Brett Rogers’ opening kickoff sailed 5 yards deep into the end zone, setting up the Wolves first and ten at their own 20. Cordova came out with two bruising running backs that challenged the Dragon defense. Zack Palmer is credited with a TD saving tackle in the opening series and the D held, forcing Cordova to punt from their own 49. CHS QB Bubba Mize continued the opening series with a third down pass to TE Harrison Bizzell for 14 yards and a first down. The drive was fueled by hard running by FB Brett Rogers and TB Zack Palmer. With the ball on the 24, Bubba Mize hit SE Trey Ruben with a strike over the middle on a slant pattern….the play was all Ruben as he broke two solid tackles to race into the end zone giving the Dragons their first score of the night. Point after kick by David Ray was good and the Dragons led 7-0.

Rogers’ kickoff was returned to the 24 where the Wolves started first and ten. The Dragon defense began their punishment with DT Nick McClorey and DE Harrison Bizzell making great stops and seeing the Wolves’ offense slowly begin to move into reverse. A questionable flag for roughing the passer negated a beautiful interception and return by FS Garrett Bizzell. On the next two plays, NT Clayton Huff rocked the Cordova runner for no gain and then pressured and popped the Cordova QB forcing an incomplete pass. Cordova was forced to punt and CHS took over on their own 44 yard line. This series saw hard line blocking and determined running by TB Jason Goins. The Dragons cranked out three first downs in the drive before a fourth and four saw QB Bubba Mize’s keeper to the right fall short of the first down marker at the Cordova 14 yard line. The Dragon D had the Wolves right where they wanted them. On first down Clayton Huff, George Bland, and Harrison Bizzell smacked the QB for a 5 yard loss. After another 1 yard loss, George Bland caught the Cordova QB in the end zone for a safety. Dragons led 9-0. Following the free kick from the 20, the Dragons were not able to move into scoring position and the 9-0 score followed them into the locker room for halftime.

The Dragons received the 2nd half kickoff and started first and ten at their own 33. This possession would ultimately result in 5 first downs and literally use up the entire 3rd Quarter before the drive stalled deep in Cordova territory. The 3rd Quarter was owned by the Collierville offensive line and saw the offensive unit gain momentum as they out muscled and out toughed the talented Cordova squad. This was Football 101.

Cordova took over on downs at the beginning of the 4th Quarter deep in their own territory. Clayton Huff, Harrison Bizzell, and Joe White punished the Cordova offense on three consecutive downs. On fourth down, the Cordova long snapper sent the ball sailing over the punter’s head and out of the end zone for another safety. Collierville led 11-0.

After trading possessions, the Dragon offense cranked up the heat and put together a final drive culminating in a touchdown pass from Bubba Mize to FL David Ray on fourth down with 18.5 seconds remaining in the game. The extra point was no good, Dragons win 17-0.

While Zack Palmer, Jason Goins, Bubba Mize, and Brett Rogers provided rugged running the offensive and defensive lines dominated the line of scrimmage in the second half led by Clayton Huff, Harrison Bizzell, Joe White, George Bland, and Laine Halfacre.