The ECI football team traveled to McIntosh Co. for a rare Tuesday night football game last week. They came back from the Georgia coast with a convincing 36-7 victory over the Buccaneers. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 2-0 in region. Friday the Bulldogs took another bus ride to Mt. Vernon to play their third region game in 8 days against Montgomery Co. Results of ECI vs the Eagles are found elsewhere in the sports pages of The Forest Blade.
After the Bulldogs’ first drive stalled just past midfield to begin the game against McIntosh, the Buccaneers scored their only touchdown of the game. On fourth and nine the Bucs found paydirt from 29 yards out to put the Bulldogs in an early hole 7-0.
The Bulldogs responded quickly with a touchdown of their own on their next possession set up by a Davis Johnson to Chase Johnson 50 yards pass and catch down to the Buccaneer 2-yard line. Davis Johnson scored two plays later for ECI’s first touchdown. Lawson Frye who was a perfect 4-4 on extra point tries tied the game at 7-7.
The score stayed the same until later in the second quarter when the Bulldogs marched 72 yards on 12 plays to score their second touchdown of the game. Ab Marsh started out in the middle and found more room on the sidelines as the senior running back and leading rusher this season, scored from 27 yards out. After an offside on the extra point try, the Bulldogs went for 2 and were successful to take a 15-7 lead over the Buccaneers.
The Bulldogs added their third touchdown of the first half on a 12-yard touchdown run by Ab Marsh with just a few seconds left to make the score at the 22-7 at halftime.
The Bulldogs added two more scores in the second half. The first on another Marsh touchdown run in the third and on a T.J. Weaver 7-yard run in the fourth as ECI won their second region game 36-7 over McIntosh Co.
The Bulldog ground game was in high gear, rushing for 346 yards along with 73 yards passing for 419 offensive yards.
ECI had 8 running backs in double figures on the ground. Ab Marsh led the pack of 10 Bulldog rushers with 152 yards and 3 touchdowns. Davis Johnson was 3-6 passing for 73 yards. Chase Johnson led in receiving yards with 50 with Ste’Kieven Sindfield in double figures with a 25-yard reception.
After their second road trip in a row Friday against Montgomery, the Bulldogs finally return home on October 30 to face Portal for the last regular season game on Senior night.
