Dodge City Rolls 11-0
By Lola B. Cupps
Last night not only did another cowbell bite the dust, but another team's season comes to an end as the Dodge City Demons roll to a 41-20 victory over the Manhattan Indians. This victory makes Dodge City Sectional Champs and Sub-State Bound!
Some people may have been speculating how this game might turn out. As #2 Manhattan and #3 Dodge City locked horns with an identical record of 10-0. Let's just say the Demons came out better than the Coach's wife's second cowbell as the dinger came flying out 1st quarter never to be found. (Don't worry she managed to borrow (steal) someone else's.)
Dodge City established itself as an offensive threat early on, by finding the endzone in the first two plays of the game. Davis set it up with a nice 13 yard run, followed by a Helfrich 52 yard run straight to the endzone. Next series, Dodge City continued to use the Davis/ Helfrich combo to find the endzone again and put another 7 on the board. Manhattan responded with it's strong running game to quickly make it a tie ball game at 14-14. Second quarter Dodge City moved the ball through the air on a Trey Hallman pass and add another Davis run and at half time the Demons are up 28-14.
3rd quarter it was a defensive lockdown as the Demons caused 4 turnovers, 1 fumble and 3 interceptions. Meanwhile, the clock was ticking down and so were the chances of a Manhattan comeback. With great clock management and continued 100% effort on the part of the Demons they were able to find and post another 14 points with a Helfrich run and a gutsy lateral half back pass on 4th down. (See Jesse Trent comment on Catch it Kansas Link for comment on that play) Manhattan scored again but it was not enough and the clock wound down with two more sacks by the Dodge City Defense.
It was a great team effort and one that will go down in the history books as Dodge City has not posted an 11-0 record since 1985. Next week the task does not get any easier as the Demons face another unbeaten in #1 ranked Wichita Heights. The winner of next week's game will advance to the class 6A State Championship.
The best part...
By Summer
One of my fondest memories of this year will be all the reconnecting we have been doing with old friends from our past. Friday night was no exception. After the ball game we usually host some type of get together with coaches and their wives to rehash the game and relax. This Friday we had friends from all through out our lives showing up to enjoy the moment. We had players from the 90's at Ness City when Dave was thought to be a little more "mean." We had neighbors and friends from back before we had kids when we were just "newlyweds." (Luckily we have survived longer than Nick and Jessica.) We also had some people stop by who were from Haven which was our 2nd stop in this coaching journey. There was also of course our new friends who we have just met since coming to Dodge. It is pretty special getting to have this mini celebration with people from various times in our past. The only thing missing was a few Elk City folks, but they had a playoff game of their own to worry about. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged Dave and I this year with your comments, texts, phone calls, visits to DC and watching the team on Reddemonfootball.com. It is a fun journey and all the relationships we form along the way is what makes it so special. Wish us luck as we try for one more victory Friday night.
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