5th Grade Blue Brings Home a Trophy
First Place for 5th Grade Blue
Coach Tony Griffith lead his team into a gruelling three game tournament on Saturday in Panama, OK. The sun was out after a morning of rain, raising the humidity to about 120%. Greenwood played three games in little more than three hours, taking on all challengers to bring home first place.
Spiro was up first, and fell 10 - 0 to a strong Greenwood rushing game, with huge chunks of yardage coming from #22 Hunter Pogue. The offensive line created openings up the middle, and made huge holes in the Spiro defense for the backs to sprint through.
Greenwood’s defense was solid throughout the game, contributing to the score board with a 2 point safety on a backfield tackle from #6 Dillon McBride.
Quarterback #11 Jax Burgess had a complete game, managing the offense with his arm and legs, running effectively and hitting his Wide Receiver #10 Blaise Lohman on a down field completion.
Pocola brought in a strong team full of mostly 6th graders to try and knock off the mighty 5th Grade Blue. Pocola met the same fate as Spiro, shutout and defeated 8 – 0. Coach Griffith said he couldn’t have been more proud of his team, and contributed the victories to hard work the boys put in all summer.
“People don’t understand how much effort these kids put out to play football. They practiced all summer in the Fast-Dogs program and Pad-Camp. They deserve a lot of credit.“ said Coach Griffin in an interview.
The championship game was played only 15 minutes after the game with Pocola, setting the stage for a battle between Greenwood and home team Panama. The Blue Squad prevailed in overtime, by another shutout performance, grabbing the tournament trophy with a 6 – 0 victory.
Player That Caught Our Eye: D-Mac – #6 Dillon McBride. Could it be a mysterious power in the nickname? D-Mac showed diesel truck power going up the middle, and indy car speed going around the corners. He’s gonna be tough to stop.
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Coach Tony Griffith lead his team into a gruelling three game tournament on Saturday in Panama, OK. The sun was out after a morning of rain, raising the humidity to about 120%. Greenwood played three games in little more than three hours, taking on all challengers to bring home first place.
Quarterback #11 Jax Burgess had a complete game, managing the offense with his arm and legs, running effectively and hitting his Wide Receiver #10 Blaise Lohman on a down field completion. 
Player That Caught Our Eye: D-Mac – #6 Dillon McBride. Could it be a mysterious power in the nickname? D-Mac showed diesel truck power going up the middle, and indy car speed going around the corners. He’s gonna be tough to stop.