8th Grade Football Team Rumbles with Thunder Hawks

The Milbank eighth grade football squad shut out the Montevideo Thunder Hawks on Thursday, September 27 in Milbank. The final score was 44-0.

Milbank started the scoring early in the game. Justus Osborn intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a pick six touchdown. Sawyer Gauer made a three-yard run into the end zone for the extra point.

Next for the Bulldogs, Tyler Lee recovered a Montevideo fumble and Milbank quickly scored again. Quarterback Justus Osborn then hit Aiden Foell with a 23-yard touchdown pass and Gauer ran in the extra point to raise the score 16-0 in favor of the Bulldogs.

Foell recovered a second Thunderhawk fumble to allow Milbank another opportunity to add points to the board. Osborn obliged with a 15-yard end zone run to push the halftime score to 22-0.

The Bulldogs started the second half just as hot. Foell grabbed a 46-yard kick off return that ended in a Milbank touchdown.

Eli Johnson wanted in on the action and added a sack and fumble recovery to give possession back to the Bulldogs. Gauer got the ball and broke multiple tackles on a 53-yard touchdown run. The extra point, by Gauer again, would bump the score to 36-0.

The last touchdown of the day came on a 35-yard run by Osborn. Brayden Christensen ran in the extra point. The Bulldogs walked off the field with an easy 44-0 victory.

Eighth grade Bulldogs traveled to Aberdeen on October 1, to take on the Roncalli Cavaliers.