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The Bellarion

The Bellarion

The Bellarion

Football Suffers 4th Loss of the Season

On Friday, October 7th, the Bel Air Varsity Football team traveled to North Harford to face the Hawks. Bel Air lost 34-19. It was a good effort for the then 2-3 Bobcats playing against 18th ranked North Harford.

Bel Air started off the game strong. They kicked off to North Harford and immediately forced and recovered a fumble. The fumble lead to a touchdown and an extra point, putting Bel Air in the lead 7-0. North Harford answered with 2 touchdowns of their own, one occurring with 8 and a half minutes left in the 1st quarter and the other with 3 and a half minutes left. The Hawks made 1 of 2 extra points. At the end of the quarter, the score was 13-7. North Harford tallied another touchdown 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter. After the blocked extra point attempt, the score was 19-7. With 1 and a half minutes left in the half, Bel Air forced and recovered a fumble for the second time in the game. A minute later, Alex Love ran for a long touchdown, and after a missed extra point, the score was 19-13. The teams traded punts for the better part of the 3rd quarter. With one minute left in the 3rd quarter, North Harford scored a touchdown and converted on the 2 point conversion making the score 27-13. North Harford scored again halfway through the 4th quarter and added the extra point bringing the score to 34-13. The Bobcats managed to add one more touchdown but it was too little too late. The final score after the missed extra point was 34-19.

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