11/4/23
Local – The Warriors were at home last night for Senior Night and were victorious for the final regular game of the season.
White County battled the Gilmer Bobcats on their home turf and the Warriors were off to an early lead less than two minutes into the game with a 30-yard touchdown run by Ryan Fowler, answered five minutes later by the Bobcats, tying it up at 7.
Quarter two began with a missed 31-yard field goal attempt by Vandergrift but was quickly forgotten as Fowler once again stepped up to score on a lengthy 1-yard touchdown run.
Following halftime festivities, it would be Gilmer to score first to tie the game at short-lived 14, when Tripp Nix put up 7 more points for the Warriors.
In the fourth quarter, the Bobcats would attempt to tie the game again, but a bad snap on the extra point left Gilmer struggling to pull ahead, short by only one point.
#21 Gaines Clark
#2 Tripp Nix
The duo of Tripp Nix and rising star Gaines Clark would score twice more in the final eight minutes of the game, bringing the final score to 35 to 28, Warriors.
This seats White County into the third-seed spot in the playoffs and the Warriors will travel to Bremen next week to take on the Blue Devils in round one.
The Captain D’s players of the game were John Scott and Isaia Whitlow.
