North Port Bobcats vs Desoto County Bulldogs

North Port Bobcats take on the Desoto County Bulldogs on Friday at the Preserve.North Port, Florida: The North Port Bobcats dropped their home opener against Desoto County on Friday night at the Preserve. Despite taking an early lead in the second quarter and holding Desoto to just one first down in the first half, a twenty point fourth quarter doomed the Bobcats, handing them a 20-7 loss.

The Bobcats took the lead in the second quarter. The 56 yard scoring drive was capped off by quarterback Paul Balcomb scoring on a 3 yard QB keeper. The touchdown plus the extra point gave the Bobcats a 7-0 advantage heading into the locker room for halftime.

The second half began much like the first half. Hard nose defense and running attack, kept the score at 7-0 until the midway through the fourth quarter. But that’s when things turned bad for the Bobcats. Th Bulldogs recovered a fumble by Antonio Washington to start the game tying scoring drive. Washington then ended the drive by throwing a 23 yard option pass to Dalton Green to tie the game.

Another Bobcat turnover led to the Bulldogs scoring drive to take the lead. Cedric Jackson picked off a pass by Balcomb to start the drive. Then Washington ripped off a 27 yard touchdown run to give the Bulldogs the lead with a little over six minutes left in the game.

The Bulldogs tacked on six more points on a 30 yard touchdown run by Washington with 1:45 left in the game to give them a 20-7 victory.

Bobcats quarterback Balcomb was 10 for 113 yard while Jason Petrone picked up 67 yards on the ground and 27 more yards on 2 catches to lead the Bobcats offense.

Washington led the Bulldogs, accounting for all three of the Desoto touchdowns.

The varsity Bobcats fell to 1-2 with the loss. They travel to Sarasota High School next week to play the Sailors.

For photos of the game, visit the Bobcats/Bulldogs photo gallery.

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