By Mike Idleman Photos by Blanca Lester Welcome all to the 2022-23 North Forney football season! It was a tough start for the Falcons as they tangled with the Whitehouse Wildcats Friday night at Whitehouse, losing 30 to 47. The game was the tale of two halves. The Falcons stopped the Wildcats’ first drive with a 3 and out but were pinned deep after the ensuing punt placed the Falcons at their own 10-yard line. The Falcons could not get themselves out of the hole and had to punt the ball away leaving the Wildcats with a short field on the plus 40-yard line. The Wildcats would score on their second possession, but the Falcons would respond with an 80-yard drive capped off by a middle screen from #10 Mike Phillips to #5 DJ for a 44-yard touchdown, extra point good by #30 Collin Randal, making the score 7 to 7 at the end of the first quarter.
Both teams would struggle with first game jitters as the Falcons were penalized 9 times for 72 yards and the Wildcats 7 times for 65 yards. On the first drive of the second quarter, punter Collin Randal would step out of bounds in the back of the endzone for a 2-point safety putting the Wildcats up 9 to 7. On the ensuing kickoff, the Wildcats would return the ball to the Falcon 46-yard line where 4 plays later they would score again making the score 16 to 7. Momentum was building for the Cats. The Cats would add one more before the half putting them at 23, but the Falcons would soar back with a 75-yard drive for a 14-yard touchdown pass from Phillips to #2. The PAT was good from Randal, to end the half at 23 to 14. The Falcons would come out in the second half and score on their first drive and have the extra point blocked to close the gap to 3, 23 to 20. The Cats roared back to bring the score 30 to 20, but then the Falcons tied it up 30 to 30 with a touchdown pass from #8 who had to come in for one play, because of a helmet removal of Phillips, to throw an 8-yard touchdown to #15 and then Randal added a 26-yard field goal to tie the ball game. The momentum had swung back to the Falcons, but the
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