The Concord Christian Lions football team will play today against other teams both local and from across the state of Tennessee and neighboring states in the University of Tennessee 7-on-7 camp. There will also be a Big Man competition as well, but I will only be covering the 7-on-7 tournament here.
Follow along for updates today as the Lions kick off the summer practice season.
If it’s any encouragement to anyone, that Anderson Raptors team is no joke. They’re from Cincinnati, OH, and have played for the Ohio State D2 championship for the past two seasons in a row. They are a very good football team, as we learned.
Ballgame. End of the road. Great day overall for the Lions who made a good showing today. Raptors win, 12-43.
Touchdown Raptors.
Big touchdown, Brown to Underwood. 12-37.
Touchdown Raptors. Pouring it on. 6-35.
Lions intercepted. Tough game against a really good team.
XP good. Lions down 6-25.
Touchdown Raptors. 6-24.
Lions intercepted. 6-18 now. Big hill to climb.
After a questionable DPI call, they get 2. Lions down 6-15 now.
Wow. Tremendous throw and catch. Touchdown Raptors. They’re going for 2.
Called OPI on the Lions, XP no good. 6-7. Le’sco defense.
Touchdown Lions, Brown to Maurice. 6-7.
DPI on them.
First down Lions.
Third down. Come on boys, need it.
Had Moulden open, just barely overthrew him.
XP good. Down 0-7 real quick.
Touchdown Raptors. Down 0-6 early.
Defense up first. Le’sco boys!
Next team up appears to be the Anderson Raptors I believe. Game coming up shortly.
Other games re finishing up. We’re waiting to find out who we play next.
Ballgame. Lions win, 21-12. Great game boys. Movin’ on.
Sack. Stopped ‘em. 21-12 now, our ball.
Big third down right here. Come mon boys!!
XP good. Lions up 19-12 now. 3:30 to go.
Brown to Moulden, who made a move and turned on the jets. Touchdown Lions.
5:00 to go.
Tie ballgame.
Touchdown Macon, 12-11 now, XP pending.
First and goal for Macon. Need a stop here.
Stopped, 12-5 now, defense up.
Overthrow and a drop. Third down. C’mon boys.
Lions, interception in the end zone. 12-3 now, offense up.
DPI, first down Macon.
XP good. Lions up 9-3 now. Le’sco defense.
Deep touchdown, Ward to Moulden (Dasani). Lions up 8-3.
Turnover on downs. Great job defense. 2-3 now, offense up.
Gave ‘em the first down. Dangit.
Third down. Sco boys.
Intercepted on the first play. Down 0-3. C’mon defense.
Offense up first. Le’sco Lions!!
I believe our first game here is gonna be against a team from Macon, GA. Coming up here shortly.
Lions earned the #3 overall seed, which has earned them a first round bye in the tournament. They’ll need to win two games to move on to the semifinals which will be at the Anderson training center, the UT indoor facility.
Summary of Pool Play
The Lions finished pool play 3-0 this morning.
I think that’s it for pool play. Tournament (bracket play) starts at 1:00 if I recall correctly.
Ballgame. Lions win 23-2. 3-0 in pool play.
Turnover on downs, Lions up 23-0, offense up, 0:14 to go.
PBU in the end zone, third down Kenton.
XP good, Lions up 21-2. 1:30 to go.
Touchdown, Brown to Kelch. 20-2 Lions.
Touchdown dropped. Third down.
False start, illegal motion. Second and goal.
First and goal Lions.
Big gain, Brown to Underwood. First down Lions.
Defense holds, turnover on down. 14-2 Lions. Offense up.
Another touchdown dropped, turnover on downs. Ugh. Turnover on downs, 12-2 Lions.
Touchdown dropped, bummer.
Interception, Kelch. Lions up 12-0 now, offense up.
Nice PBU in the end zone.
First and goal, they’re getting us with short quick routes.
First down Kenton.
XP good, 9-0 Lions.
Touchdown, Ward to Underwood. 8-0 Lions.
Deep ball to Dasani, first and goal Lions.
Defensive stop. 2-0 Lions. Great job defense!! Offense up.
Nice PBU in the end zone, third and goal.
Got called for DPI. First and goal Kenton.
Sack, second down.
Big gain on first down.
Defense up first this game. Le’sco Lions!!
Nice, I can post updates from the shade this game. Hot day out today.
Looks like we’re playing a team called Kenton. Don’t know anything about them.
Game 3 coming up, trying to figure out who we’re playing.
2-0 so far, great work Lions!
Ballgame, Lions win 31-15.
Stopped ‘em, turnover on down. 31-15 Lions, under a minute to go.
Another nice PBU, great defense. Third and 12.
Nice PBU by Dasani.
2:30 to go, times running out for the Panthers.
DPI, first down Panthers.
Third down, stand strong defense …
Great PBU by Ward on defense.
XP good to Dasani, 29-15 Lions.
Touchdown Lions. GREAT throw by Brown, catch and run by Maurice. 28-15 Lions.
XP good. Great throw and catch in the corner. 22-15 Lions, 7:00 (ish) to go.
Touchdown Panthers, 22-13, they’re going for two.
Missed assignment on defense, big gain for the Panthers. First and goal.
Correction on the opponent, this is not Powell, this is the Southside Panthers, from Alabama. I saw Panthers on the jersey and thought it was Powell.
XP good to Underwood, 22-7 Lions.
Touchdown Lions, to Maurice. 21-7 Lions, pending XP.
Dylan Brown in at QB, Ward to WR. Big gain to McKenzie. First and goal Lions.
They had it, but dropped it. Defensive stop. Lions ball, up 15-7 now.
Good defense, third down. Big down right here.
XP good, Lions up 13-7.
Deep touchdown to Dasani, Lions up 12-7.
XP good, Panthers up 7-6.
Touchdown Panthers. 6-6.
Missed XP. 6-0 Lions. Le’sco defense!!
Ward to McKenzie (Amari), touchdown Lions. 6-0.
Deep ball to Underwood, first and goal Lions.
Offense up first again. Le’sco Lions!!
I think this is Powell gathering on the opposite sideline, think that’s who we play next.
Next game will be at 10:30.
Great work to pitch a shutout in game 1. Great job defense!!
Ballgame. Lions win 28-0.
DPI on West, first and one at the 11.
Dylan Brown in at QB. First down Lions.
Another defensive stop on 3rd down. Lions up 28-0 now.
5 minutes left in the game.
XP good. Lions now up 26-0.
Touchdown to Amari (I think??). Lions up 25-0.
First down to Underwood.
Correction, 19-0.
Forced 4 seconds (sack). Stopped ‘em. Way to go defense!! Lions up 18-0 now.
Pass broke up, third and goal.
They dropped a TD, we got lucky there, they had it.
First and goal for West. C’mon defense!!
Interception by Kelch … nope, called back for DPI on the Lions.
XP good to Dasani, 16-0 Lions.
Deep touchdown to Underwood. Lions up 15-0 now, XP pending.
Another nice PBU. Lions ball, up 9-0.
Nice PBU by Maurice. 3rd down.
XP good to Amari. 7-0 Lions. Come on defense!!
Touchdown Lions, Ward to Underwood. 6-0 Lions.
Deep ball to Dasani on the first play. First and goal Lions.
Offense up first. We are in fact playing West HS. Le’sco Lions!!
West HS is lining up for warmups on the same field as us, so, that may be who we’re playing. Still trying to verify.
The boys don’t have numbers or names on their shirts they’re wearing today, so I may not be able to capture names with updates.
Pretty typical 7-on-7 rules today, 21 minute games with the clock stopping in the last minute of the game. Standard 7-on-7 scoring system.
20(ish) minutes to game time. Boys are stretching and getting ready to go now.
I just overheard (don’t quote me on this, this was players talkin’, so it could be wrong, I’ll verify as soon as I can) that the Lions will be playing Catholic in game 1 of pool play at 10:00.