“ It’ s a lot of areas we got to get better in. It ' s the first game, and we got to find a way to make the corrections,” said Vick.“ Back to the drawing board tomorrow, but that’ s what it ' s all about.”
Coming out of half time, both teams had a slow start and no points were added to the score in the third quarter. When the Tigers started their drive with 1:31 left, Tigers running back AI Wooten fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Spartans linebacker Terique Miles, which closed out the quarter with this possession leaving the score 0-13.
Using the events from the last quarter, the Spartans got their first touchdown of the game within the first minute of the fourth quarter after Laudermilk rushed eight-yards into the end zone. Evan Helfrich’ s kick attempt was good and put the Spartans on the board 7-13.
Although it was a moment of excitement for the Spartans, the Tigers shut it down quickly with Indorf throwing a deep 36-yard pass to Perkins, who ran a yard into the end-zone to complete the touchdown and a kick from Williams followed to finish the drive 7-20.
For the Tigers’ last drive of the game, they made sixplays and ended their drive with Indorf meeting Dunmore for a 15-yard touchdown pass and another good kick from Williams. With 3:15 left in the matchup, the Spartans started their drive, but finished leaving the score untouched to end the game 7-27
“ We battled, we fought, but obviously we can’ t rush for 39-yards and think that you’ re going to win a lot of football games,” said Vick.“ We’ re going to keep that championship mindset. I ' m proud of the guys, proud of the way they battled.
Battle of the States is the Spartans’ next game against the Virginia State University Trojans. The game takes place on September 6, 2025 at 6pm. You can catch the game in person at the William“ Dick” Price stadium or streaming on ESPN Plus.
QUARTERBACK OTTO KUHNS PASSING THE BALL DURING THE GAME( TATYANA CANTY / SPARTAN ECHO). SPARTAN ECHO 21