It was a night full of foootball Thursday at Veribest. The 7th grade game led off the action, with Veribest playing hard but falling to Water Valley by a final of 42-8. Falcon Samuel McCray was the workhorse for Veribest, but it was Collin Perkins who scored the lone Veribest points of the night on an impressive catch and run.
The second game belonged to the 8th grade Falcons from the outset. Using a dominating effort on both sides of the ball, Veribest demolished TLC by a mercy-ruled halftime score of 46-0. Scoring for the Falcons came early and often. Matt Valdez opened the scoring with a 53 yard touchdown run. Jon Santiago made the play of the game, hauling in a 34 yard touchdown strike from Adolfo Lara.
The final game
pitted the JV Falcons against the JV Eden Bulldogs. Eden built a two touchdown lead over the Falcons going into the 4th quarter, but the Falcons, led by the feet of Jose Morales, rallied to take a 36-30 lead with just over a minute remaining. The play of the game for Veribest came in the 4th quarter on a third and long inside their own ten yard line. Morales used two nice cutbacks and evaded two would-be tacklers to sprint the length of the field to give the Falcons their first lead. Eden answered back with a long touchdown pass play that took just under ten seconds. Driving once again, the Falcons were stopped short on a 4th and three, and the game ended in a tie. Dallas Martinez was once again a key contributor to the Falcon cause, picking up three big first downs during the Veribest rally. Of special note was the outstanding job of the referees in this contest.
pitted the JV Falcons against the JV Eden Bulldogs. Eden built a two touchdown lead over the Falcons going into the 4th quarter, but the Falcons, led by the feet of Jose Morales, rallied to take a 36-30 lead with just over a minute remaining. The play of the game for Veribest came in the 4th quarter on a third and long inside their own ten yard line. Morales used two nice cutbacks and evaded two would-be tacklers to sprint the length of the field to give the Falcons their first lead. Eden answered back with a long touchdown pass play that took just under ten seconds. Driving once again, the Falcons were stopped short on a 4th and three, and the game ended in a tie. Dallas Martinez was once again a key contributor to the Falcon cause, picking up three big first downs during the Veribest rally. Of special note was the outstanding job of the referees in this contest. 
