RISON – The Rison Wildcats suffered another tough loss Friday night at George Walker Field of Champions, falling 20–14 to the Fordyce Redbugs in a hardfought rivalry battle.Rison opened strong, marching 68 yards in six plays to strike first on a 35-yard quarterback keeper by Kyson Walker with 9:09 left in the first quarter. The two-point conversion failed, but the Wildcats grabbed an early 6– 0 lead.The Rison defense stood tall early, forcing a turnover on downs during Fordyce's first possession. The Wildcats then put together an 11-play drive that spanned the end of the first quarter but came up short on a 4thand-18 from the Fordyce 31 to open the second.After another defensive stand, the Wildcats were forced to punt late in the half, setting up Fordyce's first score - a 21-yard touchdown run by Micah Gamble with 1:17 left in the second quarter. The Redbugs' two-point attempt was nullified by an illegal formation penalty, and the game went into halftime tied 6– 6.Gamble picked up right where he left off to start the second half, punching in a 3-yard touchdown run just over two minutes into the third quarter. He then ran in the two-point conversion to give Fordyce its first lead, 14–6.Later in the quarter, Gamble broke loose for a 78-yard touchdown run, his third score of the night, extending the Redbugs' lead to 20–6 with 3:51 remaining in the third.Rison responded immediately with a six-play, 62-yard drive capped by a highlight-reel 44yard touchdown run from JaQuis Rauls, who weaved across the field from right to left to find the end zone. Walker added the two-point conversion to cut the deficit to 20–14 with 41 seconds left in the quarter.The Wildcats had two possessions in the fourth quarter with chances to tie or take the lead, but both ended on downs- the first with 9:09 left and the last with 2:36 remaining-as Fordyce held on for the victory. Rison started both of those series near midfield after turn...
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