(Banner Staff Photo by Doc Smith) Above, the Bullard defense gets set for another Tatum play in the 42-14 loss to the Eagles last Friday night At Eagle Stadum. Gladewater (1-1) comes to town on Friday. TATUM – The Tatum Eagles soared to a 42-14 win over the Bullard Panthers on Friday night at Eagles’s Stadium.

B.J Allen got the first and last Eagles tallies in the night, starting with a 22-yard scamper in the first quarter just under with just under three-minutes into the game. His fourth quarter run from six-yards capped off the scoring

Tyler Centers upped the first quarter count for Tatum to 14-0, final with a 73 yard sprint to paydirt, followed by the second of six-for-six in point-after kick conversions by Samuel Zapata.

Eagle’s running-back, Brandon Woodard had a short game last week after being reprimanded for detrimental actions while trailing Gladewater..

Recommitted, and inspired by the discipline, Woodard scored three second quarter touchdowns en route to a 35-6 lead at intermission.

Bullard scored on a touchdown pass of 19-yards from Marquez Franklin to Daniel Howard. The PAT kick was wide for the 35-6, count.

Bullard came out with a different attitude in the second half, outscoring the Eagles 8-0, but the damage was already done for a 35-14, Tatum lead after three periods.

The Panthers scored after a nine-play drive that Franklin finished off with a oneyard plunge at the 5:53 mark for a Tatum advantage after the Santiago Escobar booted the next conversion true.

The Eagles did not take long jumping back on the scoreboard in the final quarter, scoring on the third play of the final stanza with a Allen six-yard run for the 42-14 final score with 11:06 left in the contest.

The Eagles rotated in the second team on both sides of the ball the final period as the clock rolled out the final minutes.

Linebackers Danny Vega and David Diduch led the Bullard with 16, and 15 tackles respectively.

Tatum improves to 4-3 on the season and 2-0, in district play with a road trip to Chapel Hill this next week

The Panthers (1-6; 0-2), will fight it out with Gladewater still in search of their first league win of the year on Friday at Panther Stadium.
District 17-3A Football
Tatum 42, Bullard 14

Score-by-Quarter

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

T: B.J. Allen 22 run, (Samuel Zapata kick good), 9:01 T: Tyler Centers 73 run, Zapata kick good), 6:41

Second Quarter T: Brandon Woodard 1 run, (Zapata kick good), 11:14

B: Daniel Howard 19 pass From Marquez Franklin, (kick wide), 3:49. T: Woodard 52 run, (Zapata kick good), 4:38. T: Woodard 24 run, (Zapata kick good), 2:06

Third Quarter B: Marquez Franklin 1 run, (Franklin PAT run good), 5:33.

Fourth Quarter T: Allen 6 run, ( Zapata kick good), 11:00.