AMS Bulldogs beat Neal 22-12

Published 12:38 am Saturday, September 10, 2011

Andalusia Middle School’s James Montgomery rushed for 119 yards and pushed his team to a 22-12 victory Thursday night over W.S. Neal Middle.

Montgomery converted two two-point conversions for the Bulldogs.

Trevor Parker scored his first touchdown of the night on a 5-yard dash.

W.S. Neal followed with an 80-yard touchdown pass.

Then, Andalusia’s Taylor Griffin connected with Parker on a 50-yard touchdown pass to give the Bulldogs the lead. Montgomery converted his first two-point conversion on this drive.

W.S. Neal kept the game close and scored its last touchdown on another long rush.

Andalusia sealed the win on a Griffin quarterback sneak, and a Montgomery two-point conversion.

AMS head football coach Tommy Wright said the Bulldogs had a good night on defense.

“Defensively, we played really well,” he said. “We played good defense throughout the game.”

Andalusia improves to a perfect 3-0 this season after its win over W.S. Neal, and will travel to play Straughn Thursday night at 5:30.

The Bulldogs defeated Straughn 28-0 in last week’s contest.

In other middle school football action Thursday night, Opp’s Middle School Bobcats beat Straughn 28-8.