Wow! Unbelievable Hatchet Victory for the Demons.

    Dodge City 9-0
By Lola B. Cupps

      What a game. Certain games come along that you know will live in the memories of people for a very long time. This was one of them.  Everything at stake, everything on the line including a District Championship, an undefeated season and the Hatchet, a symbol of what rivalries are made of.  Somehow, someway the Demons were able to overcome a 26 point deficit and defeat the Garden City Buffaloes on Friday night.
     The first half was an absolute nightmare for Dodge City.  Garden City was making plays and seemed to have the Demon's number.  Nothing was going well for the Demons. Not offensive, not defense not special teams.  The Buffaloes held the Dodge City offense to just 50 some yards in the first half.  A normally powerful offense was looking rather puny.  It was beginning to look like a blowout with just 23 minutes played in the game and Garden City up 26-0.  Dodge City was turning the ball over and giving Garden City many opportunities to have the ball in the red zone.  Finally, the streak of bad luck broke and the Demons got their first break thanks to Rico Hogan who ran back a kickoff just before half time.  Demons entered the locker room down 26-7 with just a glimmer of hope.
     Reporters are not allowed in the locker room, therefore the halftime speech is not available, however you can  be assured whatever was said, whatever changes were made worked.  Dodge City rallied to put 29 unanswered points on the board and defeat the  Buffaloes 29-26. 
     On this night the aerial assault was not effective for Dodge City. Lucky for them, their weapons on the ground were working and the QB Jared Helfrich was able to run in 3 touchdowns for the Demons and complete a two point conversion at the end.
   It could not have been more exciting, watching the game as we were down by 5, 4th and 5 with less than a minute to go.  The line did an amazing job of creating a hole to allow Helfrich sprint up the seam and go 15 yards for a touchdown!  With Garden City mounting a comeback two sacks by Bruce Campbell, put victory out of reach for the Buffs and put one heck of a Hatchet game in the history books.  With over 5,000 fans in attendance you can be sure there was many tears shed on both sides.  It was an emotional night for everyone who watched the game, and one that will not be forgotten.
    On a side note, an injury was reported in the stands but someone who got hit by a flying dinger.  It is assumed it came out of the Coach's wife's cowbell.  As she was wildly shaking her bell early in the 1st quarter, the dinger came out from inside her bell and took flight landing several rows down on an innocent bystanders head.  Luckily, he was not injured seriously,  however the dinger was never recovered.  This could have been what was causing the Demons bad luck.  You can be sure a new bell will be purchased this week for the first game of the playoffs, which will be played in DC.  GO RED DEMONS!!!!!