Cavs fall to Bears

Icard- The East Burke football team returned home to host Bunker Hill for the annual Pink Out/Cavs Kickin Cancer game in a Northwestern Foothills 2A matchup of two teams in the upper half of the conference standings.

The Cavaliers got within three points of the Bears lead at the halftime break but the visitors won the second half by a 20-0 shutout for a 37-14 victory.

Bunker Hill scored the first points of the game off a 16-yard field goal on a 17 play opening drive that took nearly six minutes off the first-quarter clock.

EB quickly responded with a 46-yard pass from Seth Pruitt to Johnny Reynolds on the first play sparking a nine-play drive ending with a one-yard touchdown run by Josh Moore gaining a 7-3 lead.

Bunker Hill fired back in two plays to get back in front 10-7 off a 54-yard touchdown run.

The Bears added a 15-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to extend their lead to ten points.

The Cavs had one last successful drive left in them going 12 plays ending with a 22-yard pass from Pruitt to Luke Coble.

A pass by Pruitt that was intercepted to open the third quarter proved costly for EB as Bunker Hill scored in five plays to again lead by a ten-point advantage.

Two other drives went into Bunker Hill territory but just couldn't get inside the red zone.

Coble grabbed an interception to spark the EB defense in the second half with Raelen Lo and Landon-Langley Smith each picking up a sack.

Moore was held to 87 yards rushing on 26 carries and is two touchdowns away from tying Robbie McGee for the career lead at EBHS.

Pruitt passed for 100 yards on ten completions led by 57 yards on three receptions from Johnny Reynolds.

Coble had five catches for 36 yards with Moore catching two passes for seven yards.

East Burke is on the road next Friday facing two-time defending conference champion Hibriten.

After the game, there was a ceremony to remember cancer victims and also honor cancer survivors. Here is a list of all the East Burke players and who they represented wearing a jersey in their memory or honor.

#3 Austin Sellers (Judy Kizar, breast cancer)

#4 Dawson Langley (Barbra Langley, breast cancer)

#5 Chase Childers (Tony Weaver, bone/lung cancer)

#6 Spencer Goins (Edith Richey, breast cancer SURVIVOR)

#7 Luke Coble (Tereasa Carswell, carcinoma cancer)

#8 Turner Strong (Mike Earley, brain cancer SURVIVOR)

#10 Seth Pruitt (Joe Coats, bone cancer)

#12 Josh Moore (Mary Woods, lymphoma cancer SURVIVOR)

#13 Brett Childers (Kay Woods, breast cancer SURVIVOR)

#15 Johnny Reynolds (James Martin, colon cancer)

#18 Everette Denny (Zeb Vance, lung cancer)

#21 Logan Johnson (Norma Propst, breast cancer SURVIVOR)

#22 Blane Fulbright (Christal Williams, colon cancer SURVIVOR)

#23 Hayden Castle (Wayne Mosteller, kidney cancer SURVIVOR)

#25 Ben Mast (Sue Mast, lung cancer SURVIVOR)

#35 Landon-Langley Smith (Jim Phillips, lung/throat cancer SURVIVOR)

#36 Raelen Lo (Sam Smith, bone cancer SURVIVOR)

#42 Kevin Patel (Amy Huffman, colon cancer)

#52 George Mackay (Dean Batson, kidney cancer)

#55 Jesse Smart (Louise Buffamoyer, blood cancer)

#56 Jacob Newton (Bob Bennent, colon cancer)

#58 Matthew Smith (Walter Campbell, colon cancer)

#60 Cody Huffman (Jerry Pendergrass, skin cancer SURVIVOR)

#61 Hunter Bostian (Pat Turnmire, breast cancer SURVIVOR)

#62 Colton Boyette (Larry Cook, lung cancer SURVIVOR)

#63 Matthew Vue (Mee Vue, cervical cancer)

#65 Noah Rooks (Judy Trainum, breast cancer SURVIVOR)

#72 Elijah Hess (Teresa Turnmire, thyroid cancer SURVIVOR)

#74 Nick Saine (Daniel Saine, bone/lung cancer)

#75 Chase Lowman (Erica Lowman, melanoma cancer SURVIVOR)

#80 Michael Magni (Jim Adams, colon cancer SURVIVOR)

#85 Chris Huffman (Jerry Smith, brain cancer SURVIVOR)