Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Go-Devils fall in Mineral Springs Hornets' nest

The Gurdon Go-Devils felt the sting of the Mineral Springs Hornets Friday

night. Gurdon lost to the Hornets 35-8.

In the first quarter, Mineral Springs' Shaun Richardson made a 5-yard

touchdown run. At one point, Gurdon was in a compromising position to throw

the ball on t he 30 yard line, but Keonta McClelland made a dash, picking up

yardage.

Go-Devils quarterback Ethan Jones was very accurate with the football on short

passes although the team just couldn't get through the Hornet defense. In the

first half of the game, Gurdon accumulated 33 yards passing with no penalties.

During the half-time show the Gurdon High School band "got jiggy with it" and

the Gurdon Cheerleaders were trying to get the fans motivated into cheering for

the team before they returned to the football field.

The second half began with the sportsmanship rule being allowed. Gurdon's

Jones handed off the ball to McClelland who made it to the 23 yard line, the on

the same drive he handed it off to O'Bryan Bell, who picked up a Go-Devil first

down. The Devils had a good run but the Hornets got in the way. Mineral

Springs had problems as Gurdon had the previous week. Penalties were called

for early movement. With 33 seconds remaining in the third quarter, O'Bryan

Bell scored the Devils' first touchdown. The two-point conversion was good.

The Go-Devils were "pitching" the Hornets and kept them from scoring in the

fourth quarter. Head Coach John Pace said his team improved with this game,

and at half-time they made some adjustments.

"They are working very hard, and they will get better each week," Pace said. The

key offensive player was Bell, and defensive player of the game was Adam

Clark. This Friday the Devils travel to Jessieville to tame the Lions.