Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Devils topple Mineral Springs, 24-20

Gurdon's Go-Devils rolled into Mineral Springs Friday night, ready to play some football, and beat the Mineral Springs Hornets, 24-20.

This puts the Go-Devils 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the conference. It also assures Gurdon will be in the playoffs.

The word for the evening was intensity. Gurdon was moving the ball offensively, as they knew this was a do or die win.

Mineral Springs scored first, after just a few minutes of play in the first quarter. The extra point was good, making it 7-0 Hornets with 5:05 left in the first.

Then it was first and 10 Gurdon with 3:58 left in the first quarter when Jamelle Lacy gained 15 yards. Then it was Gurdon's first touchdown from Jamelle Lacy, making it 7-6 Hornets. But the speed and drive of the Go-Devils let everyone know they were in the game.

The announcer commented this was the best the Go-Devils offense has looked since Junction City.

The two-point conversion was no good. Jamelle Lacy had 87 yards when the first quarter ended, 7-6.

Then it was the Hornets again. They scored a touchdown and an extra point, going 14-6 over the Go-Devils before the half. That 14-6 score held at the half.

Gurdon came back and started moving the ball offensively in the second half. Lonnie Lacy had racked up 60 yards of rushing going into the third. Jamelle Lacy had 119 yards at that point.

Coming back strong, Gurdon scored a touchdown three plays into the third quarter. Jamelle Lacy got that touchdown on a 31-yard run, closing the gap in the score to 14-12 Hornets.

This gave Jamelle Lacy 169 yards. Things clicked on for a few minutes and then Jamelle Lacy made yet another touchdown with 3:51 left in the third, giving the Go-Devils an 18-14 lead. This touchdown was after a pass from Daniel Francis to Jamelle Lacy.

That finished the scoring for the third quarter. With 11:17 left in the fourth quarter, fire and intensity came upon the Go-Devils. Jonathan Lacy made a long run, leaving six yards to glory.

Lonnie Lacy ran to the far side of the field and touchdown. This put the score at 24-14 Go-Devils with nine minutes left in the game.

After that, Mineral Springs gave all it had to recover. Go-Devil Robert Plyler had an intense sack and Gurdon's defense rolled on. Then with 1:46 to go, the Hornets scored a touchdown, making it 24-20. Mineral Springs went for the two-point conversion but it failed.

Finally, the clock ran out after Jamelle Lacy got a first down and Gurdon escaped with a victory.

The Gurdon Go-Devils will host Murfreesboro at Homecoming this coming Friday, Oct. 22. Be sure to see the royalty at 7 p.m., with game time at 7:30 p.m.