The Dragons dropped a close game, 28-30, to Old Plank. "Our young players continue to amaze the coaches," said Head Coach Eric LeFors. "We lost on the scoreboard, but the players' hearts were the winners in this game."

Old Plank won the division last year, and even though they were 0-2 coming into the game, FSDB knew it was misleading. They have many good-sized skill-position players who play hard-nosed football.

The Dragons jumped out to a 14-0 lead on an Ajani Zahira 39-yard scamper and Roud Valcin recovering an errant Old Plank snap in the endzone. Old Plank answered back, and the teams went into halftime knotted up at 14-14.

In the second half, both teams traded two touchdowns each, with the Dragons last one coming with 53 seconds left in the game. The 2-point conversion came up a yard short. FSDB only had two timeouts left, so they couldn't stop the clock enough times to get the ball back.
  
The Dragons next game will be their home opener against Riverside Christian (Trenton) on Thursday, September 14, at 7 p.m.
  
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SCORING SUMMARY  

1q- FSDB Zahira 39 run (Valbrun 1-pt run) 7-0 
1q- FSDB Valcin 0 fum ret (Valcin 1-pt run) 14-0 
2q- Old Plank TD (conv) 14-7
2q- Old Plank TD (conv) 14-14 
3q- FSDB Zahira 12 run (Valcin 2-pt run) 22-14
3q- Old Plank TD (2-pt) 22-22
4q- Old Plank TD (2-pt) 22-30
4q- FSDB Valcin 5 run (2-pt fail) 28-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS  

RUSHING  

Ajani Zahira 19-143, 2 td
Roud Valcin 15-125, 1 td, 2 pat
Frantz Valbrun 11-30, 1 pat
Dylan Bellorin-Santos 1-5
  

PASSING  

Dylan Bellorin-Santos 1/3 8 yds, 1 int

RECEIVING  

Ja'Morien Scott 1 - 8 yds
  

DEFENSE  

Ajani Zahira 15t (7s)
JaMorien Scott 9t (4s), 1sk
Roud Valcin 7t (6s), 1pd, 1fr, 1td
Ivan McAlpin 5t (3s)
Khamaal Smart 4t (3s)
Jayden Rosario-Crespo 4t (2s)
Robert McCullough 3t (1s)
Frantz Valbrun 2t (1s)
Dylan Bellorin-Santos 1t (1s)
Lucius Hembree 1t (1s)
Henry Essex 1t
Robert Essex 1t
 
Key: td=touchdown, pat=point after touchdown, yds=yards, t=tackles, s=solo tackles, tfl=tackle for loss, sk=sack, int=interception, ff=forced fumble, fr=fumble recovery.