August 25, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The Upperman Bees stung the Tigers in a 43-0 shutout Friday night in Smithville.
The loss drops the Tiger record to 1-1 with a trip to Crossville to face Stone Memorial next Friday night to open region play
Blake Metzgar scored four of Upperman’s six touchdowns on the night including his first on a 2 yard run with 5:28 left in the 1st period. The PAT was good and the Bees led 7-0.
The Tigers threatened to score after advancing to the Bees 10 yard line but the drive was stalled by penalties and a 25 yard field goal attempt by Andrew Fuson missed its mark.
Metzgar scored his second touchdown of the game on a 1 yard run with 9:28 left in the 2nd period. The extra point put Upperman up 14-0.
Tiger quarterback Axel Aldino was tackled in the endzone for a safety with 8:23 left in the 2nd period to give the Bees a 16-0 advantage.
Metzgar’s third touchdown came on a 9 yard run with 2:54 left in the 2nd period and with the extra point the Bees took a 23-0 lead.
Cole Bush scored on a 55 yard pass play with 27 seconds left in the half to lift Upperman to a 29-0 lead. Upperman missed on the extra point try.
Metzgar scored his last touchdown of the game on a 6 yard run with 10:51 left in the 3rd period and with the extra point the Bees held a 36-0 lead.
Upperman added another TD on a 65 yard run in the 4th period and went on to win 43-0.