Dragons Fall to Tulsa Union in Season Opener

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Eventually the rains gave way to some great weather but thatbrmay have been where the good news ended for Dragon fans on Friday night. HalbrWasson's team fell to Oklahoma's top ranked Redskins of Tulsa Union in a seasonbropening 21-10 loss.

The Dragons hit the scoreboard first with an impressivebr54-yd field goal from senior Kole Ramage. With early momentum on their sidebrJohn Miscoll (12 tackles) and Robert Barnes (10 tackles) led the Dragon defensebrin holding the Warriors scoreless through the majority of the first half.  The Redskins did cap a lengthy touchdownbrdrive just seconds before the end horn to go into the locker room with a 7-3 half-timebrlead.

Senior RB Audricke Gains

takes a Mason Holmes

handoff in the season opener

vs Tulsa Union on Friday,

August 26 at Dragon Stadium.

 Photo by S. Johnson

SnappedDragons.com

The Redskins defense came to play holding the Dragon'sbrrunning game to a mere 77 yards on 36 attempts. The Dragons leading rusher,brAudricke Gains ran for 36 yards and a TD but it took him 14 carries. Fellowbrsenior Jack Johansson added 30 yards on 12 carries.

With a limited ground game, Mason Holmes was regularly putbrinto pressure situations. Holmes completed just 13 of 27 passes (48%) whilebrthrowing an uncharacteristic two interceptions. Jackson Davis showed his mettle with an impressive 97 yardsbrreceiving on four catches to lead all receivers and take home First Financial Bank Player of the Week honors.

Holmes counterpart, Grady Davenport passed for 123 yards andbrtwo scores. He also caught the Dragons on a quarterback draw for 77 yards thatbrmade up the majority of his 96 yards rushing for the game.

Next up, the Dragons will take on the Arlington MartinWarriors (1-0) who defeated Dallas Skyline 55-7 in their season opener. JuniorbrRB Juma Otoviano rushed for 122 yards and 2 TDs on just 12 carries to pace the Warriorsbrvaunted rushing attack.