Purple, Ramay win junior high football games

The Siloam Springs ninth-grade football team held Fayetteville Purple to a missed field goal on its opening drive and then took a 7-0 lead on its first possession.

But the Panthers were unable to sustain the lead as Purple won a high-scoring affair 41-28 in Panther Stadium.

After Tate Criner ran for a touchdown on the Panthers’ first possession, Purple scored 28 unanswered points — aided by a pair of turnovers — to take a 28-7 lead.

Siloam Springs (0-4) scored on its first two possessions of the second half on touchdown runs from Thad Wright and Damien Martin to cut the deficit to 34-21. Purple got a touchdown back to go up 4121, and Mason Lobb scored a fourth touchdown for Siloam Springs to set the final score.

Harrison Losh kicked all the point-after-touchdowns for Siloam Springs.

“The kids played hard all night,” said ninth-grade coach Jonathan Johnson. “Very proud of them.”

Fayetteville Ramay 28, Siloam Springs 16

Fayetteville Ramay won the eighth-grade game 28-16. The Indians took a 20-0 lead at halftime. The two teams traded scores to start the second half and Siloam Springs (0-5) added another touchdown to set the final score.

A.J. Arriaga caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Camden Collins for Siloam Springs’ first score. Colin Evers caught the two-point conversion to make it 21-8.

Collins rushed for a touchdown and Evers caught the conversion again on Siloam Springs’ second score.

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The eighth — and ninth-grade teams host Springdale George on Thursday.