The Jr. Aces Football teams traveled to Robinson for a conference match up with the Jr. Maroons on Saturday. The 6th grade game went to overtime where the Jr. Aces were denied a two point conversion and fell 8-6. The 7th/8th graders controlled their game early in route to a 36-12 victory.
The 6th grade team held Robinson scoreless through four quarters with a strong team defensive performance. Tyson Gourley contributed multiple tackles and Parker Reel recovered a fumble. On offense, Stryker Pearson rushed for 55 yards and Braxton Simpson added 45 yards. Gourley caught a pair of passes from Drake Pinnick totaling 40 yards. Pinnick had a 10 yard rushing touchdown in the overtime period.
In the 7th/8th grade game, Nash Cooley stopped Robinson’s first drive with a tackle on 4th and 2 to give the Aces the ball. From there, the Jr. Aces went 41 yards in 3 plays to take a 6-0 lead on a 39 yard run by James Brewer. The Jr. Aces struck again in the first quarter on an 8 yard pass from Brewer to Desean Knowles. Jaxson McCleave added a run on the two point conversion making the score 14-0. Brewer ran for a 10 yard TD in the 2nd quarter to make the halftime score 22-0 after a conversion pass to Dion Cirunay.
Second half scoring included a 38 yard run by Desean Knowles (conversion failed) and a 3 yard run by James Brewer (Dion Cirunay conversion reception).
The Jr. Aces defense was led in tackles by Wade Duckworth and Nash Cooley.
Brewer logged 129 rushing yards and 3 TDs on 10 carries. Jaxson McCleave added 46 yards on 5 attempts. DeSean Knowles took 2 carries for 40 yards and a TD. Eli Meier added 2 carries for 19 yards. The offensive line, receivers, and running back Tucker Buss made key blocks all game.
Quarterback James Brewer went 4-5 passing for 74 yards and a touchdown. Dion Cirunay caught 3 passes for 66 yards.
The 7th/8th graders improve to 3-0 on the season and the 6th grade team is 1-2. The Jr. Aces play at Lawrenceville on Saturday August 29.