Ferris took South Hill football bragging rights for the year as they beat LC Friday night 17-14 in a very physical game.  Ferris pounded the ball on the ground for over 100 yards and held the LC team to 57 yards rushing.  Once again the defense stepped up huge with some big stops and some key turnovers.  All this with the loss of a key two-way player in Shawn Stockton. 

Stockton and the offense took the ball on their first possession of the game, marched down the field and finished it off with a Stockton to Karstetter touchdown pass.  Little did everyone know that Stockton was injured 2 or 3 plays before that pass.  LC responded by putting together a drive themselves and QB Taylor Eglet threw a touchdown pass of his own to WR Matthew Henry-Proost.

Ferris QB Jeff Minnerly would step in and take the reigns from Stockton from that point forward.  While a little shaky at first, Minnerly settled in and was able to lead the Saxons on a couple of scoring drives in the second half.  The first scoring drive was in the third quarter and ended with a 1 yard TD run by Minnerly. The second scoring drive ended with what would prove to be the game winning field goal of 30 yards.  This was setup by a beautiful 27 yard pass and catch from Minnerly to Karstetter that put the Saxons in field goal range. 

LC would not go away quietly though.  With under five minutes to go Ferris had the ball and then lost a fumble.  LC ended up scoring a touchdown.  LC ended up getting the ball back with around 2 minutes remaining but then fumbled a snap and Ferris recovered.  With a little clock management, Ferris ran the clock out and won the game.

MacKenzie Murphy was moved from the slot position to fullback.  This proved to be a good move for the team as he rushed for nearly 60 yards. 

This game was very important as the Saxons remain atop the GSL standings and are a half a game ahead of two other 2-0 teams, G-Prep and U-Hi.  Ferris is coming upon a very tough road of opponents - next week it's Shadle(1-2) coming off a 28-7 win over Rogers, then it's perennial power house G-Prep (2-0) followed by the Mead Panthers (1-2).

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