Saints shutout on Eighth grade night

Updated: September 29, 2014

The joy of Eighth grade night and Homecoming festivities last Thursday night was short lived when the DMS Saints were shut out by the Gordonsville Tigers 38-0. Gordonsville’s defense held DMS to only 137 total yards while the Gordonsville offense put up 338 total yards, led by # 28 Braxton Givens with 127 yards and # 80 Joey Parliament with 105 yards.

Tyler Bundy with a stiff arm

DMS had the first possession of the game and got to the 35 yard line of Gordonsville before # 23 Tyler Bundy got hit for a 5 yard loss the after an incomplete pass from #19 Colter Norris got sacked for a 7 yard loss which ended the possession for DMS. It only took 3 plays for Gordonsville to score on a 61 yard pass play from # 5 Adam Goolsby to # 80 Joey Parliament, and Gordonsville was up 6-0. DMS got the ball back on their own 43 yard line. #23 Tyler Bundy took a handoff and got 3 yards then a short pass to # 3 Grayson Redmon got DMS to their own 49 yard line. On 3rd down #19 Colter Norris connected with # 13 Tanner Poss for a 24 yard pass to get DMS to Gordonsville’s 29 yard line. After a handoff to # 23 Tyler Bundy the DMS Saints got to the 27 yard line but wouldn’t get any closer to the goal line and turned the ball over on downs.

Grayson Redmon chasing a receiver

It took Gordonsville one play, which was a handoff to # 28 Braxton Givens and he ran for 72 yards for another Tiger touchdown and put them up 14-0. In the 2nd quarter the DMS offense struggled to get 70 yards while Gordonsville came up with 2 more touchdowns and a total of 263 yards to go up 30-0 at the end of the first half.

Grayson Redmon picks up some yards

The 3rd quarter started with the DMS Saints defense holding Gordonsville to a 4 and out and got the ball on their own 27 yard line. # 19 Colter Norris pitched the ball to # 5 Issac Hall and after a personal foul on Gordonsville DMS ended up on Gordonsville’s 38 yard line, but that is as close as they came to the goal line once again. A bad snap and a personal foul on DMS they turned the ball over on downs. Gordonsville then gave the ball to # 28 Braxton Givens and he ran the ball 32 yards to score and put the Tigers up 38-0 and that is how the game ended up.

Tyler Bundy breaking away

#5 Issac Hall ended the game with 55 yards, #3 Grayson Redmon had 31 yards, #23 Tyler Bundy had 22 yards, #13 Tanner Poss had 16 yards, and #25 Noah Martin had 13 yards.