Rebels Hunt Down The Bobcats 38-14

 

Fannin County defeated Rival Gilmer in front of a big crowd last Friday night on their home turf. The Rebels have won 5 of their last 6 against Gilmer, not including the 2020 and 2021 games that were not played due to Gilmer cancellations. 

1st Quarter

Fannin County had a statement drive to start the game. Lawson Sullivan found paydirt to give the Rebels a 7-0 lead to open things up, and on the next drive, the Rebel Defense forced Gilmer to go 3 and out. Elijah Weaver made a crucial stop on the edge for the Rebels.  The Punter for Gilmer fielded a low snap and punted the ball away, however, before he punted the ball his knee was down at the 1-yard line. Fannin would take over on the Gilmer 1-yard line, leading to Carson Callihan’s 1st Touchdown of the year. Matthew Ponton would nail the extra point giving the Rebels the lead 14-0 early in 1st. 

 

2nd Quarter

Gilmer would get on the board to make it 14-7, and then their defense forced the Rebels to punt. Gilmer had a nice drive going until Cooper Born made a big defensive play forcing a fumble. Fannin would convert on 4th down twice on the drive that set up an 18-yard run by Callihan as Fannin took a 21-7 lead. Gilmer would fumble the next kickoff and Baylor Twiggs recovered it for the Rebels. On the following drive for Fannin, Sullivan found Cole Stevenson on 4th down and set up a 33-yard field Goal by Matthew Ponton. Fannin took a 24-7 Halftime Lead over Gilmer 

3rd Quarter 

Gilmer would score on their 1st drive of the 2nd half cutting the Rebels Lead 24-14. Fannin would then have to punt back to Gilmer. On Gilmer’s next possession, Case Holloway would make a huge 3rd down stop in the backfield that forced Gilmer to Punt. Callihan would find the endzone again for Fannin making it 31-14. Next drive for Gilmer,  young Sophomore Jacob Green,  would record his 1st sack of the season. The Fannin County Light Show would then send us to the 4th Quarter. 

 

4th Quarter

Fannin would add another score to make it 38-14. Cj Reece, Jacob Dye would make some great defensive plays in the 4th quarter along with the Holsonback brothers Luke and John. Conrad Head would have an INT and the Rebels took the rivalry victory over Gilmer 38-14. 

Up Next

Fannin travels to Jasper Ga to take on the Pickens Dragons. Pickens is 1-1 on the season with a Win over Sonoraville and a loss last Friday night to North Murray. Fannin has not played at Pickens since 2011. Fannin took a 29-28 victory in that one thanks to a 2 point conversion with no time left. Trevor Stone hit Brandon Minter on a corner route with no time left to make it a 1 point game. Fannin County went for 2 and Blake Henry got in for the 2 point conversion to win it for the Rebels.