Ellsworth Offense Shut Down at Garden City

Ellsworth Offense Shut Down at Garden City

GARDEN CITY, KANSAS -- Fred Davis scored 3 rushing touchdowns and Garden City (Kans.) shut out visiting Ellsworth CC, 25-0, on Saturday.  All 4 TDs for Garden City came on the ground -- 2 in the 2nd quarter and the other 2 in the final period when they were finally able to pull away.

It was another day of offensive struggles for the Panthers who were limited to 9 yards total offense, 46 yards passing and minus-37 rushing which includes yardage lost to sacks.  ECC managed just 4 first downs and each team was penalized 11 times on a chilly day.

Brycen Davis completed 6-of-13 passes for Ellsworth, with Joel Lacy catching 3 balls for 22 yards and Dominic McCarren 2 for 26.  Calvin Swinney rushed for 8 yards on 5 attempts.  The Panthers got a huge game from Adrian Palos, who had 21 tackles, 11 of them solo stops, and he had a sack.  Sean Martin piled up 11 tackles, 2 of them for a loss, Jaheed Morris was in on 10 tackles and Jaiden Tandy 9.  Emannuel Fandeh had two tackles for loss.

The Panthers have next Saturday off before wrapping up the season with a road contest at Butler (Kans.) College on Nov. 11.