1 Before the game starts, senior Connor Martin

leads the team through the break-through

banner while carrying the school flag. The
Falcons faced Pattonville at home on Sept. 22
for the Blackout themed Homecoming game,
falling to the Pirates 42-0. “My heart was racing
while we waited to run through the banner.
Once I broke through though, it was the best
feeling in the world,” Martin said. photo by zoe
sabbert 2 After gaining six points, sophomore
Deandre Knox (7) is congratulated by
teammate, senior Makayo Young (56) for
scoring a touchdown. The first home game of
the season honored fallen firefighter alumnus,
Ryan Hummert. The Falcons lost 16-14 on Aug.
25 against the Parkway West Longhorns. photo
by hanna metzler 3 In attempt to stop the Huskies
offense, senior Javion Golden (24) dives and
trips up Mann McGruder (11) of Ritenour. The
Falcons lost to the Huskies 41-34 on Sept. 16.
“When we went into halftime, coach [Jon]
Bunyard gave the defense the best
motivational speech I’ve heard in all my four
years of high school, which made me grind
harder the second half of the game,” Golden
said. photo by lauren jalil 4 Searching for an open
receiver, sophomore Andrew Klump prepares
to complete a pass. Despite the play, the boys
came up short to Parkway North on Sept. 8,
falling to the Vikings, 36-3. photo by emily condra
5 While playing defense, senior Orlando Clark
sacks Webster Groves quarterback John Doria
(2). The Falcons won their last regular season
game against the Statesman 26-21 on Oct. 17.
photo by hayla brooks 6 Jumping higher than
Jekeel Suber (3) of Parkway North, senior Daniel
Hopkins (2) reaches to catch the pass. The ball
was out of Hopkin’s reach and was out of
bounds. photo by hanna metzler

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On Sept. 1, the Falcons faced off against the

Fox Warriors. During the Falcons fourth down
and with under a minute left in the game,
quarterback, junior Andrew Klump, successfully
completed a pass into the end zone with wide
receiver, senior Daniel Hopkins.
“When the play was called, I was just thinking
about what I needed to do to get myself open,”
Hopkins said.
Both Hopkins and the defensive back of Fox,
Cole Elwood, had possession of the ball, but dual
possession in high school football is awarded to
the offensive player. Hopkins touchdown allowed
the Falcons to prevail over the Warriors 37-36.
“[Scoring] was really hype because we had
FOX 37-36 been battling them the whole half, so to come out
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oing into the second half of the season opener
on Aug. 18, the Falcons trailed the Marquette
Mustangs 21-6 but came back to win with a final score
of 25-21.
In the locker room during halftime, senior Blake
Cisneros said that the team remained confident and did
not let the deficit get to them.
“We still had a whole half of football left. [We] just
tried to keep a positive mindset and make sure
everybody did their job,” Cisneros said.
Head coach, Eric Stewart said that the coaches
came in and told the team to make some adjustments
second half to address the issues made in the first half.
“Just do your job. Don't do more than what your job
is or calls for and you will be successful, and they
were,” Stewart said.
Returning for the second half, Cisneros said the team
gained momentum that worked in the Falcon’s favor.
“I saw our offense starting to hit some strides at the
end of the first half and luckily it carried over to the next
portion of the game,” Cisneros said.
Cisneros kicked two field goals to have points on the
scoreboard before half, which he considers a moral
victory for the team. He also had a critical hit against
the Mustangs on the goal line which left them with no
other option but to punt. Also quarterback, junior
Andrew Klump, threw over 300 yards and three
touchdowns. Two of his passes were caught by senior,
Daniel Hopkins (36 and 96- yard respectively) and one
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Jennings, who caught the third touchdown pass said
that the play called outwitted the Mustangs.
“It was a good play for their type of defense in that
situation,” Jennings said.
Klump said that he was able to throw those passes
due to many of the boys that were open.
“The receivers ran good routes and were able to get
open, but the biggest reason was because the
offensive line gave me and all my receivers enough
time to get us back in the game,” Klump said.
In addition to remaining hopeful, manager, senior
Joseph Niemeyer said that the pep talk from the
coaches aided in the way the team played throughout
the second half.
“Coach Stewart just said to go out there and work
your hardest and it's all in our mindset. Just go out
there and compete,” Niemeyer said.
Stewart acknowledged the fact that despite
Cisneros’ and Klump’s personal accomplishments, he
said that could not have been done without the
impeccable work of the defense.
“The [defense] did not give up another score after
Marquette scored 21 points in the first quarter. I think
people will look at [Klump’s] stats and see that, but I
think it also needs to be mentioned what our defense
was able to do as well in that game. There was some
big hits, some big plays, and it was more of a team
effort,” Stewart said.
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