June 18th, 2021| The Green Bay Blizzard and Bismarck Bucks faced off for the third time of the season on Friday. From the start of the game Bismark took control of the game with Mike Carrigan scoring in the second minute of the game. Bismarck was able to hold off Green Bay's offense until the eighth minute when Trevon Saunders caught a 9 yard pass to score the first touchdown of the night for the Blizzard and tie up the game. Before the first quarter came to an end Bismarck was able to pull ahead with Mike Carrigan scoring his second touchdown of the night. 

   Leading off the second quarter Green Bay's Henry Nell kicked a 23 yard field goal to bring the score margin closer. Bismarck however was able to answer back and extend their lead three minutes later with Raheem Harvey catching a 4 yard pass. With six seconds left in the half Malik Brown scored again for the Buck. Leaving the score at the end of the first half 27-10 Bismark with the lead.

   Bismarck extended their lead even more in the third quarter with JT Stokes catching a 20 yard pass for his first touchdown of the night. Green Bay's Keshaun Taylor was able to chip away the score gap when he caught a 16 yard pass for a touchdown. Bismarck took advantage of Green Bay going for a two point conversion by intercepting the pass to run it back for two points. The score at the end of the third quarter was 43-16 after Mike Carrigan scored his third touchdown of the night with just under two minutes left in the quarter. 

  The Bucks scored their final touchdown of the night in the fourth minute of the last quarter with a 17 yard pass to JT Stokes. Green Bay decided to change quarterbacks with ten minutes left in the game with Brook Bolles replacing Damion May. This seemed to put a little fire back in the team with Keshaun Taylor and Eric Thomas Jr. scoring back to back touchdowns to close out the game. The final score of the game 50-29 with Bismarck coming out with the win.  

-Kayla Smith