diversified multiple option offense. We will work hard and we aren’t ready to hang things up yet! We expect Corrigan- Camden to have some good athletes. We will use the off-week to heal some injuries but I don’t think we are looking at anything that’s season ending.”
