Flashes Can't Ground Black Hawks

The Flashes season came to a screeching halt last Friday night when they lost to the Citrus Valley Black Hawks by a score of 41-14.

The game started out as a defensive struggle as both teams didn't allow a point. That all changed when Black Hawks quarterback Lance Douglas ran the ball for a touchdown. Citrus Valley missed the extra point and went up 6-0. The Flashes answered back on a kickoff return for a touchdown by Hayden Wright to give Fillmore a 7-6 lead with 7:30 left in the 2nd quarter. The Black hawks answered back on their next possession to go back on top 13-7 with 4:10 left in the 2nd quarter. He Flashes got the ball back, however, they were forced to punt the ball away on 4th and 1. Citrus Valley scored another touchdown just before half to take a 20-7 halftime lead. Fillmore kicked the ball off and Citrus Valley went straight to work scoring another touchdown to take a 27-7 lead with 8:23 left in the 3rd quarter. Fillmore tried to get something going to help make it a game, however, they were forced to punt on their next 2 possessions, and went into the 4th quarter down 27-7. The Black hawks scored again with 11:46 left in the game to extend the lead 34-7. Fillmore got the ball back, but they punted it back to Citrus Valley. The Black hawks ran the ball 30 yards down to the 1 yard line and scored a touchdown on the very next play to extend the lead to 41-7 with 7:47 left in the game. The Flashes scored a touchdown on a run by Adam Jimenez. However it was to little to late as the Flashes lost the game 41-14. Good luck to Citrus Valley as they go on to play at Big Bear next Friday night. Fillmore had a good season. They never gave up. GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR FLASHES!