This past Friday night in Waynesville, North Carolina, the Fulton Falcon football team stepped foot onto the newly installed field turf at CE Weatherby stadium and took another step closer to gaining much needed “game-like” experience. The Hickory Red Tornadoes offered a quality test for the youthful Falcons, which started sophomores at 14 of 22 starting positions.
The Border Bash started with a controlled scrimmage, in which each team started at the 40 yard line and had eight plays to score. Each team had 4 series on offense. Fulton dominated this part of the scrimmage through the air, outscoring the Red Tornadoes 4 tds to 1, with Sophomore Ben Winters and Senior Josh Compton completing a pair of touchdown passes apiece. Hickory, who used this portion of the scrimmage to focus mostly on establishing their ground game, picked up their lone touchdown on a pass to the flats during a series with second team players.
The second portion of the Bash was two-quarters of “game-like” action. The two-quarters was by far the most entertaining, most competitive and hardest hitting action of the entire night, as both teams traded big hit after big hit on the opposition. Hickory showed much improvement during the two-quarter scrimmage besting the Falcons by a score of 14-6. Fulton continued to show flashes of brilliance with their air-attack as Ben Winters connected with Senior WR JeMicheal Williams for a 60 yard touchdown down the left sideline. The Falcons were ultimately done in by three interceptions and two touchdown receptions by Hickory Senior standout WR/DB Trevin Parks.In all, the 2008 Border Bash proved to be a useful and productive outing for the youthful and talented Falcons, who walked away from the scrimmage with a 5-3 total TD victory. More importantly, the Falcons were able to get some quality work versus Hickory, who served to be a very worthy opponent and also great preparation for Fulton’s Week One contest versus the 5A Oak Ridge Wildcats.
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