2024 Salt Bowl Video Broadcast

in 1974 that the Panthers and hornets met for the very first time and nobody could have envisioned what this game has become the Hornets have won nine consecutive games in the series since a 1414 tie in the 2014 season but the Panthers aim tonight to stop the streak and take home county bragging rids for the next 365 days I'm Jim Gardner joined tonight by Terry Benham ason Mertens and Dio venucci Panther football on the Benton football network is produced by mm Productions and presented by Everett Buick GMC tonight's salt bow broadcast is sponsored by the Northside Church of Christ and also sponsoring Panther football throughout this coming season are lost Pizza CTS Industrial Services merchants and Farmers Bank Jones Heating in air true gentleman and true Boutique Neo home lending Hamilton family dentistry Edward Jones agent Caitlyn King Westside Wellness black corle Owens and Hughes the city of Benton Truman ball real estate solux Aesthetics Elliot electrical Congo Fireplace and Patio Allied Glass acdi First Security Bank Riverside Grocery and central Arkansas Inflatables and before I bring in Terry and doo we want to begin tonight's broadcast by recognizing two icons not only of Benton football history but two icons in our community as uh in the last year we have lost our number one fan Freddy Reinhardt who passed away back in h February and just a few weeks ago on the passing of Jim Landers of course everybody knows Freddy the most recognizable first name in Benton whether you saw him at the courthouse uh Burger Shack his favorite place to eat or at the field on Friday night you can see in the video replay tonight A a picture of Freddy with his Donnie Burks award last year uh taken right up here in the Press Box and also a big hug to Brad Harris on the night he won his 100th game a couple cou years ago at Cersei but also Jim Landers for 18 years he was the voice of the Panthers and Jim was the man who carried Freddy for 18 years on road trips and home games and could could uh could call it like no other he literally called it like he saw it and uh I can remember when uh kwi first began to stream the broadcast we were living in California and Jim would talk often about landmarks and Bon and it just made me miss home so Jim Landers and Freddy Reinhardt two Irreplaceable men that we're going to miss and dedicate our broadcast all year long to these guys Terry absolutely and and how lucky were we to spend so many years with both of those guys and and be broadcasting do from the gym Landers Booth every Friday night when we're at home yeah well and you know years ago I think the first time I I ever worked in a broadcast or did anything I I used to do some stats uh for for Jim Landers and my father-in-law so uh I actually got to do some work with Jim and then of course working the sidelines with Freddy uh for a couple of years there before I came up in the booth was always a treat and you know it was it was bittersweet as I prepared to come here tonight because uh you know something I could always count on was walking in the booth up here and getting to talk to Freddy and getting to get getting the question about what do I think about the Hogs this year what do you think the Razorbacks are going to do so almost a yearly tradition it definitely was so definitely going to be missed bred Harris gifted Freddy a number 70 Jersey on his 70th birthday and this year no Benton Panther will wear number 70 pretty pretty fitting tribute yeah two weeks from tonight at the home opener you'll want to notice the brand new sign on the home side of the indoor complex a permanent tribute to Freddy at the palace his very favorite place so um I think the world would be a better place if we were all a little more like Freddy and Jun so all right it's time for salt Bowl football and uh this is the gold standard as they're calling it the 50th year since Benton and Bryant first played however it is the 52nd time these two schools have met all making Bry the third most off and played opponent behind Catholic and Russellville very first game in 74 the Panthers won 28 to nothing Bryant courtesy of their win last year now leads the series 2524 and two and the Hornets have won nine straight the last Panther win in the series came in the 2005 playoffs a 3528 win so it's been awful lopsided in Bryant's fa for low these 24 some odd years Terry well it really has and uh you know when I was at high school at Benton it was just the opposite and uh that my senior year is when it kind of started to turn and it has a lot to do with population and you know deal we were looking at the rosters earlier tonight and it was a little lopsided on numbers of players uh on those rosters in the program uh at the salt B and anytime you have that many more players you're going to find four or five Doo that can get on the field well it's always about depth I mean you saw last year Benton was able to hang with Bryant for a for a full half I mean we played Bryant a really close game uh but the depth really shows up in the second half and um you know anyway always always been a good season but we need it to we need it to get a little bit closer a little bit tighter so these games are a little bit more uh I don't know a little bit more passion involved that game was actually 14 to six going into the fourth quarter yeah and Bryant threw their Superior depth kind of kick the door in in that fourth quarter last year see if Panthers can reverse that this year when you look at both teams they're coming off impressive Seasons both bent and Bryant went 10- two last year both were Conference champions Panthers are returning 15 starters the Hornets 16 starters Brad Harris begins his ninth year as the head coach of the Panthers with 68 wins that puts him 15 wins behind Dwight fight for the alltime winds leader uh with the uh bitten High School Panthers are picked to win the 6A East their's second overall behind Greenwood in the 68 seventh overall in the Statewide pole CAD Sanders begins his second year at Bryant the Hornets are picked to win the 7A Central second in 7A and third overall so we got a top 10 match up Bryant third been seven tonight Terry yeah and you know Briant returned 16 starters too um seven on offense nine on defense uh it it's setting up to be another really good football game as Jim stated Doo they kind of kicked the door open and left a a bad impression at the end of the game with 35-6 or 3 5 to 6 35 to7 score and uh but all of that really happened in the fourth quarter going into that fourth quarter this was a very close football game and I expect it to be another really good game well and don't forget last year Drew Davis didn't start this game uh really only came in in relief and you know was it was a sophomore um with with zero game experience at that time and so now you know 3500 yards and 42 touchdowns and you you know 72% completions uh 72% completion ratio later uh our offense is going to look completely different last year we were heavily dependent on brillan Russell uh you remember he didn't come back after halftime he was he was hurt um and that's really what the difference was we couldn't move the ball we couldn't keep the ball away from Brian in the second half and we couldn't control the clock yeah Panther offense going to be led by Drew Davis the Junior quarterback as Doo mentioned 72 completion percentage 3,000 yds 42 touchdowns to just two interceptions madx Davis and Elias Payne are back they combined for 110 catches for just shy of 2,000 yards and 27 touchdowns and up front Parker glaze Isaiah Gibson and Daniel Jordan are three anchors on that offensive line defensively Walter Hicks moves from strong side linebacker to the middle he led the team last year with 104 tackles 11 sacks 20 tackles for loss and scored two defensive touchdowns Jay Thomas pepper and Isaac Hill the spur and the Bandit uh 180 tackles combined five interceptions and the bookends at defensive 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are ready to provide dental care for your family from your newborn baby to your great grandparents we see them all give us a call at 653 2422 or come visit us at 2422 Spring Hill Road welcome back to the Everett Buick GMC Panther pregame show with head coach Brad Harris and Coach we begin the broadcast tonight with a tribute to two B Legends and Jim Landers and Freddy Reinhardt and I know losing your number one fan back in the spring is going to be uh different down there on the sideline well it'll be totally different down there this year you know he wasn't able to come as much last year but we knew he was there with us you know uh this year it's going to be a little different you know not seeing him uh I got sent a picture this week you know I think I shared it with you but uh after one of our big wins where Freddy just give you the big bear hug you know you're going to miss that him being a part of it or him being being able to come in before the games and talk to the guys you know usually uh he's here by about 4:00 on game day and uh you know we're going to miss in his face walk in the door and and uh not having him on the sideline it's it's going to be a huge void for us so you got some guys that are leaders that maybe can pick up that slack and encourage uh encourage the boys we hope so we hope we got some our senior class is pretty quiet though you know as far as being vocal leaders they're they're good leaders on the field and everything but they're pretty quiet guys uh but but there's some guys that have kind of stepped up this year and all that and uh you know we got some different coaches and and we've actually had a couple of different people in the community have come in and want to talk to the team a little bit so uh you know it's it's definitely going to be be different not having Freddy around uh you know we're going to miss him a lot so and then Jim Landers uh you know didn't know him quite as well as I did Freddy but I know he's an icon in bent football you know with being an announcer in our community and everything so two two big time Panther legends that we're going to be missing this season I know it's been a bit of a different fall camp for you because you've got 15 starters back and you've been able to install quicker and uh that so uh how did PA Camp go and how do you feel about the team going into the opener tonight well this is one of the first years that we've had where we we know who our quarterbacks you know going into the season since probably Garrett Brown in in 2020 you know and uh you know we kind of always had a little bit of a quarterback battle going in so we were able to focus on offense just a little bit more and and maybe game plan just a little bit to of our quarterback and uh our offense having eight guys back uh so that's that's been a little different offensively defensively hasn't changed just a whole lot you know uh we've got base form you know base stunts Blitz coverage stuff that we've tweaked and one thing that that we were able to do a little bit we feel a little bit more confident in our secondary this year than what we did last year going in the season so that's been good been a little bit more man Concepts or combo com Concepts and on the back end of our defense and we hope that that that's going to be one of our strengths this year uh you know Miss uh you know Gary R out and some of those guys last year but we got a Marcus back and then we had a really good move in and Trey Stewart come in and he's really going to help us a lot having pepper and Isaac Hill back there after their second and third year starter that's that's very beneficial to us so we've added a little bit different stuff coverage wise uh which a little bit more advanced than what we've been probably going in salt bow before let's talk about the Frenemies friends 364 days a year enemies for one but uh you know Bry this year looks a little different to me uh but there are some similarities and what stands out is that defensive line they just roll in fresh bodies up there it looks like that's going to be the strength of their defense tonight yeah 100% Jim I mean they they're really good up front on defense uh it's amazing to me that they can get seven eight guys that the quality that they have it's not not much drop off at all you know if we rotate through you know four or five guys we feel like we drop off a little bit these guys they they coell change you know they'll put a new line shift almost like a hockey switch you know but uh but man they're good up front on the D line their DBS uh that's always been the strength of their team I don't know they have quite as much depth there but they've got some good players back there uh they've typically wore you down on the back end of the defense and then up front you know so uh but that defensive line they're going to be they're going to be tough tonight it's going to be a huge challenge for our offensive line and uh you know I know our guys are going to be ready for it it's just can we handle the the Relentless in inity and pressure that they're going to bring for us on the other side of the ball they're going to run three running backs at you they've got a Notre Dame commit that didn't even start their scrimmage so looks to me like stopping the run's going to be a key it is they've got three running backs Jim that could go to any school in the state of Arkansas start you know if one of them was here he'd be a starting running back you know I mean that that's how good they are they've got two seniors and and thrash and Anderson that are really good and then Curtis Jones the a junior you know and all three of those are college football players like you mentioned Anderson he's committed to Notre Dame and then thrash is committed to OBU and Curtis Jones will play college football somewhere so they've got three really good ones uh that we're going to have to do a good job of tackling all night you know and early on in a SE in a year sometimes that's tough against good running backs because you haven't seen that full speed last week seeing a really good running back at L Rock Christian I think we got better as the half went on with those guys so I think that's going to be a huge key you know for our defense I really feel like going to try to run the football more and Jordan Walker is another running back back there big body quarterback you know so so they got four guys that they're going to run at us and and probably try to wear us down feels like a line of scrimmage game to me with their running attack and and the ability to protect Drew and let him get the ball out to such a talented group of of wide receivers yeah definitely it's going to be can we hold up to their defensive front and then well our how's our defensive box play going to handle their run game you know and they're they're breaking in three new offensive some linemen they're they're two guards in the center uh you know but they got two tackles back and their left tackle Terry he's he's really good uh you know so it's going to be how how do we handle that and we feel like that's one of our strengths uh we've got we feel good about six of our defensive lineman rolling them through in a two deep right now and then our linebacking core we got two seniors and Hicks and right that are seniors that that have have been through the battles a little bit and uh you're going to see Monson as a linebacker sophomore getting his T first taste of a salt bow uh we really like that group uh Jack Johnson's going to be rolling in there but uh we feel like we'll be able to hold up against the Run uh question can we can we do a good job tackling those three really good running backs because they're going to get a fresh body in there every time it's not like we're going to wear them down uh can we hold up to the pressure that they're going to apply to us coach streaks are made to be broken and uh good luck breaking a a hornet streak tonight well it's been a long time you know I've been messing with the guys I said most of you guys you guys were not even alive the last time the B Panthers won game game you know and uh it's time for that streak to end and and we got a great group of seniors that believe they got a chance to win you know they've lost very few football games in their career and uh they they they got a little chip on their shoulder of getting eliminated in the semis the last couple years and you know our goal is to to play in the last game at war memorial but uh they want to start this year off with a win at war memorial coach good luck we're going to take a break when we come back Terry and Dio rejoin me on the panther pregame show merchants and Farm bank is now open in the newly remodeled Cornerstone downtown building formerly the Benton State Bank building at 146 West South Street merchants and Farmers Bank is a community bank with local ownership and local decision making merchants and Farmers 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suit and tuxedo rentals located in downtown Benton in front of the farmers market Pavilion it would be our pleasure to serve you you we are proud of our bitten Panthers and wish them luck this season go Panthers Panther fans this is Jim Gardner you probably recognize my voice from watching bitten football but there is something I love more than talking about the Panthers and that is sharing the love of Jesus Christ I'd like to invite you to worship with us on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at Northside Church of Christ located next door to Saleem Memorial Hospital I want to share with you about the God who knows all about you and loves you anyway for more information go to Northside [Applause] [Music] [Applause] cfcc.edu is uh actually a part of the coin toss tonight yeah it it's it's quite a crowd that's coming out and uh they're going to toss the news delivered by Governor Sanders and uh got Bucky on the field going to be a coin toss and we're just moments away from some good high school football what we're going to see when we finally get rolling here in a second is a a bit offense that was the most prolific in school history last year scoring 50.3 points per game The Hornet offense went for 44.3 so two highflying offenses last year and two defenses that were uh very impressive Benton gave up 20.8 points per game the Hornets 23.3 bent will operated out of a 33 stack the Hornets out of a 43 Scheme tonight and Dio one of the things you know you're kind of our defensive coordinator up here on the broadcast and really watching Bryant they they don't tend to do a lot to disguise I mean they kind of go left right they don't go weak strong their Corners safeties uh they just try to beat you with the with Talent well that that's exactly what I was going to say Jim you don't have to do a lot when you've got a lot of talent and you know Bryant's been led by a really strong defensive line for years I mean you you you could probably go three deep on the Bryant defensive line and those kids could have started for almost any other 7A school for the past couple years and you know we'll get to it eventually but one of my defensive keys to Victory is you know win the win the battle up front and that's exactly why Bryant's linebackers get to run free and Bryant has always had some really good rangy linebackers their defensive line uh prevents the offensive lineman for getting to the from getting to the second level and those linebackers are able to run around and make plays this week in B Panther Sports JV won at PL Academy on Monday 2718 last night in junior high football the eighth graders lost to PA 3813 The Freshman won in a game that was shortened due to injury and I'm happy to report for those of you that read that game story on bpanther foot.com the young man from palaski Academy was released from children's hospital today uh clean bill of health after what looked to be a scary spinal injury so he is going to is okay going to make a full recovery and we're uh very grateful to share that Benton jior High won 3528 and how about the lady Panther volleyballers coach she's got the uh train rolling already 3 over Conway and the Battle of btown last night the lady Panthers won it 3-2 over the lady Hornets yeah that was a big deal the the the jungle turned out in full force to show their support and uh came away with a big big win for the volleyball team man they just they just turn it on every year don't they well they reload yeah they they reload they're they're pretty fun to watch so back to back to back perhaps it's a great start to the season beating Conway and Bryant playing up in classification this week in the conference in addition to the Salt ball game here Marian is at win in a big rivalry game way has made the Trek to Jonesboro Little Rock Christian is down in Union County to play eldera Catholic is at Texar Canada that's a good match up to open the season West Memphis is at Hot Springs silven Hills is at Mill and whiteall at Sheridan Doo woo in a big matchup that's supposed to be a good game standing room only yeah down there in your old stomping grounds yeah that is uh yeah my brother's been talking about it all week we've been texted back and forth he's been added to Kevin Kelly's staff so we got a venucci on the coaching staff down there now so that'll make this year's game between the Panthers the the venucci family will H probably have some rockus texting battle of Highway 35 just got turned up a ni yeah did yeah so uh that's uh former Bryant head coach Daryl Patton and former PA head coach Kevin Kelly down there in Seline County tonight at the pit Glen Rose at boxside boy talking about dusting off old rivalries yeah there as the beavers and miners go at it and the Clinton Yellow Jackets are at Red Parker field to play Harmony Grove as they open the season all right as the Panthers come onto the field we're going to go down to KAS for the first time tonight uh KAS give us an energy inside the stadium whoa whoa let's go we're down hey I'm excited about the soft bow glad to be here with the boys I'm not going to say I'm more excited about bies but I am almost just excited about that those brisket tacos fire me up every time so so K straight to the buy menu how about straight to your Westside Wellness pick the click come on come on well I I think it's going to be an intense game but uh I think the what's going to happen is we're going to need to be able to run the football tonight and so I think Drew is going to have a phenomenal game where we can't throw every day and we're going to have some third and shorts that we're going to need to run so I'm going Luther Tucker new got a B on offensive side and then on defensive side I'm going Nick Wright playing uh weak side linebacker I think they're going to send him on the edge kind of frustrate the quarterback a little bit bring some pressure I think Nick's having a big night Terry yeah I went with Maddox Davis I agree I think they're going to move him around use him in a lot of different situations and then I went with Isaac Kel who had a huge year just from out of nowhere last year I expect to see him down in the Box a lot and helping out uh on the line of scrimmage Doo well with Drew Davis off the board I went with the the you know the kind of the next lightning bolt on offense Elias Payne uh now given madx Davis was the leading scorer last year aside from brayan Russell but y uh I expect Elias to get the ball in his hands and he's always electric when he does and then on defense give me Walter Hicks in that middle linebacker position just he's always near the ball Walter Hicks has a nose for it so hoping he has a big game and our final Westside Wellness pick to click tonight our man Freddy would always say when I would call him say who do you want he said give me my quarterback that's right I want my quarterback so Freddy you get Drew Davis tonight brother Freddy's picked a click all right real quick keys to Victory Dio well I've already alluded to it win the battle up front this game you could say this every single year in this game but uh the panther defense has got to win the battle up front because Bryan's running game is legit and if we don't win the battle up front it's going to be a long night Terry win the battle up front there you go and Dio's right this whole game is going to be right at the line of scrimmage right at the point of attack it's time for football Panthers are going to receive and defend the North End Zone as Grayson cook puts a foot into it and is going to drive it to the one yd line we've got a flag and uh looks like maybe a hornet a little uh ere exuberant across the line before the kick and they're going to come back and re kick it it is a gray sky overhead the lights taking full effect here at w Memorial Stadium as we open the 2024 season as we bring you Benton Panther football brought to you by Eminem Productions the first quarter tonight brought to you by true gentlemen and true Boutique also our pick to click sponsor this year appreciate Whitney flowers and the great Folks at Westside Wellness you can supercharge your health and wellness and improve your quality of life and they provide wellness shots travel vaccinations and various other procedures Westside Wellness clinic.com 794 6123 so Marcus King bobbles the kickoff he's going to be called Down In The End Zone and the Panthers are going to start at the 20 and leading the Panthers out it'll be junior quarterback Drew Davis he'll have Luther Tucker in the backfield receivers Elias Payne Maddox Davis Will Carter and Bronson culis up front Garrett Pilkington is the center to his left Daniel Jordan at guard Isaiah Gibson at tackle and to the right big Parker glaze at guard and Jackson Kendricks at right tackle so we're going to see the Panthers on offense for the first time this season as they move left to right here in this first quarter stack two receivers to each side now motion Tucker out of the backfield an empty gun for Davis throws underneath and Bryant just sitting on that is able to make the deflection Tristan Knox there's that underneath throw Doo there's one of them I I said the the over under on on on throws uh within five yards of the line of scrimmage tonight was probably 24 um and then Terry made me doubt myself but now after the first play I may I may stick with my number second down Drew Davis going to throw wide open madx Davis at the 30 35 he's finally going to be forced out of bounds by Matthew Glover but not before he picks up 19 yards and a bent first down well that's why he was my pick to click I I felt like they were going to move it along the in the backfield in a lot of different places and they got him in open space so the Panthers with it first and 10 ball on the left hash has B moves toward the South End Zone through Davis pressured out of the pocket tuxon runs he's over Midfield into Hornet territory at the 49 yd line give him 12 in a bent first down you know Dio Drew ran for 200 yards last year and three touchdowns and but but you kind of got a feeling that he might be a real big impact player in the rushing game this year well he he certainly could is they're going to snap it back to Drew Straight Ahead run as Thomas Cornelius the linebacker makes a tackle at the 46 well what I was going to say is you you see there on the the play before when it's not a designed quarterback run you know it he's got some room to move on that designed quarterback run uh you know the defense played it for you know a pretty good stop so I think it's one of those things where I think he's going to be much more effective what he can do when when a play breaks down B at the Hornet 46 hand off to Luther Tucker nice bit of running behind that offensive line and Luther is going to Surge for a first down down to the Hornet 38 well Deo we saw it last week in the scrimmage against Lorac Christian Luther is is not huge inight like brailen Russell but he runs hard and he really gets his pads low and and we even saw him truck a couple of players along the Benton sideline first down Drew Davis drops back looking to set up the screen as he rolls to his left throws against his body and it is going to be incomplete as Tristan Knox was there applying pressure on Elias Payne who couldn't haul it in second down and 10 B at the Hornet 38 well he was looking for Bronson kulis right there kind of coming across on the backside but uh the Bryant defense did a really good job of of covering him up but I was impressed that that Drew had time to kind of stand back there and and pick a secondary you know he went to his second look second down and 10 Panthers 1037 to go in the first quarter game's opening drive as Davis from an empty gun sets up the screen to Elias and it's a bit low Elias couldn't pluck it off the turf and it'll be third and 10 boy that's uh that that's an unfortunate pass that time because he had the Lane right there I mean that that was wide open Elias very well might have scored on that kulis Payne and Davis come to the right Will Carter the receiver to the left Tucker in the side car to Drew Davis's left it's a hornet defense barking out signals Davis takes a snap going to roll to his left gets outside the pressure and throws and his arm may have been hit as he released that ball by Matt Nelson pass short hops Will Carter incomplete and it's Fourth and 10 bitt at the horn at 38 well a good start you know the first few plays for the for the Benton offense but then that Brian defense kind of bowed up and and just put a stop to it well we find ourselves about seven to8 yd shy of where we need to be to try a field goal Tucker going to move to the slot to the left kulis the H Pack set to the right of the formation got Elias and Maddox over here to the right now Tucker moves to the slot and uh some confusion Brad Harris says let's take a timeout we'll take one with them a 30 second break you're listening to the Salt Bowl 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uh Hornets will take over on the 20 so that's something we haven't seen in a while the quarterback just uh putting it away right there Doo well and I thought to myself I wonder if they had you know had had prepped for the quick kick but I wasn't I really thought you know from where the field position was I mean you only pick up 18 yards in field position if you get a Touchback so I guess the idea behind that is they had hoped to maybe be able to pin him down you know within the five something like that but didn't work out that way well it looked like we gave up on that punt a little bit and uh that allowed it go into the end zone yeah so the first snap of the season for the PDC is Walker going to flip it out to Zack Curtis Jones and he's going to be hog collared by Isaac Hill at the 30 that's a 10 yd gain and enough for a Brent first down let's set the panther defense Owen seals Jay Alford and Ma Matia three seniors up front Weston Monson the sophomore gets the started linebacker Walter Hicks and Nick Wright Jay Thomas pepper is the spur Isaac Hill the Bandit as Jordan Walker drops back throws has Carter Ratliff in the center of the field om Marcus King is going to make the tackle at the 49 that's good for 19y yards and a hornet first down well yeah good execution that time Doo yeah well and they and they run that slot receiver right at the linebacker and and handed off to myON thrash and he is going to be tackled by Walter Hicks for no game and Monson did a good job on the play before stemming him he he got his hands on him but the quarterback is able to just wait until he's released and then he's wide open it's just a Zone little read throw back into that bitten defense om Marcus King and Trey Stewart are the corners Cordell Payne is the free safety as Walker over throws Carter Ratliff in Benton territory around the 30 and it'll be third down and 10 Flags though on the field thrown in the center of the field on the right hash and by the linesmen on the near side yeah they're going to get they're going to get Bryant for holding on that when they basically tackled the I couldn't see which of our defensive linemen but it was one of them actually Owen seals that got tackled yeah Owen seals and uh Owen seals and Tai Mata uh last year you know having those guys back to to be your bookends had right at 60 tackles between the two of them including six sacks di I mean that's that's good experience to bring back up front well and and both of them uh time and tia just you know just a stout Stout kid and a great talk at the press conference Wednesday a lot of Personality as Walker following the penalty assessments going to throw underneath the Latin he's going to be knocked out of bounds by Monson so Hornet penalized 10 they get nine back going to leave them with third and 11 yeah they're getting good space right now and but uh for the most part Benton is wrapping up and tackling they struggled with that a little bit last week against lck Christian a lot of M tackled especially in that first half so Bryant one run three passes very unlike their scrimmage against Catholic or against Camden excuse me on this initial Drive empty gun for Walker he steps to his left throws over throws Ratliff as Cordo Payne was in coverage and the horn are going to be forced to punt it away to conclude their first possession of the Season as Grayson King's going to try it out Carter Ratliff their rangy receiver is going to deep snap and back deep to receive for Benton will be Maddox Davis I'm really confused by that Bryant possession I really did expect to see them run the ball a ton more and they really kept the ball in the air the whole time score is 0 to0 917 to go in the first quarter as a punt away is going to hit around the 23 madx Davis is going to pick it up on the bounce loses it up in the air and uh their Hornets are saying they've got it there is a pow at the 15 yd line and Benton somehow comes up with it wow madx Davis I think was able to get that back you don't think there were there might be a broken finger or two in that pile if that was 1996 Circa 1996 there would have been a broken finger going for that ball chip tooth uh something yeah back spasms yeah you'd feel that one feel that one the next day if you remember last year that 14-6 game got busted open by a block punt by Brian so don't don't underestimate the critical special teams play in a big rivalry game so Davis and uh Payne split to the left with kulus d Drew Davis throws that way to Al he breaks a tackle gets a block from kulus and it's going to be a big gain out to the 32 a gain of 17 and a first down hey I wish they could give like half yards because Bron and kulis would get half of those man what a great job downfield blocking he did do a great job downfield blocking but yet but I do want to that's another one within five yards you tally tallying them over there yeah I I've lost count there's been three already I think prps to the short side through rolls to the wide side lucking throwing wide open Will Carter makes the catch along the Bryant sideline at the 49 yd line 17 yds and a first down I love seeing Will Carter make a sure-handed catch to open the season well and you know that wasn't even really the the the route that he ran he broke that route off um after he got to the end of it actually came back towards his quarterback and and ran himself right into an open spot that was a great play by the receiver first down they hand it off to Tucker good block by kulis on the edge Tucker is going to be thumped by Simeon Mitchell but not before he's in Hornet territory at the 44 that's a gain of seven it'll be second and three well I Gibson's doing such a great job over there on the left tackle man he is doing Yan's work out there 62 275lb senior left tackle snap back to Davis he's going to throw and it looks like a little miscommunication that time as uh the closest player to that football was Hornet Simeon Mitchell it'll be third down well it it looked like I couldn't tell if he was throwing for Luther Tucker or but Maddox Davis made it look like he was wanting a flag for defensive holding because the ball was to him and he couldn't he couldn't get away from the defender I don't know though strange looking play it was a strange looking play K find that out for us please third down pitch to B Davis coming right and he is going to be tackled by Thomas Cornelius after a minimal gain to the 42 it's going to be fourth down and one I would like that noted that that was a forward pass absolutely within five yards I'm pretty sure Terry that I well this is going to get worn out by halftime I listen I thought that I was being a little bit factious when I said 24 but now I'm starting to think I was spot on yeah you may be fourth down and one offense stays on the field twins to Eide now they're going to bring kulis in motion it is a give all the way Drew Davis keeping down to the 40 and that's a fourth down conversion move the chains first down Panthers that's a strong run by our quarterback well it's it's I really like the bringing Bronson culis in Motion in there and and you know he gets to come up and make a block right as he runs by but that's you got some big bodies blocking for you there 62 245 lb senior HB back Bronson kulis helping lead the way on first down he's going to do the same play to the left kulis the road grater leading blocks for Drew Davis to pick up five down to the 35 good gain on first down at second and five boy anytime you can walk away with half of your yards gone on first down that's that's a good play I don't I I I'm just going to say that I don't like seeing Drew Davis have to run it quite as much that's just that's just my personal preference though keep they're going to throw and it's picked off picked off by Nick Miller the senior linebacker Maddox Davis is going to break him down at the 41 yd line Miller had two interceptions last year leading returning tackler for the Hornet defense and he makes a big play causes the first turnover of the season and the Hornets will have it at their own 41 boy he went up really high to get that ball too that was a great defensive play now that line of scrimmage becomes even more important Dio because there's a lot of energy on the blue sideline right now they've got to shut them down first down and 10 Hornets at the 41 going to run it to the short side with Daniel Anderson and the Notre Dame commit is going to be dropped for a loss by Walter Hicks back at the 39 they move Walter Hicks over to that middle linebacker spot do how do you feel about that well I mean Walter Hicks is you know he's been a I mean basically a three-year starter now at linebacker for the most part he's just he gets up field quick go back to Anderson and look at the swarm of white jerseys going to dump him for another loss back to the 36 that's a loss of three and Jay Alford was leading the charge that time great run defense there's another great find that that we found in the off seon hadn't played in over a year Jim comes back he's now the starting nose tackle and holding his own third down and 15 for the Hornets Walker with time going to air it out om Marcus King playing jump ball with Ratliff it's incomplete and that's a three and out following the turnover that's PDC football at its best you get put in a bad spot after the turnover Dio and force a three and Out Boy defense really stepping up big right there on the two runs and then on the third and third and long quarterback really just looked like he didn't have you know like he he looked receiver one receiver two and was kind of out of options he looked really flustered back there the punt is high it's fielded by Elias Payne and he is going to be hit immediately at the 37 yd line down there making the tackle JT Allen who was out last year with an ACL tear it's good to see the senior for Bryant back for his senior season absolutely boy you hate it when uh especially when they are seniors and they get a big injury like that wind up missing their senior year it's great to see that young man back on the field so 529 to go in the first quarter we're still scoreless each team with a two drives and now Panthers with their third drive and it begins at their own 37 yd line ball in the center of the field Drew Davis takes a snap hands it off and making the the Run Luther Tucker I wasn't sure if they might have snuck TJ Williams in there but that was still Tucker and he picks up two to the 39 it'll be second and eight you know TJ moving up to number two in the depth chart for this game really good looking running back it's a reverse to Elias Payne and boy look at the speed of simion Mitchell it looked like it was wide open there Dio and Mitchell just closed holds pain to a one yard gain well and that's the that you know that's the thing we were talking about when you look at a roster size like Bryant's and you see you know 150 kids on it well there's going to be a few of them that have some spade out of that 150 it's just statistics s is having a big game third down Drew Davis going to roll to his right looking looking throwing into traffic now it's going to be picked off ball intercepted and returned over Midfield as Matthew Ferguson picked it off and it took it took a season last year for for Drew to throw two picks he's thrown two picks in three possessions here tonight well he's got to settle down I mean there's no way he should have thrown that football that the receiver was covered up with two Defenders hey he's he he's coming out a seven on seven I mean you know what I'm saying in seven on seven uh it's one of those things you you stand back there and you you you kind of you know try to place your throws but guys madx Davis is is uh tied as the leading tackler for the Panthers right now not a good sign Dio let's go down to you what are you seeing down there through your ex quarterback guys yeah no I just think he can't get he can't get too flustered I think the o line has kind of settled in a little bit after that first possession I think the defense is doing a great job I think I was telling Drew earlier man just get to the sticks in three Downs that's all you need to worry about is get to the sticks absolutely the two yard gain the three- yard gain is is a great thing let's just keep doing that so we got to get a stop here Walter cricks is is a crazy man so let's see what happens lined up at middle linebacker behind J all for handed off to Zack Curtis Jones he breaks a couple of tackles before he's finally hauled down near the first down marker at the 39 yd Line Dio who'd you get on the tackle well it Monson and [Applause] Hicks they're going to give him four and a half it's going to be second and half a yard just over the bent 40 yd line 350 to go in the first quarter still scoreless snap hand it off to Jones and that's that little C counter tray that really hurt us last year Jones tripped up as he reaches the 31 yd line that's going to be eight yds and a hornet first down yeah I think they I think they see something I think they see something right now going to hand it off to thrash this time and thrash is going to carry down near the 20 yd line Landon Jackson finally going to get him down but the Hornets ripping off yards following the interception down to the bent 21 another first down wellow we're lucky we didn't get a flag right there Hornet an all blue handed off to thrash again in the misdirection do is uh clicking for Bryant right now yeah I don't know if they made an adjustment but or just started calling that play but the the they're taking advantage of our defensive aggressiveness and we're just overp pursuing and the running back is it's a kind of a delayed handoff he's just cutting back against the grain and it's wide open going to fake to thrash throw underneath for Ratliff and you can see what the running game does as Ratliff continues to push down they're going to Mark him down at the three and there was a pile of about 15 guys in that scrum it's going to be first and goal Hornets at the three and off to thrash and that time he's hit by Hicks able to bounce off he's smothered at the one giving two at second and goal well thrash does not go down easy he always bounces off the first guy yeah he does and as Brad Harris takes a time out uh Doo It's been uh kind of a tug-of-war and now it seems like Bryant's kind of gained the momentum here as they're knocking on the door to the first score yeah this offense does not look like the same offense that we saw the first two series it's like a total different Brian offense has come out there it's like they finally figured out what works against our defense and it's worked you know several plays in a row well Jim you can see on the sidelines that that when they ran that trap play that you were talking about you called out you could see a shift down on on with the coaching staff on Bryant and they saw something and they ran thrash back on the field and then they started hitting that counter left and right that's been a little bit of the cryptonite of the vent defense against the Hornets they they've kind of come with that counter trck look yeah for multiple seasons and had success with it so well and then that that was a play action Zone Reed pass off of that same exact play that's what they're doing they're playing it off and I can't tell if the Reed linebacker is Walter Hicks or not um but that's exactly where they threw it they threw it to where Walter Hicks would have been standing you know had he been in run coverage so pistol look handed off to thrash running right and he's going to be stopped short of the end zone it's Jay Thomas pepper kned in there Dominic Roy also in on the tackle and it is going to be third down and goal for the Hornets at the one as Cooper Billingsley is going to check in for Brian he is their bigger y 62 230 lb Jr so they've got billingley and Ratliff on the field they're both align to the left left thrash in the side car to Walker's right two receivers to the right they give it to thrash he was hit behind the line and broke the tackle into the end zone and the Hornets draw first blood with 150 to go in the first quarter it's Brun Six B nothing and on for the Pat Jackson cook snap down hold good kick by cook is good and with a minute 50 to go in the first quarter it's Brun 7even bit nothing we're going to take a 30 second break you're listening to the Salt pole on the Benton football network Allied Glass is a fullservice glass shop located in Historic downtown Benton Allied Glass is a third generation business and family-owned and operated since 1967 mirrors shower doors commercial storefronts auto glass repair and replacement tabletops screens plexiglass and much more for all your glass needs call Allied Glass at 501 778 6244 located at 115 East severe in downtown Bentley so the PDC uh kind of flexed its muscle there near the shadow of the go line do but th able to punch it in get Bryant a 7 nothing lead 150 to go in the first quarter yeah and it it really that it's the tale of two offenses or it's the tale of two defenses I don't really know we'll see how the story plays out this game B's notorious for really bad Ed penalties and for untimely turnovers and uh we just can't turn the ball over Panthers with two turnovers thus far in the ball game it's the kickoff fielded by om Marcus King at the four he returns it loses the football at the uh 18 yd line the Hornets are jumping up and down and they have recovered as om Marcus fumbles it away and the Panthers now with three turnovers in the first quarter the Hornets are going to have it in the red zone at the Benton 18 yeah and and you know two other plays guys uh we were lucky to not have turnovers uh in that I mean that yeah we can't turn the ball over against this football team we just can't so first down and 10 Bryan at the 18 to Benton being far too generous well it's definitely not going to help you against a 7A school if you turn it over three times in the first quarter Daniel Anderson back in there he gets the carry running wide he is going to be tripped up by Cordell Payne at the 11 yd line gain of seven it'll be second and three and what it does Dio is it keeps that defense on the field and it and it gives energy to this side of the field uh that they don't need I mean th this team does not need any help well minute 15 and Counting second and three Hornets at the bit and 11 Walker rolling to his left he's going to tuck and run jtp is going to get him down at the four yd line but it'll be first down and goal Hornets at the bit four now let's not forget too the other thing is when you're the momentum goes against you none of these kids on this Panther team have can remember a panther win against this team Daniel Anderson carry and he is going to be tackled from behind by Jay Alford the young man who hasn't played football since ninth grade comes back for his senior year Brad Harris has say has said oh what could have been if he had stuck with us as a sophomore in junor absolutely well I mean you just saw him run down a legitimate College Prospect second down and goal for Brian hand off to Anderson and he plows behind Nale Rucker and Matt Burke into the end zone and the Hornets go up two scores at 13 nothing with 23 seconds to go in the first quarter well if you if you looked at the box score and you saw that Benton had had three turnovers in the first quarter so on and so forth you would expect the score to be 14 to nothing yeah I mean realistically extra point by Jackson cook is up and it is good K we hadn't come down to you enough tonight what's your uh what's your thoughts on what you've seen in this first quarter yeah the just the turnover I mean that's costly penalty I mean we were just talking down here you know me and Drew not not having to make up for things like you don't have to go make up it's zero to zero where it was 0 to zero but don't have to go make it up but even now I mean getting down to the end of the first quarter 140 all you got to do is just it's one play at a time just let's continue to do one play at a time and execute the game plan and let's do our job defense defense has been in some bad situation so far so I don't think they've been playing terrible but they're worn out and you don't want that Here We Go Again field grief B don't want the air to flow out of the balloon in the first quarter that's right well I mean it's it it you know kase's group was the last group to come close to winning I mean they 14 14 tie in 2014 uh you know before that none of these kids were born the last time Benton won so you think about that um you don't want that to creep back in so Grayson King to kick off for the Hornets leading 14 to nothing with 23 seconds to go in the first quarter it's good highend overend kick but it's going to be fielded by Elias Payne he returns it up the center of the field and it's going to be tackled by Cooper Billingsley at the 30 yd line that's where bent will put it into play good return by loss boy he is electric when he hits a hole oh man he just explodes through it first down and 10 Panthers Parker glaze and Jackson Kendrick's on the right side of that line Garrett Pilkington done a great job thus far tonight with the snaps Daniel Jordan and Isaiah Gibson on the left side of the line shift into a Trip's right now take Maddox Davis in motion back to the left swing pass underneath to Luther Tucker gets good blocking from his receivers going to be out of Bounds at the 37 yd line that's a seven yd pickup and that's a good confidence building short throw right there Terry yeah it is and you know look the Panthers can move the ball on this Hornet defense they they've just got to not not make those mistakes outside pass to Elias and he races up the sideline knocked out of Bounds at the 48 yd line with 8 seconds to go in the first quarter that's 11 yards good for a bitten first down another good first down approaching the Middle Field really important if the Panthers get in the end zone this time it really is Drew Davis going to carry Running Room Flags come flying in as Davis is all the way down to the 29 yd line before Mel transferred Jonathan Frost makes a tackle and I I count one two three four Flags everybody in the stadium saw Will Carter home I was about to say I that's only because there were that many flags in the stadium because otherwise the field would be yellow right not getting away with that one not when every Referee on the field sees it well I guess we one shot only one ref didn't see it maybe three forget there's seven of them out [Applause] there yeah we got a full crew here tonight with uh couple of back judges a field judge yeah I'm not used to there being seven out there I know going to move it back to the 49 yd line penalty marked off from the spot of the foul so it's it's actually first 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we offer competitive pay health and retirement benefits and great people to work with cts's proud sponsors of Benton Panther football give them a call at 501 778 4535 so guys as we talked during the uh the quarter break right there uh Panthers did a good job except for the self-inflicted wounds absolutely what what I was saying during the break is this defense can stop them uh this is a good Panther [Applause] defense so the first play of the second quarter with Bryant leading 14 to nothing is a snap back to Drew Davis a forward flip Maddox Davis making men Miss running hard into Bryant territory down to the 41 and that is a first down on an 11 yd pickup good looking run by Maddox that time good looking motion too had a had a lot of downfield blockers for him Doo well and he's so Shifty get the ball to him anywhere and just all he needs is a crease same thing with Elias first down and 10 Panthers at the Hornet 41 yd line Benton moving right to left here in the second quarter toward the North End Zone going to hand it off and running to the left helmet pops off in the pow as uh Tucker comes up pointing at a hornet it's going to be four very hard earned yards down to the 37 that's still a good play man still a good play Four Yards but when Bri man Bryan does a good job job when they get a hand on you they're not letting go yeah good tackling team second down and six Panthers going to run a little double reverse to Elias he is breaking tackles there goes Elias up the BR sideline out of bounds around the 10 yd line they're going to Mark him out at the 11 that's a 26 yd gain and a first down well the patience that time dos he was picking and choosing the little places that he ran he wasn't WI wide open because that's not what it called for yeah no he did not run wide open but he does a great job of waiting for his blocks to develop so first down and 10 Benton at the Hornet 11 yd line trailing 14 to nothing snap back to Davis Quick Pass batted down at the line of scrimmage and coming in uh hard on the rush that time was Bryant Davis to deflect the pass in complete it'll be second and 10 boy he got up high and knocked the ball down and we had numbers on the leftand side and seem seems like they've done seems like they've done that to us a couple times on those screen plays and I don't know if it's we're calling a screen at the same time they're calling a blitz or we're just free releasing those guys but they're getting in the back field way too quick second down and 11 or second down and 10 at the 11 flip it back to Maddox he had the ball Stripped Away and the Panthers have turned it over again as uh JT Allen has recovered the fumble at the 15 yd line and the uh turnovers just continue to fight P unbelievable four turnovers already and there's 1038 to go in the second quarter four turnovers in 14 minutes well and that you know three of which have been I don't know if they if if all three were in the Red Zone um well you had om Marcus's fumble on the kick return yep that was not but uh we had an interception at the Hornet 35 and interception at the Hornet 40 and now a fumble at the BR 15 so all three of the four in Hornet territory well there you go that's hooker throws High intercepted by Cordell Payne so Cordell up the sideline Cordell knocked down at the one yd line as Cordell picked it off and was a yard away from taking it to the end zone and that's a momentum changer you need is Elias's little brother bringing some electricity man what a great and much needed play for the bent Panthers now that now that they've got to punch it in right here well they they've got to show some respect to their defense and get this ball in the end zone at this point Cordell picked that one off he batted it up in the air caught it at the 30 yd line returned at 29 yards to the one and the Panthers have a chance to cut the lead in half here one yard away you just got to you just got to get it in there and a whistle before the [Applause] snap by the linesman on the bent sideline across the way adex Davis is clapping his hands we're going to get an offside call on defense half the distance to the goal first down so that'll move it up half a yard I would rather had the touchdown that we would have made yeah exactly I but that's the thing is we don't do that play we won't do we don't do I know it drives me crazy let's go from the half yard throw the ball back to the five and get it back to the goal line snap back to Drew going to hand it off to Tucker and Tucker's In The End Zone first touchdown of the season for the B Panthers on a Luther Tucker run behind big Daniel Jordan and the Panthers are a pat away from cutting the lead in half woo boy we needed that touchdown too well we needed the turnover and then we needed the touchdown yes but but definitely and what a great job by Cordell Payne everything was going so fast we didn't have an opportunity to talk about that but boy what a great job he did of finding blockers downfield and getting down and almost putting that in the end zone himself Cas rght snaps Will Carter holds Garett Honeycut kicks it through and with 1019 to go in the second quarter as we bring in KAS M the Panthers have cut that lead in half to 14-7 KAS that was the momentum shifter the Panthers needed that's why it's a team game fellas it's a team game offense and defense I love it and they're excited over here guys I just was over here talking to Bronson couis man what what a what a what a guy I think we need to stay behind him all night he's a great Blocker on the outside edge and so I mean turnover battle it seems like I guess we none of us were expect in this but um what is it five turnovers now and five combined oh my goodness crazy let's keep rocking well and and case before you before you leave us we're not used to seeing the Panthers struggle with ball security I mean this is very out of the North yeah and I think that last one with madx Davis I think there was U I think there was a couple o lineman that missed uh their assignment there and those guys got back there so quick madx barely even had time to secure the ball before he was getting hit it's hard for us to tell way up here the physicality down on the field how how is it oh yeah it yeah it's you guys said it's a battle of the trenches I mean that's where it's is you got linebackers blitzing everywhere you got guys smacking heads on the outsides guys are it's it's a hard- hitting hard noosed game right here and both of them are both teams are not backing down and and just for our listeners to understand the bewilderment that we have with this first H this first quarter the Panthers turn the ball all over six times the entire season last year well I mean Drew Davis only had two interceptions and we only fumbled four times the entire season and so he's already had two this game kick into the end zone and the Hornets will start at their own 20 yd line it's a new day in Sheridan the yellow jackets lead 37-7 over White Hall whoa that offense is Kevin Kelly's offense is they're not pting [Applause] yeah I think KAS has forgotten to turn off his microphone he'll figure it out no I think what he was saying is that Sheridan is not puning the yeah but the ambient noise is through the roof right now oh first down and 10 Hornets at the 20 give off to Curtis he's popped real good spins off the tackle the 25 yd line it'll be second down and five he came in and gave that one yeah I I may have been Walter Hicks I'd love to see a replay on that there's the second you see him and just bang yeah it oh that that was Landon Jackson coming in laying a lick so second down and five for the Hornets at the 25 yd line going to fake to Curtis Jones Jordan Walker with Running Room as the center of the field opened up he's on the outside he's up the Hornet sideline and steps out of Bound for cor lias King good reaching inside the 30 yd line and the 29 there is a flag back at Midfield though I love a good Midfield flag jim on a on a breakout run yeah because you know that's probably coming back yeah cuz you'll take that boy what a great read by Jordan Walker that time I know really really good eyesight they're saying it's against the Panthers Walker the uh senior committed to washon to commit uh continue his football career After High School as the referees have a very long meeting sorting out this one flag personal foul defense 15 yd penalty from the end of the Run that's a first down pointless penal I do not like Midfield Flags Jim exactly take back what I said that's going to move it all the way down to the boy 19 yd line go yikes into the Red Zone man you like uh you like guys that'll get out there and uh and fight for you but you just don't want them to do it in front of the referee first down and 10 now all the way down to the bit 19 yd line it's Walker going to pitch it out to Curtis Jones he gets the edge Cordell Payne is going to knock his feet out from underneath at the 10 yd line and now we got a flag as landed Jackson Oh Marcus King uh forgot the forgot the rule that you don't hit back second they were scrapping a little bit out of bounds and uh look like Latin and Landon Jackson mixing it up om Marcus over there as well personal foul hit out of bounds from the defense half the distance to the goal first down you got to uh hold coach here guys you just got yourself back into it and you're uh now being generous defensively with the penalties it's going to be first down and gold Bryant at the P five yd line Hornet trying to push their lead back to 14 910 and counting in the first half as Curtis Jones sets to the right of quarterback Jordan Walker two tight end set they hand it off no Walker pulls throws underneath the rat lift boy that was a nice read by Jordan Walker and C Carter Ratliff makes the catch for the touchdown with nine minutes to go and the Hornets back up about two scores at 20 to7 yeah that was a really good read and that a really well-designed play it it really was because I honestly I I didn't even see him underneath and I thought he was going for the deeper receiver yeah and uh well he had multiple options he could have either handed it off he could have ran with it himself uh or he could have thrown it to one of two receivers so he had four different things you know to do with it depending on what we did and I mean really that's a game Cher when they introduced The Zone read uh that made football twice as hard on the defense and now two ways about it these coaches have figured out how to you know if you've got a smart enough quarterback you can pretty much you know make decisions on the Fly and make it almost impossible to defend a masterpiece at run in the zone re that time by Jordan Walker and when you've got that running game click and you want to key in on those backs Savvy quarterback with running ability like Walker it really is that added weapon in the back field do well you you start it's a plus one because now you got a quarterback that you got to defend against not just in the passing game but but then if you can get a one-on-one matchup or a two-on-one really that's what all Zone reads want is a two-on-one matchup and whatever the defender does whatever they pick is going to be wrong I mean that's just the that's the whole premise of the deal well you saw there you know he's reading the the first guy uh and depending on what that guy does he's going to keep it and then you know he's making another read so he had to make three reads on that play Grayson King to kick off for the Hornets following the Bryant score he puts a foot into it coming up to field it on the Hop it's madx Davis at the 14 he's got a seam bounces it outside running hard through tackles all the way out to the 41 yd line and bent's going to have it very close to Midfield good field position to start the drive boy you you're not kidding and uh you know that's the thing about it man the explosiveness of some of these players are really a game Chang and you can have as many mistakes as we've had in this first half and a touchdown and a three and out and all of a sudden we're back in it yeah Panthers with trips to the right Drew Davis looks that way heavy pressure from the the Hornets he's going to throw intercepted another pick by Bryant that's Jonathan Frost he's got Running Room Parker glaze giving Chase there's a flag coming over to make the tackle as Maddox Davis and another bent turnover the fifth of the first half wow Frost returned it to the 20 yd line but a flag at the bent 34 as uh penalty as uh big Parker glaze was giving Chase and an infraction against him by the Hornets not sure why Drew didn't just throw that one out of bounds right there if he puts air on that ball probably it could have been a touchdown Elias Walks Into The End Zone I think that was Elias that was deep yeah but he was behind the defense and I think that may have been who he was trying to get to but he's throwing across his body and he just didn't get enough erir on locking the back on bent penalties will what repl the down wow wow offsetting penalties so the interception doesn't count replay the down you had a hold they didn't call a post possession penalty they called a block in the back on Benton and then a hold on Bry the hold would have been on the interception return but the BL hat said offsetting but they replay the down but the Block in the back was against par like they got they blocked Parker glaze in the back on the return if it was a defensive holding it would have offset the interception but if it was an offensive holding it wouldn't have may maybe he got him backwards maybe it was a hold on B in a block back on BR I think that is what it is but they shouldn't be offsetting I I wouldn't think so either and quad Sanders and Brad Harris both asking for explanations I'm I'm that's kind of like when they reviewed satania's punt return touchdown yeah to to determine that whether or not he had dropped the ball going across the yeah but they reviewed that to then go back and give to walk off the penalty for the hold [Applause] so I believe we're about to get explation we're about to get an explanation over the PA after the change of possession at a block in the back that foul has been declined penalty for holding on the return team 10 yards it'll be first down okay so it is Bryant's ball it was two foul against Brian not just one so after all that it's going to be Hornet football after the interception at the B 44 yd line and you might think that the second quarter is about to come to an end but you would be sadly mistaken there's eight and a half minutes left it's the hand off to thrash thrash runs hard down to the 40 yd line line Panthers with a a good job of game tackling but uh one Panther not bringing down these Hornet running backs tonight now Monson and pepper ganging up for the tackle there but you're right it's not one guy is not getting them down their offensive Line's doing a good job of of blocking second down and six for the Hornets hand off to thrash Nick right holding on for dear life thres carries him down to the 34 yd line bar close to a first down they're going to Mark him just short third and [Applause] [Music] inches third down and less than a yard inside the Benton 35 yd line Bryant leads 21-7 was 730 to go in the first half again Kevin off the thrash and he's hit and he's going to be stuffed for a loss back to the 36 yd line and it'll be fourth down and two for the Hornets I don't know who to credit for that [Applause] tackle uh about six people I was about to say Alfred was on the pile and Isa uh Isaac Hill was on the pile so that's who I'm crediting they were on the bottom so fourth down and two Hornets go for it at the bent 36 yd line an empty gun for Walker two slots to each side of the formation tried to get the Panthers to jump good discipline by the PDC Walker looks to the sideline snap clock ticking down and I believe that's exactly what he's going to do quad Sanders takes a timeout we'll take it with him 640 to go in the second quarter Bry 21 Benton seven this is Panther foot football on the Benton football network Elliott electrical is a proud supporter of Benton Panther football for over 35 years Elliot electrical has been providing reliable Efficient highquality Electric Service to Seline County in central Arkansas from lighting design and planning to Street and parking lot installation Elliot electrical has all the lighting services to keep your home and businesses illuminated for a free estimate for all your electrical needs contact Elliot electrical today at 501 31575 539 all right fourth down and two out of the timeout 640 to go in the first half it's Hornet football as they move left to right here in the second quarter they're moving from Markham Street toward the zoo trying to add to a 217 lead Panthers have turned it over five times in the first half scored is 21-7 Jonathan well you know and here's the deal this this play is huge because you stop them here get the ball back and if Benton can score they get within one you la allow them to score here and now you're down by three and it is going to be a keep by Walker he was hit by Hicks and all depends on the spot they that's a generous spot well he did get up that far he did actually make it pretty far I I don't know that's a pretty good spot based on where he you know they made initial contact be I don't think he's still going to have enough it's going to be tight let's get a can we watch the replay on that he he and Hicks had a stalemate they did have a stalemate but before before reinforcements arrived but I feel like if we can get the replay on that while they're running the flag out or the markers out here we go let's see where he where he gets to before he yeah I mean they got it about right where he got to so it's pretty fair spot and he did not get there and it's short it is short the panther defense is held and Benton will take over at the 34 yd line Walter Hicks was the first one to greet him yeah and you can see the power of Walker though I mean Walter Hicks pound for pound as tough and strong as they come but as you pointed out Walker was able to push it reinforcements arrived to holding and the panther uh defense gets a stop B offense takes over at their own 34 yd line well that and and the initial contact was made about three yards back from where the spot ended up being so yeah Walker is a a heck of a load to bring down at that quarterback position now the offense has to do something with it so first down and 10 Panthers at their own 34 Drew going to throw to Will Carter who uh races toward the center of the field and is going to be dropped at the 45 but that's going to be good for a first down pick up of 11 yards what do you think about I like will cutting to the inside I do too go going kind of opposite of where you would think first down and 10 Benton at the 45 boy I want to see him release Elias look they got yeah they got him that's exactly what I was looking at Doo he's got the coverage he wants right now Matthew Glover has him one-onone on the short side of the field culis motions to the right Drew Davis rolling to the right throwing under pressure and he throws that one away as boy the at speed that time the and their pressure getting to through well they've been when when they get through into the back field it's like they're getting through untouched it's they're they're I don't know if it's a coming on a blitz and we're just not picking up the man but they're back there much faster than Drew wants them to be I can assure you that well a lot of it has to do with the fact that they're just fast well I that could be it too yo even when they come off of a block they explode into the see I'd like to see him slit M except that seam right there second down Drew throw behind elas pay incomplete and it'll be third down and 10 well we didn't want to see our offense spit and sputter here uh after getting the ball back this was a good opportunity after that fourth down stop to come out and you know we've talked about it in years past but the the Justin offense is a uh they've got to get into a rhythm it's a rhythm based offense so third down and 10 Davis rolls to the right looking downfield throwing into coverage it is going to be incomplete as he tried to get it to Tucker and Nick Miller who already has an interception in the first half able to uh defend that one very well incomplete the Panthers will punt it away well we didn't really want three and out Doo cuz uh we we've got a little hey technically we're going to stay in this game we we've got to we've got to get the ball in the end zone we did get one first down on that series yes so we actually went four and out okay but but it felt like a three and out because you know get get first down cons by that D no I know Isaiah Gibson to snap Dawson Dave's the sophomore to punt it away and he Shanks it off the side of his foot it's going to take a good bit and roll there's a took a really roll yeah down to the 20 yd line inside the 20 where Trey Stewart all down it at the 19 yd line [Music] Cas yo yo I'm here I'm here yeah so uh how are things uh down there on the bent sideline I think they're trying to get it figured out right here they're down here Drew's on the headset up with Justin Ray the guys are in the tent with Coach G receivers are talking to Drew and so they're trying to get a game plan we just I like the I like to throw out a bounce you know there but I think there on the third and 10 Drew had a little room probably could have made it with his legs there instead of trying to force it in um and tight coverage so just be smart stick with me I want to come right back to you after this play as Hornet snap at first and 10 at their own 19 hand it off to Daniel Anderson and he is going to carry over the 25 to the 26 you being the ex quarterback when you have some adversity that is new to you I mean Drew didn't have a game all year like the half he's had tonight how do you settle back in how do you find your confidence again that's a great question I think what you have to do we were talk kind of talking earlier it's easy to be around the guys when everything's going well but especially especially right now what it needs to be is having communication with his o line with his receivers talking about what what the other guys are seeing just so everybody's on the same page and then we get a game plan together as one and say this is this is the plan we're going to carry out this is what everybody's seeing let's all settle in one play at a time and I just think you get you have some short throws like the one to Will Carter we just talked about let let Ray get him some short throws get build some confidence back up and let's progress from there cuz you got the weapons in the lies oh yeah and will and Maddox so they hand off to Anderson running straight ahead and he needed three and it's going to be very close to it as uh sophomore Carson Conor's in on the tackle for bit and they are stopping the clock looks like they're going to eyeball it and perhaps bring the chains in with 446 to go in the second quarter that's exactly what we've got a measurement all right Terry First Call of the year right here he's got it hate to agree with you on this one but I think you're right so Carson Conor on the tackle 6' 255 lb sophomore another one of those bright future Panthers getting to play in his first varsity game tonight stretch the and it is first down Bry needed three got three MOV the chains first and [Music] [Applause] 10 so it's a first down and 10 hornet at their own 29 yd line 435 to go in the first half seems like it's been a long first half it has been a super long first half and we're heading toward the longest halftime in high school football Terry you want to do the halftime show [Applause] tonight I'm I'm not sure I can talk that long Anderson on the carry Isaac Hills going to make the tackle at the 39 yd line 10 yds and another Brian Hornet first [Applause] down Matthew Patterson's gone all the way at Center for Bryant he he didn't even start their scrimmage but uh Anderson with the carry going to be finally knocked down by Hicks well they actually called him down where Hill tripped him up they got his knee back at the 47 yep so just give him eight and credit Isaac Hill on the tackle it'll be second and two yeah Isaac Hill came through and and he tried to cut up field Isaac Hill basically got a literal ankle yeah and that was enough to stop him it's enough to get that knee to the ground that's all he needed second down and two as Curtis Jones gets carry running left what a nice well they're going to call a a penalty on the Block against J Thomas pepper out there on the edge Nale Rucker pulled from his Right Guard spot and uh he is going to be hit with a penalty and that'll bring that run back and I like Curtis Jones Junior he has got a burst he really does and it that cut that he just made on that run uh was I mean fantastic uh brought back by a penalty block blows the away offense 15 yd penalty repl second down so 15 yds going to be assessed against Bryant for blocking below the waist as coach Harris said in our pregame interview Brian has three young men that could start for every High School in Arkansas and they happen to be on the same team uh you've got Daniel Anderson committed to Notre Dame Myron thrash committed to washto baptist and then the junior Zack Curtis Jones that is a threaded monster in that back field so the penalty is going to move it back to the 32 yd line he's second down and 17 following the penalty against the [Applause] [Music] Hornets throw it underneath to laen stiff arm able to break a couple of tackles finally Landon Jackson's going to get him out of bounds around the 46 yd line that was that was almost some embarrassing tackling right there he just kept slapping our hands out of the way and kept going well I mean he had some great downfield block and uh Keenan laen was all over Marcus King and had him tied up all the way down the sideline so third down and three Hornets at the 46 yd line Walker going to row to the left Hicks applying pressure saxing forces the fumble and recovers it and there is a huge turnover as Walter Hicks does it again for the PDC he's I mean Walter Hicks how many year how many fumble recoveries is that for Walter Hicks in his career like nine or 10 yeah like seriously it's like a huge number yeah last year um he had four fumble recoveries four fumble recoveries last year and if I'm not mistaken it was uh two the year before that well there you go so that's seven total now Davis drops back moves to his right throws to a wide open Luther Tucker who steps Out of Bounds at the 31 yd line it'll be second down and one Benton with 254 to go in the first half boy glad to see what Drew did just then he he thought about running it but then saw the open receiver got that completion Drew going to keep running R has Running Room going to be tackled after gaining a first down to the 24 yd line Daryl Moore the transfer from Little Rock Southwest on the tackle but it's going to be first down Panthers after a seveny pickup first down and 10 at the [Applause] 24 Seven turnovers between the teams in this first half as Tucker runs left and nowhere to go as Byron Allen the senior defensive tackle makes a stop at the line of scrimmage it'll be second down and 10 I I think that really I and I don't know if if it does or not but I think that this High snap getting that down just that quarter second between the mesh that that you know ruins that timing on that CU I really think Luther Tucker may have been able to squeeze through there get by those Defenders before had that ball not been bobbled going to flip it to Maddox gets a block from kulis Maddox is gone touchdown Panthers 24 yards on the little inside shovel and kolis open the way and the Panthers are back within a score at 2113 well I'm going to tell you what five T you you told me we were going to have five turnovers and be within the touchdown at halftime I'd have told you I'll take that look let's think about how crazy this half is first of all if You' have told me we' had five turnovers in the first half I'd have laughed at you and like my 24 five five yard or less than five yard completions yeah which you may actually get but that's where we are Dio the Panthers are fighting back and uh we've got a one- score ball game with a minute 52 57 seconds in the second [Applause] quarter I feel like you should be saying second half right it feels like you should be saying second half we have gone home at 8:46 we really have before last year last year yeah several times I get our our first text of the Year from Jason killer box out 20 Glenn Rose nothing the home cooking ref calls our [Laughter] killings all right all right neighbor listen we know he's a little he's a little B just maybe little bad blood in the pit tonight now listen Jason if they lost if they lost 13 to 10 we might give you some ref you know 20 to nothing can't be all refs stretching it a bit stretching it a bit maybe two touchdowns we'll give you 14 nothing could be refs so Walter Hicks forced the fumble recovered it as he sacked Jord Walker and the Panthers take advantage punch it in as Maddox Davis takes an inside shovel pass from Drew Davis 24 yards and Garett Honeycut kicks off with score now 2114 it's fielded by Frost he's over the 20 25 picks his way over the 30 spins out of a tackle and it's now thrown to the turf by the qan Quint Godly at the 35 so a minute 50 to go in the first half hornets have it at the 35 leading 2114 well now that we've got ourselves back in this situation Dio um we can start talking a little bit about what the Hornets the danger for the Hornets when Jordan's under pressure he's he struggles with his accuracy well he hasn't throw I mean he doesn't throw the ball he's not thrown it very well tonight he runs it much better than he throws it Billingsley motions to the left they bring it back to the right with thrash thrash is hit hard by Isaac Hill I think I think Isaac Hill was hit hard by thrash on that one yeah yeah Isaac is uh took the worst end that he he's he's coming off the field he's a little wobbly that was a big Collision Landon Jackson going to replace him I was about to say replaced by a guy that also delivered a big cision love get text from Brian Alum saying go Panthers and thrash breaks out of a jtp tackle and there's the big run you can't give up thrash finally forced out of bounds by om Marcus King all the way down to the bit 33 yd line and the Hornets are in Panther territory with a minute 37 to go boy you'd really like to tighten screws right here and keep it a seven-point game at half AT3 yeah that's that's given them that run gave them a little bit of Life on offense now they can kind of open the Playbook up a little bit 28 yards on that run they go back to that little counter tray bent defense it a whole lot better that time Landon Jackson having a big first half on the tackle chart makes the stop at the 28 yd line a gain of five Hey listen Landon Jackson played you know down in the depth chart last year but he gave 48 tackles last year coming off the [Applause] bench there's the misdirection to thrash he's got blockers CYO Terry the big left tackle out there leading him all the way down to the 10 yd line as om Marcus finally makes the Stop and it'll be first down and goal Hornets well when you look out on that field right now that defense is exhausted well they got a whole another half to play but they're what they're doing is they're blocking down with their guard and relasing their tackle this time they pulled their tackle Curtis Jones on the carry down to the eight yd line it's Nick Wright on the [Applause] stop clocked down to 40 seconds Hornets with two timeouts left Panthers with one surprised they have use one of those timeouts think they're going to milk it all the way down to to zero if they can Walker brings billing Le Billingsley in motion they're going to run behind Billingsley with Curtis Jones and the panther Pursuit good time Jay Thomas pepper rides him out of Bounds at the eight yd line that's just a one-yard gain that's going to be third goal that was a really good play by jtp just stringing that out who was that was that Matia came yeah it was T Mata that that came and and kind of pushed him he didn't get the tackle but he slowed him down enough to where jtp could come up yeah forced him to get wider and that's what gave him time so clock stopped with 16 seconds now BR two timeouts and now they moved it to one as they take a timeout we'll take it with them 2114 16 seconds to go in the first half a big Panther football on the Benton football network over the years I've talked a lot about the Everett difference but if you have an 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field you'd think you would think with a one- score lead maybe if they were up a couple of scores they'd try to put it away but you would think that they'd want to try to move it to a two-score game so here we go third down and goal Hornets at the B8 yd line scor is brant 21 Benton 14 and now we're going to get a substitution and that is Matthew Patterson the center coming to the sideline and checking in is Aiden Aldridge and he will uh make the snap here on a critical third down play that's OD thrash in the side car to the right they bring a Man in Motion rolling to the right is Walker he looks he throws batted down good job getting up and batting that football down that was Jack Johnson was it Jack or Isaac Well Jack Johnson 26 do good job so fourth down in the Hornets are going to send on the field goal unit as Jackson cook will kick now Brad Harris is going to take his final time out with nine seconds the old ice the kicker right here I wish he'd have waited I wish he' waited till that spot where it gets quiet and then do it right before the right before yeah you got to time it up got to get in their head a little better can we can we uh dispatch KAS behind the goalpost down there to wave his arms and you know be that distraction it would be pretty distracting to have an empty stands and have one guy up there that would probably be more distracting than a whole stand full K hey what do you call this big thing these people are holding this little tuba they call tubas yeah I was about to say yeah that's a tuba yeah let me go over here real quick let me walk yeah I got to say that those tubas are pretty distracting right now I mean they shine those up I'm going to go I'm going to go see if I can borrow one for a second K's gonna get a cas's gonna get a penalty on the Benton Panthers they're GNA be like sideline reporter illegal use of a tuba is that a 10 or a 15 yard penalty uh he is making his way into the legacy of Bryant ban all right here we go carter Sims will hold it's a perfect snap and hold the kick is up and it is good Jackson cook Nails the field goal with 5 Seconds to go and it is bryt 24 bent and 14 and uh we all that stands between us and the longest halftime in history is a kickoff well let me say this I'm going to I am okay with being down two points per turnover yeah I'll I'll take that absolutely yeah five turnovers you're down 10 I'll take it right now no question and we get the ball to start the second half don't we no oh we didn't I I never can remember once again dang it the bent Panthers turned the ball over six times in 2023 so the whole season the entire season and we've turned it over five in the first half here at the Sal it's crazy yeah kind of hard to wrap your head around I mean it is and we're only down 10 points yeah yeah yeah minus three in the uh turnover ratio and and to be down 10 I think you take that so cook will kick off for the [Applause] Hornets and Elias and Maddox back deep from see for the Panthers they 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50177 4535 welcome back to the Hamilton family dentistry halftime show with the 2024 salt Bowl where Bryant leads bit 24-4 and uh always good to uh summon from the booth next door a really good friend a uh fellow Seline County resident and uh part of the uh Buzz broadcast team on Friday night Kyle Southern Man it is always an honor to be on here Jim I know last time I was on I think it was during the weather delay we had about an hour and a half weather delay last year so uh yeah always good to hop over here and visit with you guys I'm I'm an avid watcher I watch a lot of film on the Benton Panther or Benton football network yeah so you've got a new Venture since we talked last yeah yeah so uh in April I joined up with the Natural State Sports crew uh so they for the most part have been the Natural State Sports network is a technical name now but prior to that they had the uh just the pcssd school you know they broadcast Mell Sil Hills Mills uh there but then also part I'm missing one Joe T Robinson so they did that and then uh myself and Kevin bannan we got let go from our previous Outlet so we ended up coming over to there did the spring Sports and everything we've kind of just taken it through the summer and on into the fall so we're excited to kind of see where it goes since we did add part VI this year you know the back toback 5A defending state champion so we'll be down there to see them play Melissa tomorrow night in Texas yeah I was going to say you go from uh salt bow tonight to uh Metroplex tomorrow night man and I'm I'm stoked so I got to see your Harding bison quick shout out there to coach Paul Simmons and those guys I got to watch them in the national championship game actually got to cover that game from the box at McKenna and Jim when I say that was a one of the more luxurious High School staves I've ever been to I mean I don't even know how to put it into words but apparently this one's even nicer tomorrow about $35 billion complex that they finished last year so yeah I mean I mean I lived in Texas for 3 years and it's just a whole different world now so we're really excited to be a part of that yeah we're halfway into the season opener so uh you cover in high school sports as well as anybody what are some of the story lines the biggest thing as far now that we're in football season I mean it's it's been coaching changes really since Co I mean I think we've had probably about anywhere from 40 to 45 per year and now it's also more about transfers you know there's people throw around the term transfer portal there is no transfer portal in in high school but it almost seems that way a lot of times just because I mean not only do you have kids I mean you've had situations where a kid has left a school gone somewhere else and then come back to that school they've gone out of state it's uh it's getting pretty crazy I guess that's probably the best way to describe it but uh that's that's really the two most common things I would say just the kids moving around you know you look at uh Jonathan Frost from Bryant he was at Bryant takes goes to Mom l wants to come back and play a senior year with his friend so it's just you're seeing a lot more of that maybe more so than you used to it's crazy I've got family in Alabama and read the Alabama newspaper quite often and there was a ground swell when fall practice began uh in Alabama High School coaches because kids that had played team Camp s on seven they show up for what is used to be called two a days yeah and those kids had transferred after spending the whole summer in school yeah it's it's definitely different you know look I mean I I tell this story all the time so everybody knows the name Joe Adams if you're a Raaz back fan he actually trans I graduated with him at CAC and he came to CAC the just talking about two a days this is back when we still had him he came the first day of two a is my junior year now imagine if we would have had Twitter or Facebook or something like that at that particular I think Facebook was kind of just starting to come around but uh so it's I I bring that up to say it's not like it's brand new and it's never happened it's just more prevalent now and it's I mean it's essentially legal now just to go with the school choices and all that kind of course school choice has been around for a little bit but just basically the ru have changed I guess is what I'm getting at you can pretty much just do whatever you please and you know in some ways it seems like the Arkansas Activities Association is a little bit handcuffed they are by by some of the legislation in education yeah I think that's that's exactly right it's kind of one of those thing and I don't want to speak for them of course but I I'm sure that probably there's some things that they're just like well you know what can you really do but uh you know and I'm all about I I will say that I'm not crazy about the way that it's when I am all for a kid if if they feel like there's a better situation for them at a different place then who am I to tell them that they can't do that but we're kind of both old school we grew up in that era where it's like okay you play and I say that again to after just telling that Joe Adams story but I just me personally I kind of grew up just like okay you play where you're at and then you you you battle with your brothers there but it's just a whole new world and as they say adapter get left behind yeah I know uh you know you mentioned coach Simmons uh talking with him him this Summer he said you know with the transfer portal changes on the college level recruiting loyalty has become the number one value that he really has to identify because if a kid comes in and the idea is well we want to Red Church you well now they may say hey at Christmas I want to go somewhere else I don't want to wait my turn Paul Simmons has done I mean it it's almost like I can't even put into words what they have done at Harding I mean they that the Brotherhood I mean it's it's a true statement with those guys I me you look at Dre hall for instance who what was it he didn't even start till the playoffs and now he's one of the top guys in D2 so that's the thing is they just they've got that too deep and it's just such an incredible Bond people want to play there because you know you're going to get taken care of and it's I love the flex bow I love run first offenses I love big time defense so yeah coach Simmons I mean he's one of the best I've interviewed a lot of coaches and he's one of the best that I've ever talked to I guess there's a lot of eyes on Grant tonight and what's going on down there is Sheridan leads White Hall 44 to7 it's kind of an eye opening score for Kevin Kelly's first game absolutely and I will say this like Sheridan I think really more than anything they needed somebody who was going to get them excited about football that town they've got a history of football it's just most of us probably weren't alive or were very very young the last the early to mid 60s to the late 70s you know you had some years in there with Billy Dawson in the early 2000s but really I mean it's just the you think about the excitement for coach Kelly and what's crazy is right before him you had a Missouri Oklahoma Hall of Famer that won eight state championships Kevin Kelly's won nine there wasn't quite as much or even close to the amount of excitement for him now granted he came from a different state so it's a totally different situation and so you know wasn't right down the road that he had made all that history like coach Kelly did at PA but I think really more than anything that town uh they're they're probably going to beat a team that they shouldn't have or like down the road just because they believe that they can win now and look at what they did against Malin in their scrimmage which I don't I don't buy into benefit games I mean as we've seen you know lck Christian has had Benton's number plenty of times and as Bryant has plenty of time Benton has gone on to have some phenomenal season so uh you know I just think that that Malin game was kind of the beginning of what they could be and they're really making a statement tonight 6A uh as you look at it from uh east to west uh it looks like uh the pundits have Greenwood at the top and everybody kind of battling for a second behind them that's probably where I would I would say Obviously you know Greenwood certainly in the West Benton and I know that I mean you know it's it's very convenient for me to say Benton on here but I yeah it's definitely Benton in the East but I think right behind them you look at Jonesboro you look at Marion you know Marion was down to win you know and anytime they playay toddy you're playing him it's tough but Maran I think is probably going to be in that mix along with Jonesboro the East is just so unpredictable man like Catholic what are they going to do they got got a maybe maybe the best quarterback in the East that's not named Drew Davis but he who's he going to throw to that's the biggest question I think with Catholic this year silven Hills has got a bunch of different of talent but they're coming off of an 0 And1 season so yeah I mean I think it's probably Benton then maybe Jonesboro Maran and then it's just kind of a tossup after that what do you see in the west anybody going to uh compete with Greenwood it's hard shalow Christian just been so good for so long Graham not just the team they have built something that is just look at what they did going from 4A and then coming back to the State final for the fifth year in a row once they move up to 5A so I think you would be foolish to to not think that they could make another Deep Run I don't see them beat Greenwood I just don't I mean Greenwood to me I think Park VI and Greenwood have the best rosters coming into this season I mean I think those are probably the number you can debate it but but along with maybe fville Bentonville's Bryant whoever those are probably the top two being Greenwood and Park me so uh yeah I mean I think definitely everybody is chasing park or everybody is chasing Greenwood again in 6A mainly because they are the defendent state champions have so much coming back let's talk about 7A with us uh quite a number of hornet fans joining us tonight yeah um that's a unique conference now you look at Bryant Conway cabat big three but you throw plasy Academy in Little Rock Christian in the mix now I and I think the biggest question with L Rock Christian and Pa is not can they compete in this league and this in this class the biggest one in the state it's how much will their debt pulled up last year in class 6A they were playing you know team they're playing tonight the Joe T Robinson Senators their top receiver John Mark shed he goes down in the first half he was basically when he did play the rest of the season it was essentially a decoy so how will that depth hold up if one of their top receivers one of their top linemen a quarterback goes down so I think that's my biggest question but I think a lot of people are sleeping on cabin you can't do that with Scott Reed Scott is one of the best coaches in the state and I think when you bring in powerhouses like L Rock Christian blasy Academy it's going to be easy to do that and you're like okay well Cat's kind of fighting for fifth we probably need to put them right up there in that conversation with those two you know just because I mean they yeah they were down a little bit last year but I mean they put out a great product pretty much year in and year out so you and uh RJ uh doing the broadcast on the buzz tonight what was your uh assessment of this first half you know I was trying to figure it out because I was trying to put into words like is this like a the best sloppy game we've ever like how do you say it because it's a good game but there's so many turnovers and I and I I just think that uh you know I don't know exactly what it pinpoint what it is but I think anybody would be kind of crazy to basically judge Drew Davis off that first half you know after what he proved his sophomore year and you're playing a defense like Bryant and I mean let's let's call it what it is too I mean you know Benton's had a tough especially in the last 18 years so it could be even just a mental thing I don't know that I'm just kind of trying trying to you know draw some conclusions here but the way that they were able to Bronson cool is that block that that spread or that that brought Maddox Davis out there for that touchdown that really sprinted him out for it I think that that was really big of course I know that Bryant got the field goal but the way that they scored and then they held them to a field goal in that short field position I think that's going to give them a lot of confidence coming out yeah yeah bry's going to get the football but if the Panthers can get a stop right out of uh the gate it's interesting and Terry mentioned this a couple of times Benton only turned the ball over six times all of the season last year and five in the first half tonight uh you know it's just it it's it's crazy to think they're only down 10 that's kind of what I've been saying I'm I'm like man you know you don't ever want to go in you don't ever want to be down you certainly don't want to go into the locker room down but this is probably the the most favorable 10-point deficit that I've probably ever seen at least in recent memory cuz not only did have all those turnovers you had at least one or two others in there that could have been Maddox had that one that uh man what a play that was for him to pop it pops out and he catches it yes so uh yeah I mean it's just one of those things that it's I think if you're coach Harris you're telling your guys look yeah we've really kind of poo pooed the bed a couple of times here but look it's only 10 points where it's a two-score ball game so we 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definitely what you're saying is is Brian Brian is winning Brian is Bri line of scrimmage on both ends they've been doing a great job defensively getting some pressure shutting down our Run game and then I mean they're they're getting the the two three four yarders every time they run the ball and then breaking off some 20 to 40 yarders every now and then so they're doing a great job well they they talked to or Jim talked about the three-headed monster uh that Bryant has in the in the offensive back field with those three scar uh running backs and boy they've really punished the Panthers for 194 yards uh in the first half but the Panthers uh have done 119 passing yards to Bryant 67 for a total offense of 200 yards uh for the Panthers and 261 for Bryant I mean a pretty even game uh offensively but the Panthers really really hurt themselves with those turnovers you know what really blows my mind is the number of plays I mean you've got 79 plays in the first half um that that's a huge number of plays if you look at that for these two teams you know over the course of a game I I was just talking to uh RJ hawk in the break and he W you know he was talking about the first half taking an hour and a half you know and I'm not sure what made it take so long necessarily uh I mean you look plenty of rushes by Bryant 31 rushes Benton didn't didn't rush the ball a lot 15 carries for you know for 80 yards but still that was just a strange first half of football Terry well it it it was there was also you know Panthers penalized four times for 21 yards and and Bryant penalized five times for 54 uh but man third down conversions do man it sticks out almost as bad as the turnovers the Panthers 0 for four on third down and uh and and then but a bright spot for the PDC holding Bryant to only two of seven third down conversions and then the Big Four down stop yeah um at Midfield but it's hard to get past those turnovers and the Panthers you know turning the ball over six times the entire year last year and then and then just losing concentration turning the ball over five times in the first half and fortunately only down 10 points yeah and you know I'm not sure how I feel about this rain falling here in the second half you know that's going to definitely have an impact on you know our passing attack which is really our primary mode of attack so you know I'm curious to see how that impacts you know Justin Ray's play calling here in the second half and you know I mean Benton has shown the ability to move the ball they've also shown the ability to stop Bryant um I think this is one of those you know games where you you obviously you take back all those turnovers that you had and scoreboard is going to look completely different maybe maybe not Benton leading but B Benton not being down 10 at least well I candidly I there's a lot of folks that would say where where would you find a lot of pride in giving up 24 points in the first half uh because you're on Pace for almost 50 points for the game I will tell you this I'm proud of that defense that defense put in a lot of bad situation and they came and they fought every single one of them they had one Bad series where they cost themselves with 30 yards worth of penalties well actually 21 yards worth of penalties on that one drive yeah and uh that was a bad series for them but outside of that Deo they've played really well no they they really have played really well but this is where the question mark is you got 31 run plays by Bryant and so the defense has been on the field for a tremendous amount of time I mean 42 plays that the defense has been out there playing um you know and now here we go into the second half this is what we saw last year is the is the Panther defense going to be able to stand up for four you know a full four quarters so let's talk about the offense as we're coming out uh Bryant will have the ball first obviously you know the scripted is that the defense comes out they make their adjustments and they get a three and out what has this offense got to do in order to get the ball down the field well I mean aside from the rain and I don't know how that impacts things um we've got to open up the Playbook I mean the the reality is we everybody knows what's going going to happen when we line up in that you know trips kind of diamond formation Little Triangle trips it we're we're throwing to the back receiver and the defense knows it everybody in war memorial knows it so you know we've got to have and I know we've got other plays off of that platform well it's time to run those plays um we're not we don't need to save those for the regular season we need to go ahead and and you know do that now now boy and and the Run game really comes into play because right towards the end of this of the second quarter you could tell that that defensive line and and I've been really high on our defensive line there's a really goodl looking football players out there that will that are downright nasty and but you could tell those guys were tired I mean oh they're gassed you know uh Bryant's offensive line averages 260 uh uh two pounds across the front and those guys are leaning on them every play they Rush the ball 31 times and you know that that defense was gassed our offense has got to stay on the field and they've got to establish the run to do that yeah yeah they do and I I I mean I don't mind you know some of the creative little run plays some of those little pitch you know the the the little forward pitch um shovel pass kind of play like that's what that's what m Davis scored on in the first half um golly this is the longest halftime ever yeah 251 still they added it they added it it was you know eight minutes ago I I looked out and I thought good night we've got eight minutes left I mean you've got to literally almost warm your whole team up again yeah you'd think with the 30 minute halftime they wouldn't have to do the three minute add on but uh let's go down to KAS with Coach Harris all right coach 244 five turnovers I know so tell me your just your thoughts about your offensive play defense has really stepped up to the plate and did a great job had a lot to do tell me your thoughts well I would have never thought we had five turnovers first half and to to only be down by 10 with five I feel pretty good about it you know it's hard to say that but I mean that that is what it is you know when you turn it over five times just very uncharacteristic of how we're playing or how we played at the end of the last year you know hopefully that's not a trend the rest of this year but defensively we're a little tired you know being on the field too much you know we got to do a better job taking care of the football and uh then we got to make some plays when we need to we had a couple situations where we should have got off the field and they extended a drive but we're also not playing smart at times we had 30 yards and penalties on one drive that helped them out and we got to play a little bit smarter uh we're going to have to hang on to it in the second half you know we got a couple guys Cordell Payne's going to be out in second half uh so we're going to be a little bit thinner than what we normally are but uh you know I know our guys are going to play their tails off the whole second half and we're going to coach them the whole second half and uh hopefully we can get it going offensively and and make some things happen let's go let's looking forward to it thanks coach so uh Cordell injured uh we we didn't catch that you uh K did you catch that no yeah I that's the first time I've heard about that I don't I'm I guess om Marcus is going to be on other side I'm not really sure who's going to take cordell's place out there Elias Payne his brother uh looks like he'll be playing both ways according to the depth chart but uh they may have gotten in that locker room and and drawn up something else I think K's trying to uh Pride out of the head coach down there right now yeah well and and you know you really don't want to burn up Elias playing both ways um sure need him on offense well and you do have some other weapon I mean Maddox Maddox is no slouch you know 15 touchdowns last year so you know that's one of those things though that in a tight game uh you know your defense comes out now maybe he comes out and plays this first series that's not a bad plan case were you able to get some Intel yes yes I was so what they're going to do is do some rotations um in the secondary and they're going to bring Landon Jackson in and kind of rotate Isaac Hill just don't have a lot of debt back there so going to bring Landon Jackson back there to kind of rotate help out well Isaac had a great year last year as free safety so you go you send him back to his position from last year P Landon Landon had a good first half on the tackle chart Doo yeah hey Landon had a good season last year on The Tackle chart he had 48 tackles last year what do you have in the first half well i' I've got him down from two but but you know I'm not really marking all the assisted you know so there's there's several that he was in the pile anybody on the tackle chart stand out to you at first half well I mean Hicks for one he's you know led the led the team with seven uh Isaac Hill and Jay Thomas pepper both uh five or more tackles um Monson om Marcus King Alfred Davis all with yeah that's that's the funny part Maddox Davis three tackles all all on the interceptions he's the leading tackler uh for those interceptions so he leads the offense and tackles yes Panthers going to kick off here to start the uh third quarter and the uh officials just sent the uh Panthers back to the [Applause] sideline what in the world can we be waiting on now the Hornets uh take the field now the Panthers all right I was scared to death we were about to have a lot delay that's exactly what I [Applause] thought and uh we were going to send it back to the station for music if we were going to have a light and delay at this [Applause] point so third quarter brought to you by merchants and Farmers Bank boy really appreciate Alex Hamilton and Hamilton family Dentistry they have been such loyal sponsors of the halftime show and have committed to do that again this year merchants and Farmers Bank uh my bank and their new branch in downtown Benton they have refurbished the Old Benton State Bank building and it is wonderful inside there as uh the kickoff from Honeycut into the end zone the horn will take it on the 20 to open the second half 24-4 Bryant leads it and we uh Terry saw turnovers play a big role in that first half how good would it be for the Benton defense to uh steal some momentum here to start the second half oh wow it would be huge and you know I've got a lot of faith in this defense man I I like them a lot and uh and I think that they have the ability to go out and get us stops but the offense is going to have to cash in on some of those and it can all start right here so Jordan Walker will uh be back out there to engineer the bran offense Matt myON thrash will be his running back Matthew Patterson who we saw come out at the end of the first half the center is uh back in there Panther show Blitz hand off to thrash and he is to pick up two yards to the 20 are they're going to give him three to the 23 as we just had a bank of lights go out at one Memorial Stadium oh my gosh man well Owen seals uh making the tackle there on that from his end position still plenty of light Illuminating the stadium but that big Center Bank of lights right at the 50 yd line has gone out on the visitor side of uh the stadium is thre rash gets the carry and he is going to be break tackles my word up the Hornet sideline B had him for a loss back around the 19 and thrash is able to move the football all the way out to the 33 wow do they had him for a four yd loss and he wounds up picking up a first down boy he just runs through those arm tackles everybody was hitting him up high you look at the replay every everybody was coming up high instead of grabbing him and and getting below his hips as Hicks applies pressure Walker throws throws it away incomplete Doo is that a is that a factor of fatigue I I mean I don't think I think it's a factor of fatigue I think it's a a factor of poor fundamentals I mean that's just you you don't tackle good running backs High yeah well we certainly had a a problem with it the first couple series at Little Rock Christian but in all fairness the defense settled down they started playing better fundamentally and uh they started getting [Applause] stops second down and 10 flip out to thrash and Walter Hicks is not fatigue going to tackle thrash right at the line of scrimmage for No Gain it'll be third down did did you notice where he grabbed him he grabbed him right around the hips watch look you can see on the play on the on the scoreboard grabbed him right below the hips took him down he didn't grab him around the shoulder pads it's not where you make the tackle here's a big down for the Panthers third down and 10 Bryant ball on their own 33 trips to the right two receivers to the left empty gun for Walker looking downfield throwing on the Run has a receiver wide open in the center of the field that's laen and that's a first down Bryant to the bent 40 seven a gain of 20 I don't know how Latin gets that wide open I mean there was nobody within 10 yards of him in either direction just squatting in that zone is what and the quarterback had plenty of time Walker could you know true he had options too he could have ran with the ball so first down bran at the Benton 47 yd line they're going to run their own version of the little inside Dipsy Doo Shuffle and Zack Curtis Jones is going to take it down to the 43 as Isaac Hill on the tackle Marcus King running off the field that's the easiest completed pass in the world isn't it yep is that little yep I mean it's essentially a handoff but with the the little pitch forward it goes as a completion and uh receiving yards it's Mason lter going to check in at nose guard for Benton second down and six for Brian at the 43 it's Walker flips it out to Latin boy good tackle by Landon Jackson as he made the catch Jackson drops him at the 44 a loss a one it'll be third and seven well that's one of those tackles you either you either get the guy down or you you look real silly going sliding by him but I'm glad he got him right there he covered a lot of ground he did actually move it back to the 45 it's third down and eight for Bryant B bringing the pressure Walker eludes it pressure continues to come throw oh intercepted Landon Jackson again I mean that was a good play but great pressure up by the defensive line so the uh Personnel change moving Isaac to free safety getting Landon Jackson on the field each play and landed making his presence known as Bryant's going to punt it away on fourth down and eight at the pent 45 Elias Payne back at the 10 yd Line Jordan Walker the Bron quarterback is going to punt it away question marks and he does kick it very high it's going to hit at the 10 yd line Bevy of Brant Hornet down there to down it led by JT Allen and they're going to mark it at the 6yd line so bitten with 94 yds in front of them hey Cas the the the shower kind of came in there at halftime and the drizzle uh wet down there on the sideline or was that just kind of an In-N-Out Miss we're clear we're in the clear thank you meteorologist KAS Mertens you know when KAS is over there talking to the guys he does not like me interrupting no messing up his flow first down and 10 at the 16 as the handoff to Tucker running behind Parker glaze for four yards there's your run game Terry and that's a good run to start it off with a nice four-yard run right up the middle sure is and I you know I think that that that's got to be part of the game plan for the second half well you can't play play action if you don't have a run threat RW Davis rolling to his left throws wide of Will Carter as Bry Davis applying the pressure forced him to get rid of it sooner than he wanted to third down yeah and you know the other thing is not only did it force him to throw it sooner than he wanted to but he couldn't get his shoulders all the way Square to his Target you could tell the the reason he missed him is because he would have had to slow down too much to get square and that Bryant Defender was closing would have been a sack so third down and six Benton Avis reverse pivots to the left throws downfield for Will Carter who makes a leaping catch over the BR Defender and Carter takes it all the way down inside the BR 30 to the 29 what a grab by Will how about Will Carter bro going up and taking that ball away that was something special right there we've got to get a replay on that but Justin Ray is going to move fast here yeah here we got it on the replay boy Drew Davis took a shot wow Cy Anderson checks in for Will Carter Drew Davis going to throw the underneath to Elias p who was a block away from taking that one all the way picks up three yards as they ran that tunnel screen and Elias cramping up there at the 26 yd line but boy you could see that open up they just couldn't get that last block D well you know that that's the thing about that screen is that you've got so many defenders in the area and when the Defenders are fast and athletic that 10 tends to cause problems you know that play works great against a Green County Tech um against a Bryant it's a little bit more of a struggle Bryson griffi the super sophomore led the freshman in receiving last year checks in for pain they're going to throw he got it to Luther Tucker What A Catch as he was hit haul it in and the Panthers are in the end zone with 725 to go in the third quarter it's a 2420 ball game Luther Tucker just laid out and got the bent Panthers back in this football game Doo that's a heck of a catch right there I can't I can't wait to see the replay on that between Carter's catch and that catch you you won't see two better all year no Honeycut on for the Pat and Benton is uh on the verge of being within three points of the Hornets snap back hold by Carter the kick perfect snap by kase right Perfect Kick from Honeycut and with 725 to go in the third quarter bryt 24 bent 21 KAS here's a replay on this one how about the sideline down there guys how about a mo a mo what am I trying to say a a momentum shift how about a momentum shift I mean what what a catches and how about how about Luther I thought I thought he was a running back what the world that's one of the best catches i' I've ever seen having a guy come from your backside that you can't see don't even know he's he's there to be able to hold on like that a great catch and Drew Davis just what a way to say consistent way it not be in your head and Come Out Swinging I love it that was Jaden Welch that as KAS said hit Luther Tucker from The Blind Side as the ball arrived that's that is well andess Luther had to reach up and basically catch it you know that's one of those where you can you can see the ball coming but as you turn your head you lose side of the ball to to make that catch and then to take the shot that you that he took wow that was impressive so it's a three-point ball game in the third quarter 2421 as honey Cut's kickoff driven 5 yds Deep In The End Zone and the Hornets will have to go in 0 wow well that's how you start off the second half yes sir that gives that gives that defense they got to go back out on the field but that gives them a little bit of energy a little bit of fuel in that gas tank I know it gave a lot of fuel in our gas tanks that drive was 94 yds B started on the six and had the 6 one yd unbelievable catch on a third down to Will Carter and then the 26- yd touchdown pass to Luther Tucker first down Brian at the 20 they go back to the ground to thrash and they just try to scrum it out of there in a gain of three it'll be second and seven well the thing I like about this team deal and you can tell it you know you can tell it from their um uh looks like we've got a player down looks like cramp another cramp uh-oh but the thing I like about this team is is they will fight you Doo I mean they'll line up and absolute fight you they never give up and they have fought their way back into this game only being down three points so last year cramping was an issue in the second half yeah we've seen it happen to Elias and now Marcus as uh TJ W and Company out there get him up escorting him off the field problem is when you start cramping it's too late to start drinking water then yeah you're you're you're past past [Applause] that got Tyson Jordan replacing him over on the right ah it's so the sophomore little uh overeager right there he's going to promptly go off the field and Tom Matia will replace him play second down as Carson Conor's a little ere exuberant be second down and two for the Hornets following the offside penalty ball at the Hornet 28 yd line 650 and counting in the third quarter Bry leads at 24-21 boy you just kind of hope that somebody can slip through one of those creases and put some pressure on Jordan it's Walker takes a snap he fakes pressure coming Walter Hicks gets a sack his second of the night as he runs down Jordan Walker from behind back at the 23 that's a loss of five it's third and five uh third and and seven well seeo you kind of hope that it'll just happen again yeah I'm telling you Walter Hicks comes through the and really comes through the the offside B Gap and and tracks Jordan Walker down I mean that's really a pretty impressive Blitz to to come from the side that he did third down and seven showing Blitz again Walker throws diving catch that's a really nice catch out there by I believe that was the sophomore jacobe Boone that hauled that one in at the 36 and that is a third down conversion for the Hornets on a gain of 13 well Trey Stewart had the coverage on it it was wasn't bad coverage that was just a great catch it's tough that out route that's so tough to defend first down Walker going to keep running left and he's going to be popped at the 39 yd line a gain of three second down and seven hey fellas Landon Jackson's coming to play some football now I'm going to tell you right now he laying the licks he's giving the defense some energy coming [Applause] in second down and seven hand off to thrash and he is going to carry to the 43 yd line play to Jackson coming another big hit from Landon Jackson That's Alfred's fifth tackle from that nose position so third down and three for the Hornets at the 43 yd Line 440 to go in the third quarter they hand it off to Curtis Jones running left boy he's just got an extra gear really impressed with him in his speed first down Bryant to the Benton 43 all right Panthers got to dig in now they get a fresh set of downs but this is pretty critical critical point in this drive first down Bry moving into Benton territory at the 43 they give it off to Curtis Jones again and Jack Johnson's going to push him out of Bounds at the 38 yd line line a gain of five it'll be second and five you can see that offensive line star to lean a little bit on the Benton defense second down and five digging in at the lines Panther showing Blitz off the left side give it off to Daniel Anderson and he's going to be dropped after a gain of just one at the 37 it'll bring up third and four boy big play right here for the Panther defense third down and four Brant four minutes to go in the third quarter it's a 2421 Bryant lead trips to the right single receiver to the left Walker going to hand it off to thrash he breaks one tackle two tackles he's not going to get the first down is Jack Johnson and J Thomas pepper get him down Just sh the Third 35 and it's decision time for Quad Sanders fourth down and a long two that a big stop Jay Tom I mean hit thrash broke three tackles before Jack Johnson and and Jay Thomas were able to make that tackle he's going for it or he's going to try to get us the jump fourth down and two they do go for it they give it to thr on that little counter tray I don't think J TP up in he at the 34 that's a stop B football is that jtp or Jack Johnson Jack [Applause] Johnson first first down [Music] Panthers how about that PDC telling you right now they stepped up they've stepped up big on these two [Applause] series I think Chris Bernard down there chest bumping jtp when he went off yeah so first down and 10 Panthers trailing by three with the football and 320 to go in the third quarter got zero coverage take the top [Applause] off kulis goes in motion Drew Davis is going to keep and Drew runs hard to the 41 yd line a gain of seven or you can do that with zero coverage that works too nice little seveny pick [Applause] up second down and three bent ball right in the center of the field as the Panthers move right to left here in the third quarter Drew drops back going to flare out just wide of Luther Tucker who was open on the swing pass incomplete it'll be third down and three I'm telling you we could get a defensive mismatch over here because the way that uh when we run out and we've got five wide um they're having to put um oh what's 44 on Bryant JT Allen that JT Allen they're having to put him in coverage and he may be able to cover somebody like kouis but he can't cover Elias pay or Maddox Davis going to run the option pitch to Tucker on third short he's got the first down as Luther Tucker pushed Out of Bounds at the 47 first down Benton on a gain of six nice little speed option there Luther just ran over the defender well Luther has had a good Panther debut tonight he really has he has carried the load at running back hey man I like him he he plays hard he runs hard is uh TJ Williams now going to check in as Luther gets a breather on first down and 10 B with the ball on the panther 47 yd line they're going to hand it off to TJ and the sophomore couldn't break away from Matthew Nelson's arm tackle at the line of scrimmage it'll be second and 10 feel like I feel like Drew held him up on the mesh he should have pulled it drew wishes he could pull that [Applause] one second down and 10 Panthers ball at the bent 47 right hash empty gun three receivers left two receivers right Davis looking left looking left throwing to a wide open Maddox Davis he is out of bounds in Hornet territory at the 36 yd line a gain a 17 and a first down can hey can we talk about the difference in Maddox Davis's body type from this year to last year absolutely 25 5 lbs yeah and he didn't lose a step if anything he's gotten faster I mean I saw him three weeks ago and he was the first time I'd seen him in probably six months and I was like and he cut his hair yeah I tell you he gives me big time Gavin Wells Vibes in number two yes so there's a little misdirection run to Luther Tucker and a really nice Tackle by Daryl Moore at the 35 yd line gain of one it's second and N it's a clock now under a minute and a half to go in the third quarter third quarter's gone and compar uh comparison warp speed to the first quarter or second quarter so it's second and nine Panthers at the Bry 35 yd line kulis H back to the right going to protect as Davis rolls that way gets a good protection block from Tucker Davis finds Davis Davis squar Drew to Maddox first down Panthers to the 26 boy a nice little Dart right out along the sidelines he got out of bounds did take a big hit well and that out route is so hard to defend but a 10 yard out route is really tough to throw oh my goodness the pass to Elias who hurdled a hornet and goes into the end zone 26 yards as Terry and doo went into fan mode deservant so what just happened oh my God goodness did you just see the replay on the big screen we got to see the replay of that Holy Smokes goodness Will Carter Luther Tucker Elias Payne you talk about some receiving that's not the rightl all right here we go honey Cut's extra point is good your bitten Panthers 28 Bri 24 with 46 seconds to go in the third quarter I still can't believe what I just saw bro I got chills down here right now you you got a closeup view of that and and Elias came off the field a minute ago with ramps are you kidding me right now listen what just h i I literally saw that coming in motion Bronson kouis had a phenomenal block on the outside right there and you saw the safety come down and it was almost like Al last for a split second was figuring out what he's about to do then he just pops in the air straight over the top and scoots In The End Zone how about how about Drew Davis's just m from throwing two picks three picks in the first half now coming back leading two phenomenal drives keeping his head steady leading the team out I mean this is just phenomenal play and you look across the way all the uh maroon clad fans are on their feet this second half has been all Panthers well I'm going to tell you what I still can't believe that that just happened I mean that yeah as honey Cut's kick is going to come down to frost at the 2yd line Jonathan Frost is going to return it to the 28 29 yd line and they're going to give him the 30 and that's where the Hornets will put it in play 37 seconds to go in the third quarter and the Panthers have turned a 10-point deficit Terry into a four-point lead wow what what fight in this team man you want to talk about facing adversity and they just got up and kept fighting and kept playing and how about an individual effort right there by Li pay WOW for the go-ahead score so first down and 10 Hornets as they hand it off to Daniel Anderson running left breaks a tackle he's not going to get away from Walter Hicks at the 36 yd line a gain of six is the third quarter clock ticking away Hicks now up to uh 10 tackles two sacks fumble recovery forc to Fumble Force fumble with recovery yeah second down and four for Bryant final play of the third quarter it's Walker airs it out he's got a receiver open and the catch is made oh my goodness the catch is made down at the 30 yd line by kabari Austin as the third quarter clock expires they're going to hit Benton with a pass interference but they'll decline that on the catch down at the 29 yd line What A Catch wow I can't believe he caught that pass interference defense penalty is declined first down and that'll be the end of the quarter we saw some incredible catches in that quarter and we've got an incredible fourth quarter on Deck Benton 28 Bryant 24 12 minutes to go in salt bow 2024 on the Benton football network does your financial adviser take the time to really listen to you when you work with Caitlyn King your Edward Jones financial adviser she focuses on what's important to you you'll work together to create a personalized Financial strategy to help you reach your goals and you can partner longterm to help your strategy stay on track contact Caitlyn 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the bent 28 Nick rat Walter Hicks Jack Johnson your bent linebackers Landon Jackson has uh played a magnificent second half in place of injured Cordell Payne as Jordan Walker's going to throw has Austin behind jvon laws for the touchdown and Kamari Austin stares him down as the Hornets regain the lead well that that was blown coverage I mean he was wide open um behind the defense we we didn't have have I don't know if if we didn't have a safety playing deep uh or if our safety bit bit on play action I don't know what happened I couldn't I couldn't tell but extra point by Jackson cook up and good and with 1155 to go in the ball game it's now 31-28 in Cas you got to respond right here yeah absolutely I mean it's going be a battle it's not trenches it's not just you got up and it's over with right it's time to play we had a we had a a kid come off that wasn't paying attention that that just kind of gave up a touchdown so I mean you just got to everybody's got to lock in we got to lock in keep our Focus One play at a time one drive at a time let's rock see uh Cordell Payne down on the sideline with Coach Harris Cordell back in Street close and uh hope is okay after playing as the free safety in the first half 1155 left brownon leads at [Applause] 31-28 boy sure would be nice to have a little electricity right here [Applause] we got two electric return men back there and Elias just gave us an electric touchdown so let's see he's going to get a chance again oh that ball skipped past him into the end zone automatic Touchback so the Panthers have 80 yards in front of them down three but boy the you talked about a rhythm offense kind of felt that rhythm in that third quarter yeah well and you know Elias made a a flat score but Maddox Davis put in some you know Maddox Davis Luther Tucker both caught passes on that drive I mean big passes yes the offense is is uh you know we saw last year they got a lot of receivers involved with a lot of catches so I don't think that's going to change first down give it off to Tucker and look at Luther go woo burst out to the 13 uh a gain of 13 running behind Isaiah and Daniel Jordan and it'll be a first down Panthers that Bryant free safety's walking back like like that didn't hurt but I'm telling you right now he don't know what day it [Applause] is Triston Knox took a hit from Luther first down and 10 Drew Davis looking to throw BR and a miscommunication that ball is picked off and Will Carter is going to make the tackle as Matthew Ferguson picked it off it looked like the receiver was going on on a corner route Drew through it when he made his break and a miscommunication gives the Hornets the football back at the 24th yeah the receiver had never even turned to look didn't even know the ball was coming his way well no and it it it almost looked like the two receivers ran yeah he never even looked back he didn't realize it was coming so the pdc's got to make a stand here as the Hornets up three with the football in bent territory Curtis Jones going to be tackled by Walter Hicks after a gain of just two yards to the 23 it'll be second down and eight we got another Panther down looks like Landon Jackson is [Applause] down hopefully he's cramped up too so here's that war of attrition that Bon fights every year at the end of the game with the the Hornets and now Brad Harris I think recognizing that is going to give his uh defense a breather we're going to take one with him we're going to step aside 11:04 to go in the ball game it's Bry 31 Benton 28 on the Benton football network merchants and Farmers Bank is now open in the newly remodeled Cornerstone downtown building formerly the Benton State Bank building at 146 West South Street merchants and Farmers Bank is a community bank with local ownership and local decision making merchants and Farmers provides all the big Bank products but with to small Bank friendliness it's a banking experience you once enjoyed that is back in Benton at Merchants and Farmers 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the lead how about a BRI answer here 14 points and a flurry well they're just now they're picking on our our secondary and and working I mean and they're not r and I mean that's not a trick play that's just a basic Corner route uh just didn't have it covered so we talked about the Panthers leading going into the fourth quarter the Hornets have erased that in a minute two with two scores [Applause] yeah well they shut us up didn't they yeah we got we got awful quiet yeah yeah that's uh we we we've seen this play before um it it's the attrition that you're talking about Jim I mean I I'm watching the the uh our defensive backs coming off the field and I haven't seen one of them that wasn't limping [Applause] yeah K you got some uh pickle juice over there on the sideline to start injecting into these guys well I can go to the concession stand I'm a servant I'm a servant of all I didn't come to be served but to serve but what one thing I think as you guys are saying man is just like our defensive backs like you said getting tired I just I don't know if they can keep up with these guys Brian's got some fast some fast dudes well we've tried to backto back uh plays with different secondary uh coverage on Kamari Austin and he's he's gotten behind behind the Defenders both times for the touchdown as Elias Fields it right at the goal line over the 10 over the 20 breaks a tackle there goes electric Elias he's going to be forced out of bounds a hornet loses a helmet and now there is some uh rhubarb over there on the sideline is uh believe that was Shane Clancy that put an end to it in a hurry [Applause] so first down Panthers at the 34 do well I didn't think they'd let him come back into the game after his helmet came off these kids think that if it comes off on the sidelines uh that it doesn't count but it does it's during the play I think it had a little help it did have a little help but that don't matter want to take a guy out for the game take his helmet off so you got a sophomore and a Aaron Austin forced into Duty right here throw out to Elias and elas is going to be tackled by five Hornets at the 39 yd line out of bounds gain of five second and five well one thing Elias has got to be careful of right now is trying to do too much yeah he's uh he's fighting and but he he needs to just get out of bounds let's keep moving that football getting a rhythm get this ball down get it in the end zone there's plenty of time left option pitch Tucker loses the football and the Hornet ATT so the Panthers went with that speed option and that is such a long pitch in that play and coming out with the football for Brian is Eli Hill their outstanding senior defensive end and it'll be Hornet football at the 36 so boy after a third quarter man where Benton was so electrifying shades of the first half have raise their ugly head here to start the fourth quarter you know it's it it it is disappointing cuz Benton came out and was executing so well playing their hearts out and then they just come out uh in the fourth quarter and and boy Doo we we just keep shooting ourselves in the foot yeah it's a it's really weird how we this is the same team that played in the third [Applause] quarter well now seven turnovers a hard thing over it's Connor Stevens on the tackle for the p Panthers after a run of three yards by Curtis Jones it'll be second down and seven penalty flag comes in Daniel Anderson going to be bottled up for no [Music] gain whistle stops play [Applause] before the snap illegal formation offense 5yd penalty to play third down so that'll back the Hornets up five yards on the illegal [Applause] formation and it'll move it back to the 38 yd line it'll be second down and 12 [Applause] Hornets with uh only two men in the back field right there Walker going to throw Under Pressure turn around turn around Tyson Jordan and going to get hit with the pass interference he never turned around trying to cover Latin and the panther struggling in the secondary out here in the fourth quarter do boy it's it's bad that's just uh I mean now at this point it's it's just their strategy just throw the ball up and ah I don't blame him I mean that's uh that's pretty easy penalty to call yeah well and and you know we talked about this last year that you know the secondary their job is to get in front of in front of the receiver uh you know not be trying to not trying to catch up to him cuz that that never works out as we just saw got to get in front of him and slow him down first down and 10 Hornets at the 23 hand off to [Applause] thrash I will say I've been uh real proud of the the run defense tonight for the Panthers Owen seals making a good I I thought that was Owen seals making that initial contact there that somebody laid a lick that was two or three guys that were in on it but uh Owen came up and made that first [Music] Contact second down and seven Brian is they're moving without a lot of urgency here milking the clock going to throw it to Ratliff on the corner catch touchdown touchdown Bryant and they have just absolutely stuck a dagger in the Panthers here in the fourth qu yeah at this point they're just abusing our secondary yeah they're not really having to work hard at that right now I mean that yeah they're running that corner route and and I mean I feel like I've got time to hit the elevator up run down and bat that ball the way it's the way it's floting through the air extra point good yeah sorry about that Jim uh yeah we we look a little lost uh back there right now in our coverage [Applause] so you lose Cordell you lose landed Jackson you're forced to bring some fresh bodies in but uh it looks like uh some of the experience factors Roy Adams was in there that time Tyson Jordan in there that time you're going deep into the the depth chart for guys in the secondary right now Terry well and this is the biggest I mean this is the biggest game that they'll play this year and some of these guys that are being called upon haven't had any any snaps in previous Seasons you know we talked about the strength of Owen seals and uh and Tai Mata having all of those stap snaps and Landon Jackson having all of those snaps last year but when you got guys that you're having to run on the field to fill the Gap and they haven't had any playing time in in big games against Big Time Players um the the results kind of predictable yeah so the Hornets now lead at 45-28 as Brian has scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter in 2 minutes and 24 seconds in [Music] fact there a penalty dropped and uh for it's again a little uh over anxious to cover that kick it's going to come back penalized BR five yds back to the 35 before the kick offside kicking te 5yd penalty B kick coach qu out there coaching up his special teams Panthers will be back here at w Memorial in week eight play uh the Catholic Rockets yeah yeah Catholic H and uh hoping to come back three times this year yeah first Saturday in December for the 6A state championship games Elias bobbles that kickoff return and here he goes breaks a tackle breaks another runs into a thump from Jonathan Frost and uh L down at the 32 yd line got another Panther slow to get up I believe that's q and it'll be Panther football at the 33 B's marked at the 33 yd line first down and there's still nine minutes left in this game we spoke too soon about how fast the third quarter went the fourth quarter is flipped the reverse switch on [Music] us snap back to Drew rolls to his right and Drew throws it away as he was uh being harassed to the Bryant sideline yeah he went down a little hard on that shoulder [Applause] too Drew uh bit slow to get up now he's up and uh look at all of his linemen over there y Jackson Kendricks is going to get a breather surprised they didn't throw a flag Eli Cunningham Checks In setha chel o in there on that bitten offensive line Second down and 10 for the Panthers following the [Music] incompletion Drew fires a strike through will Carter's hands an incomplete Matthew Ferguson in [Applause] coverage it'll be third and 10 you know for Drew to go down while ago and then come back up boy he just fired a bullet to Will Carter little little too hot for him to handle trips to the left single receiver to the right brw going to reverse pivot elude a rush throw nice catch Eli Payne and it will be a first down for the that's a terrible spot you're not kidding he caught it two yards up field they're still going to give it the first down but wow caught it at the 45 yeah so first down and 10 as the Panthers convert on third down I was impressed with how Drew stepped up and alluded that eluded that sack and was able to calmly deliver that ball hand off to Tucker offensive line putting in some work there I mean they didn't open up a big hole but they moved the entire line forward four yards three yards that's exactly what Luther is credited with three yd gain clock down to 8 40 eight in the fourth quarter 4528 Bryant Leeds going to flip it forward to Maddox Davis and Bryant waiting on it that time Eli Hill The Talented defensive end believe he has uh recruiting interest from ASU T [Music] Martin believe UCA is interested in him as well no gain third down and seven Payne and culis split to the near side Carter and Davis to the wide side Drew going to throw good catch Will Carter he's going to have the first down is Simeon Mitchell tackles him in Bryant territory at the 47 that's another third down conversion two on this drive for Benton well and that you know for for dropping that hot potato while ago that was a great catch and more importantly fought his way to a first down no on first down Drew going to throw Luther Tucker Can't Make The Catch flag comes flying in from the back judge yeah I'm trying to figure out what that flag was from there's bodies all over the ground over there I mean lias pay on the ground but lias was on the ground kulus was pointing kulus seemed to be pleading his case so yeah he had me a little confused not really sure but it holding defense 10 yard penalty from the previous spot first down so br hit with a hold 10 yds first down is Bryson griffi will check back in to replace the uh cramping up Elias Payne and griffi is going to split wide to the right with kulis and Tucker inside of him Davis going to throw in the slant C great catch a flag comes in by the line judge on the near side and we'll see if it holds as uh Maddox made the catch at the f yd line it's a gain of 22 if the play stands it's one heck of a catch that was an amazing catch I can't imagine what that penalty would be for unless it was an offensive hold that's certainly where the flag was thrown they're asking coach Harris I'm sure he's going to decline it if it's his option nope they're walking back wow the chains had already [Applause] reset so it looks like a big play for the Panthers going to get wiped out by El receiver downfield offense 5yd penalty from the previous spot an ineligible receiver yeah on the far side of the field it's probably a linan and isn't that some of the danger and some of the Zone read game and the RPO game that yeah cuz you're line I mean you're not you're not blocking it like a pass you're blocking it like a run yeah I some reason I'm I'm thinking maybe somebody that had to do with a line could be that it just happened too fast for a lineman to be [Music] downfield it's a flip to Maddox this time he tries to reverse his field the Bryant Pursuit is outstanding on that play and going to tack for no gain at the 42 yd line it'll be second and 15 I think we've been to that well a few too many times we we can try a different one they're all cramping up even Maddox trying to stretch it out Drew drops back throws nice catch and traffic on the Hornets sideline by L he's back out there fighting for the Panthers catch down to the 34 yd line a gain of eight and it'll be third and seven that was one heck of a catch third down for the [Applause] Panther going to motion Tucker out of the back field Drew hit as he throws and a flag comes in as he tried to get it to Cory Anderson on the [Applause] slant and uh Drew has taken his licks back there at quarterback but pass interference on Bry we'll give Benton a first down via penalty first down as a well I mean that was a pass interference he was draped all over him should move it down to the 177 that's where they're going to put it down first down Panthers in the Red Zone 707 to go in the ball game Hornets lead [Applause] 4528 it's griffi Davis and kulis to the left R drops back sets up the screen just wide of Luther Tucker incomplete second down I just am not in love with that play when it doesn't [Laughter] work well Drew I mean Drew is limping he he's pretty beat up at this point and so that that's going to affect your accuracy and that time he was a little bit out in front well that's a hard play to be accurate because you got people coming at you at speed [Music] [Applause] strw drops back throws for the corner catch madx Davis touchdown touchdown Maddox Davis and the lead now down to 11 4534 Bryant Leeds with 657 to go and Honeycut on for the pat they just keep playing they just keep playing this is kind of the more of the score that I imagined it being was a higher scoring game when it you know seemed like it wasn't going to be that for a minute but well these teams can put up some points [Applause] quick Honey Cuts extra point good 4535 Bryant leads it and I still seven turnovers for Benton and they've put up 35 po points and you know and they're I mean they're still in Striking Distance here halfway through the fourth quarter they're still seven minutes in this game well and I mean I I don't know I Bryant could come out and they could surprise me they could run the ball but I also think they could come out trying to throw the ball because that's what they've had success with the last three series well hopefully maybe we've made an adjustment or two I don't know if Landon Jackson's back but if they throw the ball There's an opportunity for an interception and a quick turnover and boom all of a sudden now you're down three you know if you if you get the ball back and score so yeah you're a hiccup away from from well look it was an interception and a lost fumble yeah that gave uh Bryant that fourth quarter Blitz uh you know three touch Downs in span of a minute and uh 6 seconds so well then you got seven minutes left I mean that's a lot of time especially as crazy as this one's gone well 45 minutes ago there was 10 minutes left in this quarter that's all I'm going to say like that's what it feels like oh it's 10:30 yeah it's 10:30 honey Cut's kick going to sail and catching it in retreat was jacobe Boone and I think somebody needs to coach jacobe that there are no style points well he did he had no Style on that for sure he fell into the end zone for a Touchback first down and 10 for the Hornets want to remind you that as soon as our post game concludes tonight which will be rapidly yes uh the video of this ball game will be available for you to watch on the Benton football network and you can fast forward through the halftime Landon Jackson is back out there Zack Curtis Jones gets it boy great job by the panther Pursuit is Walter Hicks going to get another tackle Isaiah Hill another assist as they drop Jones for a loss back to the 19 they just keep playing Dio y second down for it's a good start to this [Applause] drive second down and 11 [Applause] [Music] Hornets going hand it off to thrash and Dominic Roy blew that one up a loss back to the 17 I'm GNA tell you guys I like Dominic Roy I like Dominic Roy I do too going to be all 6' three 245 lbs of him he had six tackles in Varsity action last year but man he looks the part of that defensive end he Mason lter Carson Conor is in there up front on this drive it's third down and 13 for the Hornets as they are milking that snap clock down to 21 now quad Sanders takes a time out we'll take it with them 536 to go in the fourth quarter it's Bry 45 B 35 on the Benton football network when you bank at First Security you're choosing better for yourself and fellow arons better service from friendly professionals who really invest in your goals better Solutions with convenient tools and smart resources and better support for the things that matter to you as well as the communities that matter to us all because finding your better at First Security makes Arkansas better too First Security Bank better member [Music] FD 536 to go in the ball game out of the timeout Bryant's going to have third and 13 at their own 17 yd line we've seen the PDC victimized through the air Brian has kept it on the ground trying to bleed off that fourth quarter clock but do you're kind of expecting a pass right here well I mean they're lining up with an empty back field but they've got a quarterback that can run it so you know if I'm Bryant I'm spreading spreading Benton's defense out sending everybody deep and let my quarterback run 15 yards and get the first down see what they have in mind Walker lucking Walker pressured Walker throwing and a catch made as Jay Thomas pepper had good coverage but I'm going to tell you Camari Austin has been the MVP of the fourth quarter for Bryan as he made a great catch in Benton territory at the 455 y well yeah I mean you couldn't have any better coverage than Jay Thomas had it's just it's like Jay Thomas turned around to the inside but couldn't get couldn't get himself in between the ball and the man that that he just got out positioned Walker drops back walker to a wide open Jonathan Frost the busted coverage and Brun scores again their fourth touchdown of the fourth quarter and the Hornets lead increases to 5135 with 506 to go wow just uh defensive backfield do this last quarter is just completely lost and uh or or Brian is doing something that they were holding in the Playbook that nobody was expecting yeah I don't I don't I don't really know I do know I mean we've had some key people you know out and so that makes some changes you've got some guys in there that may not be I mean athletically they may be you know maybe not a a big step down but just practice time and the amount of yeah you know time they've had to to get reps that play right there was yeah they just did a little receivers just crossed up and somebody didn't switch and he was wide open Kon does it look like a Personnel issue to you a fatigue issue cuz Bryant's really picked on the bent secondary here in the fourth quarter yeah I think it's a little both I think I think they see that I just think they had a couple like you said the number eight over there I mean when the quarterback doesn't have to really put it in a specific spot he could just throw it up and Trust his receivers to go get it it's hard it's hard to cover that and so I just think yeah it injuries and then I just I just I just think they got some dudes over there that we're not able to step up and compete with right now Kamari Austin is a 6'3 1885 lb Junior and the sky the limit for him they kind of kept him in the back pocket here until the fourth quarter but man he has uh kind of taken over single-handedly yeah know well you're not kidding that he he absolutely has and he's made some fantastic catches no doubt so uh Grayson King kicks off going to be fielded by Elias at the five and pay returns it over the 25 to the 26 yd line return and that's where the Panthers will put it in play trailing 52-35 it was 28- 24 bent when the fourth quarter opened and uh yeah it's absolutely nuts to think about this game has been the weirdest game from start to finish I mean it really has yeah five minutes left in the fourth quarter and it seems like we started the fourth quarter at at 9:00 it's it's almost 11: Drew Davis pressured running tucking gets a block on the edge and look like uh he went down without uh contact how yeah how is that uh all right this is the second year in a row guys that the fourth quarter the cramps have been out of control yeah I mean last year the same thing it was a 146 game yep uh is there a conditioning question well I think it's a hydration question not conditioning I mean realistically yeah you know um now I know last year a bunch of kids got IVs at at Westside Wellness as a matter of fact I I got an Iva before I went to to Ecuador this summer uh for community so I know they're one of our sponsors but I know a lot of the a lot of the players got you know hydration IVs last year I don't know about this [Applause] year maybe all the ones without Gramps are the ones that got the IV second down and four is Chase Cobb the sophomore going to check in hand it off to Luther Tucker and Tucker runs hard down to the 41 yd line give him eight and a first down yeah it's good solid run the main thing is he he gets downfield and gets that first down and keeps the clock running so the sophomore very talented sophomore Chase Cobb a little Miss handle right there between Tucker and Cobb Cobb falls back on it at the 38 yd line loss of three it'll be second down and 13 Chase LED of of course the freshman team to that 10 and0 Central Arkansas junior high Conference Championship last year he'll be second down and 13 three to the near side empty gun with two to the left as Chase airs it out for Maddox he's double covered and somehow Maddox pulled it in but out of bounds wow wow is right I don't know how he caught that how in the world did he catch that I mean they had him sandwiched yeah you got to know Chase gets he hears his last name Cobb gets sent in you got to hey we want you to throw this deep Ball come in off the sideline cold [Applause] Cobb takes a snap fakes dropping back pressure scrambling to the right and he's going to be out of Bounds at the 39 yd line so he ran a long way to get a yard and it'll be fourth and 12 I'm glad he hit his breakes when he did cuz uh 36 from Bryant was coming like a freight train boy he really looked good uh we got a chance to get a a look at him uh Cobb on the on the field at Little Rock [Music] Christian he going to throw to kulis kulis Ked R ready to get up field yeah kulis was looking to run before he was before he secured that ball anyways we were talking about Cobb and uh man he really put on the show uh in the second half at littlear Christian uh scrambling around finding uh open receivers that were definitely not his first or second option yeah and um really was a lot of fun to watch and uh make makes you feel good about your backup uh going into this season well Chase had a fine freshman year completed 72% of his passes for over 2,000 yards which is huge in ninth grade 28 touchdowns last year so as Shelby is going to hand off as quad Sanders emptying the bench now as Mason Woods their freshman or excuse me sophomore running back on the carry Mason Woods on the car for [Applause] the looks like both coaches kind [Applause] of waving the flag at each other here as Bryant's going to milk the clock Kyler Shelby sophomore quarterback is in for the [Applause] [Music] Hornets snap clock at four at three at two snap back to Shelby gives it to Woods coming left and woods is going to be tackled at the 42 after a gain of one is that uh Jack or Jay Thomas Jack [Music] [Applause] yeah so third down and 13 for Bryant tell you Jack the senior wasn't in the starting lineup tonight but he has had a nice night Shelby going to hand [Applause] off that Time Brendan Murdoch carried the football Walter Hicks still out there battling as as well as Landon Jackson those two have comboed on yeah a number of tackles tonight as Roy Adams is going to check in for om Marcus King clock at a minute 30 and Counting Bryant leading 5235 and it'll be fourth down hornets at the panther 38 yard line Shelby out of an empty gun drops back pressured Shelby reverses field Shelby is finally going to be tripped up he boy you talking about grounded if there ever was one as he was about to go to the turf let loose officials are going to uh visit about it but she'll be clearly just trying to uh avoid the sack right there Brad Harris is overbending the ear of the officials trying to get a grounding call and there's the flag there's the the very delayed drop of the flag back at the uh Bryant 46 [Applause] intentional grounding offense 5yd penalty a it down well we came into this game thinking we might see a defensive slug Fest and uh 87 points later [Applause] yeah I'll tell you one thing about the Brian Hornets and scrimmage games that I have absolutely figured out whatever they do in the scrimmage they're going to basically do the opposite in the salt bow you figured out the code Jim well they bombs away against PA and then come and run it all night the other night they they didn't even have a hint of a downfield passing game against they're tossing it all over yes what in the world could they be talking about that matters in this 52 to35 game I think they're arguing how late the news will wait to actually run tonight you know with it's it's [Music] 10:50 man I I've waited all summer I'm I'm not in any hurry I will say this that uh it is good to have football season back oh my goodness yeah so first down and 10 Benton at the 41 of Bryant and there's the handoff to uh Terry there's your guy Q Godly running down to the 30 yeah Q is a big back he likes to play the power game we all know that I'm a sucker for uh Power backs that run hard Drew back in there well that should have been a penalty cuz the receiver got hit I mean before the ball got there like a good four yards yeah yeah uh speaking of the power backs how about brillan Russell getting his first touchdown as a Collegiate last night yeah I thought he looked good you have to take in consideration the opponent but yeah you know he did everything that was asked of him Drew Davis throw to Will Carter what a great great pass saw cam Harris on the Pine Bluff Sidelines did Cam ever get in he did not dress he oh he didn't dress no he had a tweaked his tweak that old junior high knee knee injury and uh hadn't been released yet had to have it scoped in May I I asked his dad if he was going to get some action and he would have been released he probably would have drew Davis to Maddox threw his hands in the end zone incomplete well Elias is he's struggling to just walk back to the line of scrimmage uh yeah that could be said for several of those boys yeah we're actually going to head up to Jonesboro tomorrow and watch uh oh yeah Zach Wallace Walker Davis and ASU big game yeah with UCA it's a hand off to Godly Godly down to the 14 yd line a gain of five for Q as clock down to 15 seconds third down and five Panthers going to snap it again at the Hornet 14 yd line fake to Quinton throw it out to Maddox he gets some blocking he's in the end zone so the Panthers get get a score As Time expires which is fitting for this crazy game tonight as it's 5241 and a meaningless extra point is going to be kicked here as uh the game has ended Will Carter will hold case and R will snap hey at least it looks better on the scoreboard well at least they kept playing that's true they didn't give up and you you got the points for the pick to click you like having Ming status right there I like to see I like to see players keep playing and that's what both teams did tonight 52- 42 the Brian Hornets defeat the Benton Panthers in salt bow 2024 we are going to take a break and when we come back we will have the CTS Industrial Services postgame show we'll have the Neo hom lending offensive and defensive MVPs and we'll have an interview with Brad Harris on his thoughts following tonight's 52-42 win for Bryant over Benton we'll step aside and be right back on the Benton football network true gentlemen and true Boutique are Seline County's premier shopping destinations no matter the occasion let us help you find your style from the beach to the golf course the office or even 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left off at the end of last year had uh I mean I had him down for 14 tackles two sacks forced fumble fumble recovery just uh played lights out from the defensive standpoint Terry offensively well I got to go with uh my guy Maddox Davis um he had 11 catches for 113 yards and three touchdowns and uh including the last play of the game just kept playing and uh had a good had a good game one could argue that Elias's hurdle touchdown was good enough but it would do I get some bonus points on the pick to click for that I mean I feel like the hurdles should get a few bonus points style points yeah yeah anyway yeah you can you can tell KAS has been uh he's not been uh been preparing for the season like he should he he's already behind other media to get to coach Harris guys listen I work for a Ministry named FCA and Briant is my that's why I actually did not wear maroon today I still Panther I'm still pan I lead maroon but I got to go I just got to had to go level my boys for a second okay for a second man we hey you're excused but I'll be better next time yeah don't let it happen again Cas you know I only I only uh let other media interview the head coach like maybe four times in my illustrious sideline career so I don't think I don't think I've hit that many though no no might two or three well I don't know I also had to deal with nethery oh so there's a little different kind of different style of interview cuz you know he's kind of like a he answers like a teenage boy one word answers oh hope I hope he list back to this and then he write down there yeah why don't you go get Scott ne's uh comments all right oh this will be great come here come here come here the broadcast Booth wants interview real quick from Scott NE we got coach actually we don't want you anymore with the main Panther talk you want no no we're good with him no all right coach well you guys hear me yeah yeah we're good hey it might not me either it was uh it's hardfought game boys played hard obviously just tough turnover uh battle there but what's your thoughts well it's like we talked about at halftime case I mean goly we turned it over way too much to win against a really good team you know and you know we just got fatigued and fatigued and uh you know we'll make a coward at a lot of people you know as far as the way you play and uh not saying we backed down but it just made us we couldn't play well we couldn't play fast on defense but uh fatigue got us there at the end we played a lot of different players there at the end and we just we wasn't able to do some things we wanted to had a couple guys get hurt uh that we couldn't play in the second half uh and we just don't have that quality depth that we needed to safety position and corner and uh I thought we play tough though at times you know we we had a 28 was it 28 24 lead or whatever it was at H or going into the fourth that's first time that that's happened in a long time and I thought that that momentum hopefully could carry Us in into the fourth quarter but they made some big plays and big situations you know the Austin kid uh the big touchdown and then the heck it was third and whatever it was 18 and he makes a heck of a play and Jay Thomas is in good position if we get it back there I think it was a 10-point game at that point you know and he makes a heck of a play again and that's what that's what happens when you got really good players and uh they make plays you know and and our guys were in the right position but uh I'm proud of a lot of things that we did but we got a lot of work to do a lot of work you know but I think also you know it was it was a hardfought game but I think about guys like Landon Jackson stepping up you know to the play Drew Davis coming out after the three three pick and then with the second half he had so there was a lot of good takeaways too you know from this game playing one of the top teams in the state yeah I mean we played hard I mean Walter Hicks showed what Walter Hicks is that guy's a dude man he he was relentless Jay Thomas pepper on defense didn't come off the field but maybe one series and every time I try to give him break he's like no coach I don't want off you know you can win with guys like that you know and that's what we're going to do we're going to win with some guys that have that play with a lot of heart and energy like you said Landon Jackson step up to make some plays I need Landon to come on and make plays every day in practice you know and he's going to do that I think this hopefully feeds him a little bit uh Isaac Hill another Warrior he got dinged a couple of times played hurt in the second half you know real proud of kids like that you know our defensive line we played about seven guys that's good we got good depth there and we was pressuring uh but you know we just wasn't able to hold up on the back end when they started throwing it around on us so uh and then offensively man we just we just got to clean up on mistakes you know and and if we can do that we're going to be a good team I think so too I think it's going to be a fun season anything you guys got up top nope good all right apprciate you guys thanks a lot thanks coach see you all right so uh 5242 the turnover ratio seven Panther turnovers to two for Bryant and you would think if you're minus five in the turnover ratio you probably lost by eight touchdowns yeah you know Panthers losing by 10 and uh felt like you were in the game all night well I'm going to say I've watched them play L Rock Christian which is a very good football team I've watched them play the Brian Hornets which is a very good football team the toughest team that we've played all year long is the Benton Panthers and I will tell you that the best team that I've seen is the Benton Panthers when these guys lock in they're as good as anybody in this state that is a very good Benton Panther football team you know one thing's Brad Harris has been really good about and I think his perspective do is man it's tough to play one of the best teams in the state every year in your opening game but you find out what your weaknesses are oh yeah and you've got an open date that they have made masterful use of the last several years so no game next Friday two weeks from tonight the home opener against North Little Rock and I fully expect to see some of the the weaknesses that were diagnosed tonight fixed well and and and expect to see North Little Rock coming out trying to pick on what they saw in the second half on film and hey let's attack that secondary because they struggle with you know they struggled against Bryant so we're going to get to see real quickly uh if North L Rock takes to the air you know if they have gotten those issues fixed and it may be a little bit of a depth issue but um you know we saw last year the secondary really kind of stepped up um you know they played a little bit tougher tonight really exposed some weaknesses you know coming from that slot receiver position yeah so and if North Little Rock doesn't try to take to the air you know Harding Academy will the following week so uh all right final words Terry hey the dead week next week comes at a great time a lot of guys with a lot of bumps and bruises out there need to heal up got a lot of stuff to fix but boy I really like this football team if they can clean this stuff up it may be a repeat of last year of not losing another game and I'm I'm excited to watch bent Panther football and and glad to be back with my fall family absolutely so Doo final words I this game actually didn't turn out at all like I thought it would I didn't expect to be a 5242 I wasn't really sure what I expected uh I don't know that I anyway I am curious to see um you know I don't think this is the same Bryant team we faced over the past couple years I don't think Benton's the same Benton offense offensive team uh we've had for several years so excited to see what this team does in conference play that that's going to be exciting so uh Hornets win it tonight 5242 um as soon as we close our audio broadcast um they will get the video broadcast up if you want to uh go back and rewatch I know a lot of the uh parents and kids when they get home tonight that's one of the first things they do go back and watch the game and that video will be available shortly want to remind you we'll have our first edition of panther live at lost Pizza on Tuesday at 6:30 and I hope you'll join us as we'll visit with Brad Harris with Walter Hicks and with Maddox Davis and a couple of seniors our next broadcast of bent Panther football will be two weeks from tonight when the Panthers host the North Little Rock charging Wildcats in the home opener this season we'll be back on live video streaming beginning at 6:30 with the Everett Buick GMC Panther pregame show before kickoff at 7:00 really appreciative to our mm Productions crew tonight for pulling off the Dual broadcast um thank you to Matt Johnson who engineered it Jonathan web who directed it Aaron Garrett on audio and John Davis Dallas Hall and Tony Milner for your excellent work on cameras big thank you to Scott uh Shane Broadway and Scott Ney for your help and Hospitality in making our salt bow experience so pleasant again this year for Terry Benham Cas Burton and Dio venucci I'm Jim Gardner thank you so much for join joining us tonight for Benton fighting Panther football and don't ever forget folks every day is a great day to be a Benton Panther again tonight's final score Bry 52 Benton 52 until we greet you in two weeks from the palace good night God bless and go Benton