HOMECOMING GAME–Landon Ruebusch holds the ball for kicker Brayden Koester at Red Bud’s homecoming victory over the Sparta Bulldogs. The team hits the road this week to play Dupo on Friday night.
by Brian Magee
The Red Bud Musketeers improved to 3-2 on the season with a spanking of the Sparta Bulldogs in a rare Thursday night homecoming game last week. Due to inclement weather predicted for last Friday, the game was proactively moved up a day to Thursday to avoid the deluge.
The game began with Red Bud kicking to the Dogs and stopping them on their first possession of the game. After a short punt by the visitors, the Musketeers moved the ball into the Sparta red zone and scored on a nine yard run by Gavin Baldwin. Brayden Koester kicked the PAT to make it 7-0 just nine minutes into the contest. The Bulldogs answered with a 70 yard touchdown pass play, but were unable to complete the two-point conversion making it 7-6.
For more from the game, please see this week’s print edition.