The Cowboys Dominate The Warriors

The North Gem Cowboys took their final road trip of the season last Friday when they traveled to Idaho Falls to face the Watersprings Christian Warriors.  The Cowboys entered the contest coming off of their first conference loss of the season at the hands of the Challis Vikings.  The loss to the Vikings greatly hurt the Cowboys chances of extending their season into the playoffs.  A loss to the Warriors would have been a devastating blow to the Cowboys and would have left them completely deflated going into their season finale this week.  With a true Cowboy spirit North Gem walked onto the field last Friday ready to go to work and show some real grit.

As Friday afternoon's game got underway the scoring came fast from both teams.  The two teams put up a total of thirty-eight points in just the first quarter with the Cowboys leading the Warriors by ten points.  At the end of that first quarter the game appeared as though it would be a battle with both teams moving the ball and scoring.  However as the second quarter got underway the Cowboys defense decided to show up and the offense kept humming along.  The Cowboys took over the game and held the Warriors scoreless in the second while adding a whopping thirty more points to their score.  The second half was far less active as the Cowboys seemed to let off of the throttle and ended up coasting to a comfortable victory winning 68-16.

The Cowboy offense put up four hundred total yards and the defense held the Warriors to just one hundred seventy-four yards.  Quarterback Craig Yost scored an incredible five touchdowns while Freshman Clay Johnson looked to be back on track adding three touchdowns of his own.  The tough senior linebacker duo of Yost and Frandsen led the way on defense combining for twenty two tackles and one sack.  Freshman Stone Wight had a great game defensively as he got in on eleven tackles of his own with one sack and one tackle for loss.

The Cowboys end their season this Friday when they host district rival Rockland on senior night.  Currently the Bulldogs are in first place in the conference and would wrap up the district title with a win in Bancroft but you can bet the Cowboys will be ready to go to work as they will try to claim the title for themselves.  There is a lot riding on this game and as usual some hometown pride will be right close to the top of the list.