EAGLES
SCORE 3 TIMES IN 4th QUARTER, BUT FALL SHORT
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Southwest, displaying a never-say-die attitude, scored three times in the final quarter but still came up short, falling to Braddock, 34-28, at Tropical Park. The game took 3 hours, 41 minutes to complete due to a lot of penalties, a lot of passing and a long injury stoppage. The Bulldogs (2-0) took the opening kickoff back 87 yards for a quick 6-0 lead. Derrick Ferguson put the Eagles on top, 7-6, early in the second quarter when he ran the ball in from three yards out. Braddock returned the ensuing kickoff to the Southwest 12 and scored one play later. A 2-point conversion made it 14-7 at halftime. The Bulldogs made it 21-7 on the final play of the third quarter, scoring on a 23-yard run. They extended the lead to three TDs with 5:55 left in the game on a 6-yard run. On the next play from scrimmage, Angel Gonzalez scored on an 82-yard pass from quarterback Deandre Pique, but it was nullified by a penalty. Two plays later, Pique connected with Antwan Delancy, Jr., on a 21-yard TD pass. A Jorge Fernandez interception gave the Eagles (1-1) the ball back at their own 32 and, on the next play, Delancy caught a 62-yard Pique pass to cut the Bulldogs lead to 27-21 with 2:35 left on the clock. It took Braddock only 2 plays to go up 34-21 with 2:10 remaining. Southwest also needed only two plays to score when Pique found Fernandez for a 43-yard touchdown pass with 1:39 left. Santiago Pernalete made his fourth extra point of the night to make it 34-38. The Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs with 18 seconds left but two plays weren't enough to score and time ran out.
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