Special Teams Propel Panthers Past NDC.

Ignited by a fake punt early in the third quarter the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (5-5) toppled the Falcons from Notre Dame College 28-14 on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons dropped to 2-8 on the season with the loss.

The Panthers almost tripled the Falcons in total offense gaining 366 yards to just 167 for NDC. Kentucky Wesleyan would outrush the Falcons 112-61. Each team had 10 penalties on the afternoon. The ten miscues cost the Falcons 63 yards while the 10 flags cost the Panthers 73. NDC was led by Pedro Powell with 23 carries for 69 yards. It was the first time in six games that Powell did not hit the century mark. James Flowers was 14 of 42 for 106 yards 2 Td's and 3 interceptions. Derrick Paster had 5 catches for 56 yards and a team leading fourth touchdown on the season.

Darius Henderson gashed the Falcons run defense with 123 yards on 23 carries. Chris Owen went 20 of 40 for 223 yards with 3 TD's and a pick. David Smith had 6 catches for 77 yards and a pair of TD's.

The Falcons would get on the board first in the early stages of quarter number one. James Flowers would hit Jack Foy on a swing pass for a 5 yard TD that would give the Falcons a early 7-0 lead. Chris Owens would hook up with Vincent Lalonde on a 63 yard strike as the Falcons lead would last all of 16 seconds. Owens would hook up with Smith to give the Panthers the lead five seconds into the second quarter. That would be the score at the intermission. On the first possession of the second half for KWC after NDC would stop them on 3 consecutive plays the Panthers would run a perfectly executed fake punt. Then Owens and Smith would hook up again to make it 21-7. NDC would get within 21-14 as Flowers would connect with Paster on a 9 yard TD strike with 1:47 left. The Falcons would not recover the onside kick and it would take KWC just two plays before Darius Henderson would add a 21 yard TD run for the exclamation point on a 28-14 Senior day win for the Panthers. Bob Hansen (8 tackles) and Bo Grunder (7) continued to anchor the defense for NDC. KWC was led by David james with 8.5 tackles and Quadarius Wallace with 7. Each team will wrap up the regular season on Saturday November 13th. KWC will play at Concordia. The Falcons will have Senior day at Korb Field when they battle Urbana. Kickoff is slated for 1 PM.