By Cort Reynolds
Visiting Ada fell behind early to Arlington and lost 34-0 in a non-league gridiron clash Friday night.
Arlington led 14-0 after the first period and carried that lead into halftime.
Two Red Devil third-quarter touchdowns put the game out of reach.
The Bulldogs fell to 0-2 with the loss. Arlington improved to 2-0 with the win.
Former Ada running back Keagan Hull started the scoring with a 46-yard TD scamper with 5:34 left in the first period. A two-point conversion run by Grant Riegle put the Red Devils on top, 8-0.
Then with 2:39 left in the opening stanza, Hull sped 19 yards to paydirt. His two-point run came up short to keep the margin at 14-0.
Riegle took the second half kickoff at his own 17 and raced 83 yards to paydirt to extend the Devil lead to 20-0 just 11 seconds into the third stanza. The Ada defense stopped the two-point conversion run try.
With 6:16 left in the third quarter, Hull scampered 30 yards to the end zone for his third TD run. Riegle ran in the two-point conversion to balloon the margin to 28-0.
With 9:28 left in the game, Grady Romick closed the scoring on a one-yard TD plunge. The ensuing two-point pass attempt fell incomplete.
1 2 3 4 F
Ada 0 0 0 0 0
Arl 14 0 14 6 34
Notes and stats
Arlington out-gained Ada 272-150 in total offense. The Bulldogs netted 3.1 yards on 49 plays. The Devils averaged 6.6 yards on 41 plays.
The Bulldogs rushed 32 times for 84 yards (2.6 average). The Red Devils ran 34 times and racked up 252 yards (7.4 average).
Ada compiled eight first downs to 15 by Arlington.
Former Ada running back Keagan Hull carried the ball 12 times for 150 yards and three TDs. He also pulled down three aerials for 16 yards.
Jared Griggs completed four of six passes for 30 yards. He also rushed seven times for 50 yards.
Ada senior quarterback Kadin Phipps completed 10 of 17 passes for 66 yards with one interception. He ran the ball 19 times for 36 yards.
Bulldog sophomore Jalee Bolden led Ada with 44 yards rushing on 12 carries. Casen Jones caught three passes for 27 yards, and had one carry for four yards.
Freshman Kaine Fisher hauled in three receptions for 18 yards. Levi Sousley added two grabs for eight yards.
The Bulldogs committed two turnovers, while the Devils made no miscues. Ada was penalized five times for 40 yards, and Arlington was flagged four times for 30 yards.
Ada converted four of 11 third down tries and went 0-2 on fourth down. Arlington converted four of its eight attempts on third down. The Bulldogs won the time of possession battle, 27:03 to 20:57.
Ada has given up 76 points and scored 12 in two games so far this season.
Ada at HN Fri.
Ada plays its third straight road game to start the campaign when they resume a long-standing series with county rival Hardin Northern (2-0) Friday, Sept. 3.
HN is tied with Arlington for sixth place in the Div. VII, Region 26 computer standings. Ada is tied for 19th place.
Northern beat Arcadia 29-21 in their opener, then outscored Riverdale 49-36 in a week two shootout.
Ada and the Polar Bears played in the season opener for over two decades before the series, which had become very one-sided in favor of the Bulldogs, was halted nine years ago.
The Bulldogs crushed HN 55-0 in the 2012 opener, their last meeting. Ada also won easily by a 53-7 count in 2011.
Other memorable Bulldog wins in the series were a 39-36 shootout in 1996, and a 13-10 victory in the 2000 opener. HN beat Ada 20-6 in 2004 en route to a 14-1 season and the Div. VI state title.
Northern beat the Bulldogs 67-38 in the 2006 opener to spoil new coach Mike Fell's Ada debut. In a much-closer playoff rematch a few months later, the Bears eliminated the Bulldogs 21-14 in the first round at Dola.
HN then defeated the Bulldogs at Dola in the 2007 lidlifter 35-20, their eighth win in a row over Ada and last in the series.
The Bulldogs then turned the tables and romped over their Hardin County rival, capturing the next five meetings by a combined score of 254-21 (an average of 50.8 ppg to 4.2 ppg).
