The Siloam Springs seventh-grade football team remained unbeaten on the season Tuesday with a 20-6 victory against Harrison at Panther Stadium.
After an early Harrison touchdown on a big pass play gave the Goblins a 6-0 lead, the Panthers tied the game up on a six-yard run by Josh Stewart, who got an extra boost at the end as all five offensive linemen pushed him in the end zone. The touchdown was set up by a 50-yard reverse run by Christian Ledeker.
Stewart converted a two-point conversion pass to Hunter Talley to make it 8-6.
In the second half, Ty Lewis had several big runs to set up Stewart's five-yard touchdown run to make it 14-6.
The Panthers scored their third touchdown on a short pass from Stewart to Talley, who rumbled through several Harrison defenders to set the final score.
The Panthers (3-0) return to action on Monday for two games against Mountain Home, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Eighth-grade
ROGERS -- The eighth-grade Panthers lost at Rogers Lingle 43-22 on Thursday night.
The Panthers (0-4) trailed 28-6 at halftime with Keegan Soucie scoring the only touchdown of the half.
Cameron Collins and Soucie scored touchdowns in the second half for Siloam Springs.
The eighth-graders return to action at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday when they host Fayetteville Ramay, followed by the ninth-grade game against Fayetteville Purple around 7:30 p.m.
Sports on 09/25/2016