Spring City Jumps Out to Early Lead and Cruises to Win over Clinton
Clinton, TN -- Spring City Middle School traveled to Clinto for their opening game of the 2024 football seasson on August 8, 2024. The Bulldogs next travel to Robertsville for 6;30 pm kickoff.
Spencer Campbell ran the ball well in the first series of the game and he punctuated that series with a touchdown run for the early 6-0 lead. Casteneda added the 2-point conversion run for 8-0 lead with less than a minute off the clock(7:03 1st). Bulldogs forced a punt and began next drive at their 20 yardline. Roark Moody has a nice run to move Bulldgos past midfield. It was Campbell is a bob-and-weave run deep into Hawks territory before Castenada scored the second touchdown. Casteneda found Campbell for the 2-point conversion and a 16-0 lead with less than a minute left in first quarter.
Roark Moody scored on a short run to finish a couple of longer runs for the third touchdown for the Bulldogs. Casteneda found Harlan Thomas for the 2-point conversion for the 24-0 midway through the 2nd quarter. Spencer Campbell walked into the endzone with the fourth Bulldogs touchdown with 1:08 left in the 2nd quarter. E. J. Casteneda finished the scoring for the Bulldogs with a pick-6 from beyond the 50 yard-line with 2:19 left in half. Clinton scored a late touchdown to make the final score 36-6.
After the game, Coach Loden told his team, "We got to clean up a few things. We are playing a good football team next week. We have to get prepared for them."
Later Loden added a few comments from the game. "Both sides of the ball played well. We have some minor things to work on as far as blocking schemes and closing the gaps of defense."
Robertsville is a very good team that outscored Loudon 36-24 last last week. We split with Robertsville last year, with Robertsville getting the close win in the playoffs after we won a close game during the season. The have a solid run game and mix in the pass well. It is a good group of guys we will be playing."
Farm Burea Inssurance awared the player of the game for the week to E. J. Casteneda with one touchdown run, a pick 6 and A double 2 point conversion to help the Bulldogs bring home another win. Thanks to Jeromy Hixson and Farm Burea(https://www.fbitn.com/tn/rhea-county/spring-city/rhea-spring-city-agency).