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Gallery: Football competes in purple and white spring game

April 6, 2019 by Kalena Modgling and Meda Bow

The football team played their annual Purple and White spring game at Wildcat Stadium Friday evening. The White team won 33-23. The team’s first fall game is Aug. 31 against UNT.

Beautiful spring day at Wildcat Stadium for the Purple and White spirng football game (Photo by Meda Bow)
Sophmore quarterback from Dallas, Luke Anthony, looks to pass to the wide receiver (Photo by Meda Bow)
Junior wide reciever, Josh Fink, dodges a defender (Photo by Meda Bow)

Offensive linemen get in formation to kick for the extra point (Photo by Meda Bow)
Freshman deep snapper, Joseph Patterson, gets ready to go in by snapping the ball on the side lines (Photo by Meda Bow)
The two teams line up to snap the ball (Photo by Meda Bow)

Senior punter, Simon Laryea, from Scottsdale Arizona punts the ball (Photo by Kalena Modgling)
Junior running back from Austin, Billy McCrary, stiff-arms a defender on the way to the end zone. (Photo by Kalena Modgling)
Junior running back, Billy McCrary, gets tackled by saftey Bolu Onifade (Photo by Kalena Modgling)

Safety from Oklahoma City, Bolu Onifade, shuts down offensive player (Photo by Kalena Modgling)

Filed Under: Multimedia, Photo Galleries

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