Red Level falls short of Georgiana

Published 12:20 am Saturday, October 1, 2016

Red Level senior running back John Lee has rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the Tigers’ first five games of the season. Josh Dutton/Star-News

Red Level senior running back John Lee has rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the Tigers’ first five games of the season.
Josh Dutton/Star-News

The Red Level Tigers fought their way back into the game, but Georgiana was able to come away with a 43-22 victory Friday night in Red Level.

“The is the first time that I’ve ever been proud of team that lost on the scoreboard,” Red Level head coach James Wise said. “We flipped a switch in the second half and never gave up.”

The Tigers fell behind 43-0 before roaring back into the game behind another strong performance from John Lee.

Lee finished with more than 150 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

“We had a few bad things in the first half and it put us in a hole,” Wise said. “I was proud of the way that we got up off the deck after getting knocked down. We started running right at them in the second half, and they didn’t like that one bit.”