South Ridge Off To A 3-1 Start

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Sept 21, 2012

Kerry Rodd-NSO

It took a couple of touchdowns by Devin Lee, but in the end the South Ridge Panthers picked up a 12-8 road victory over Ely on the road on Friday night. The victory improved the Panthers record to 3-1 on the season.

Lee scored the lone touchdown of the first half on a three-yard run in the first quarter, however, the Panthers were unable to convert the extra point kick and led the game just 6-0 entering halftime.

To start the second half the Timberwolves found a spark when Carter Manning returned the opening kickoff of the half 75-yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 6-6. Then, the Timberwolves got another boost when Louis Gerzin added a two-point conversion run allowing to take an 8-6 lead.

Lee finished things off in the scoring department when he slammed in from the three-yard line for his second touchdown of the game pushing the lead to 12-8, and that would be all the scoring in the game.

The win improved the Panthers record to 3-1 overall and is the third win in four tries under first year head coach Tony DeLeon. The last time the Team won three games in a season was back in 2009 as the AlBrook Falcons. As a combined AlBrook/Cotton team they went winless in 2010 and won one game in 2011.

The Panthers will host Big North Conference foe Northeast Range on Friday at South Ridge Field.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com