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Dragons end positive season with tough play-in loss

Nov 06, 2024 01:45PM ● By Allison Eliason

The Friday night lights have officially been turned off for the Malad Dragon football team to close out their 2024 season.  Playing the West Side Pirates for the second time this year on November 1, the Malad had a shot at the state play-off tournament.  Unfortunately it just isn’t the cards for the growing team, despite their great progress this season.

West Side scored early in their opening drive despite great defensive efforts by Malad.  On their following drive, the Dragons began to move the ball down the field, getting two first downs on consecutive plays with a quarterback keeper by Easton Green followed by a short catch and dash by Drake Morrison.  But two incomplete passes and runs for losses kept them from a necessary third first down and stopped their offensive drive.

The defense led by Justin Toone and Holden Tubbs had a number of impressive tackles lending to crucial stops as West Side took possession of the ball.  Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to keep the Pirates from hitting the end zone again and they were quickly down 0-14 in the first minutes of the second quarter.  

An interception on the next Dragon drive lent another Pirate touchdown to spread to the score 0-21.  With two more touchdowns before the end of the half, the score was 0-35.   The Malad defense allowed only one more score in the second half to end the game 0-43.

Ending the season with a loss is by no means how any team wants to end the season.  But the reality of post-season playoffs and tournaments is that only one team will end their season with a win.  The rest are forced to look for the good throughout the season to motivate them on to the next.

Head Coach Brady Price shared how proud he was of the growth and progress he and his staff have seen this season.  Both offense and defense have shown promising potential that makes the future seem bright after the end of a long season.  He said, “I am really proud especially of the work the seniors put in to make the program better.  We feel that the program is gaining momentum and can really build off of this year.”

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