Cowboys fall to Chickasaws 53-6

For a good portion of last Friday’s Clarion-Goldfield-Dows/CAL’s game at New Hampton, the Cowboys were standing toe to toe with the Chickasaws and giving them all they could handle. In the end, a flurry of scoring by New Hampton in the fourth quarter provided a 35-6 win. The final score is not indicative of how close the game was.

Following a scoreless first quarter, the home team struck first on a 10-yard touchdown run. The PAT made it 7-0 for New Hampton, and that would be the score at halftime. A 25-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter made it 14-0 with the PAT, followed in the fourth quarter by Nate Rapp going in from a yard out. The PAT kick was blocked, but the Cowboys were still very much in the game at 14-6. However, two Chickasaw picks of Kainan Braun passes were taken in for touchdowns within a short amount of time resulting in the deceiving final score.

"Our boys played very well,” stated head coach Newt Lingenfelter. “It was a one-score game until six minutes left in the fourth. At that time a hurry-up offense turned the ball over and the game got out of hand. We put many good drives together. We only had to punt once in the game, and all the other drives ended in the red zone."

For the full story, see the September 29 edition of the Monitor.