Celebrating Homecoming at Mike Pennington Stadium on the campus of Drew Central High School, the Drew Central Pirates would welcome conference opponent, the Lakeside Beavers from Lake Village.
After the pregame Homecoming festivities that included the announcement of the Homecoming Court and Hannah Meeks, who was crowned Homecoming Queen, the captains for the Beavers and Pirates would meet in the center of the field for the opening coin toss.
Drew Central would win the toss and would defer to the second half.
Lake Village would begin their opening drive of the contest from their own 38-yard line.
Lakeside would immediately go to their main workhorse on the ground, Aquavious Dunbar, for the first carry of the game for a five-yard gain.
After moving into Pirate territory, a holding call against the Beavers would bring the ball back to the Lakeside 41-yard line.
Lakeside would move the ball down to the Pirate 16 before Lakeside quarterback Kenvorris Campbell connected with Emmarian McAdoo for a 16 yard touchdown.
The extra point was missed as the Beavers took a 6-0 lead with 6:39 remaining in the first quarter.
Drew Central would begin their first drive of the contest at the Pirate 20 after a touchback on the kickoff.
The Pirates would move into Beaver territory on runs by Kalani Collins and Brayden Millett.
After reaching the Lakeside 22 and a penalty that pushed the ball back to the 27, Kade Bodiford connected with Tramond Miller for a 26-yard pick up to the Lakeside one-yard line. Collins would end the drive with the one-yard run followed by Bodiford on the two-point play to take an 8-6 lead.
Lakeside came right back with a big play from scrimmage with Campbell connecting with McAdoo for the second time on a 62-yard touchdown pass and reception. The extra point was good as Lakeside retook the lead 13-8 with 1:00 remaining in the quarter.
The Pirates would have to punt on their next possession, but the Pirates would take advantage of the first turnover over the contest after Millett intercepted the Campbell pass at the Lakeside 35-yard line, returning the ball for a Pirate score.
Bodiford added the two-point conversion and with 10:50 remaining in the half the Pirates led 16-13.
Lakeside came back on the next possession with Campbell connecting with McAdoo for the third time in the contest, this time for a 53-yard touchdown strike. After the extra point, Lakeside led 19-16 with 9:41 remaining in the half.
After forcing the Pirates to Punt, Lakeside added another score before the end of the half to take a 26-16 lead.
Drew Central would have the final possession of the half and would move the ball down the field on completed passes from Bodiford to Dayton England, but the Pirates could not get the ball in the endzone as the drive would run out of time in the half at the Lakeside five-yard line.
Drew Central would move the ball into Beaver territory on the opening drive of the second half, reaching the Lakeside 22-yard line.
The Pirates would fumble the ball at the Lakeside 21 with the Beavers recovering the ball with 7:20 remaining in the quarter.
The Pirates would force the Beavers to punt the ball and on the next series, the Pirates would cut the Beaver lead to 26-22 after a two-yard touchdown by Bodiford.
Dunbar would increase the Beaver lead to 33-22 after a 33-yard touchdown run and a successful extra point.
On the Pirates final drive of the contest, the Pirates would lose a down after Bodiford was flagged for intentional grounding, then on the next play, Bodiford would throw an interception but the play would be negated by a roughing the passer call against Lakeside and a block in the back against the Pirates, however the officials flagged the Pirate quarterback for an unsportsmanlike penalty and ejected him from the contest.
Lakeside would go on to win the contest 33-22.
With the ejection, the Pirates will be without the services of their quarterback for at least a half of more this Friday when the Pirates travel to Barton in search of their first conference win.
With the loss, the Pirates will have to win two of their last three contests in order to be eligible for the 3A State Football playoffs.
The Drew Central Pirates and the Barton Bears are scheduled from Friday, October 14, at 7 pm.
