To the fans, this game was in doubt until the final four minutes.
But not really.
Not when you play defense like Tonkawa does.
Tulsa NOAH had scored over 120 points in its first two ball games.
Not on Tonkawa’s watch.
The Jags got to the Buc red-zone once the entire ball game and that came midway through the first quarter when they took a 6-0 lead.
That would be it.
Zilch.
The Bucs didn’t let the Jags into the redzone the rest of the night.
Sure, they got close. Tonkawa’s defense is known to bend on occasion, but never break.
And it didn’t Friday night.
Tonkawa’s offense, on the other hand, made five trips to scoring territory and capitalized on three.
One of those failed trips (when the Bucs fumbled in the endzone and it was covered by the Jags for a touchback) will forever be questioned by those dads walking the sidelines.
The final: Tonkawa 20 Tulsa NOAH 8.
Tonkawa’s first redzone trip came on its first possession of the ball game.The Bucs drove from their own 36 to just inside the Jags 20. A fourth and two effort failed.
The Jags then went the full 80 yards in 4 plays with the help of a 49 yard rushing play and a 15 yard penalty to take a 6-0 lead.
That didn’t stand long.
Peyton day batted the ball out of the quarterback’s hands and brother Kai was there to recover at the NOAH 15. five plays later Tristan Bur-dick snuck in from a yard out. Carson Robinson’s PAT kick gave Tonkawa a slim 7-6 advantage.
After the ensuing kickoff, the Jags moved from their own 24 to the Buc 39. On fourth and 19, they tried to fake a punt, but Kai Day sniffed it out and dropped the runner at the 42.
Tonkawa proceeded down-field, covering 58 yards in seven plays. Jake Randall caught an eight yard TD pass from Burdick at the 4:16 mark before halftime. the kick failed. But the Bucs led 13-6.
The drive included a run by Kai Day of 31 yards and a pass from Burdick to Peyton Day covering 14 yards.
Kai Day led the team in rushing, finishing with 139 yards on just 12 carries.
Both teams traded punts through the third quarter.
Parker Miller intercepted at the Buc one and Tonkawa was pinned deep early in the fourth quarter.
On fourth down, after trying to no avail to advance the ball, the punt snap was fumbled out of the endzone for a ...
