Game No. 70 features 52-27 score, 900-plus
yards of total offense and more than 550 passing
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LIGHTING UP THE BOARD
The 10 Bandys-Maiden games in which the most points were scored in a 70-game series:
Points Score At Y ear
96 M 56-40 Maiden 2016
79 M 52-27 Bandys 2022
65 B 37-28 Maiden 2000
B 37-28 Bandys 2018
62 M 48-14 Bandys 1994
M 42-20 Maiden 1988
59 B 41-28 Bandys 1985
56 M 35-21 Maiden 2017
55 M 35-20 Maiden 2010
53 M 30-23 Bandys 2019
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
Unofficial game totals from Maiden High’s 52-27 varsity football victory over Bandys on Friday night at Bandys that extended the Blue Devils’ series lead to 53-14-3 in the 70th battle between the archrivals.
The summary has been revised since first published to add a missed Maiden score, correct Maiden’s field goal kicker and correct that Culliver’s return TD was on a blocked field goal.
MAIDEN 52, BANDYS 27
Maiden 14 9 15 14–52
Bandys 6 0 0 21—27
SCORING SUMMARY
First quarter
M—Chris Culliver 80 pass from Wesley Thompson (Jacob Sigmon pass from Culliver), 11:44
B—Elliot Spicer 1 run (run failed), 5:48
M—Culliver 63 pass from Thompson (pass failed), 5:01
Second quarter
M—Culliver 68 blocked field goal return (kick failed), 7:20
M—FG Davis Higgins 32, 0.00
Third quarter
M—Ben Gibbs 2 run (Bryson Foard run), 8:25
M—Sigmon 33 pass from Thompson (Sigmon pass from Thompson), 2:52
Fourth quarter
M–Raheim Misher 6 pass from Josh Stover (Carson Foard kick), 10:25
B—Nolan Jones 7 run (Fletcher Harris kick), 8:04
B—Jones 3 run (Harris kick), 7:11
M—Gibbs 8 run (Higgins kick), 3:53
B—Spicer 8 run (Harris kick), 54.5
M B
First downs 17 26
Rush-yards 26-155 38-179
Passing 13-17-0 23-35-1
Passing yards 334 233
Total offense 489 412
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 16-140 9-30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
M: Gibbs 16-163, Culliver 1-minus 4, Thompson 4-minus 4, Josh Stover 3-3, Caron McDaniel 1-0, Team 1-minus 3. B: Jones 21-156, Wyatt Wesson 4-24, Spicer 7-25, Scotty Miley 3-2, Team 3-minus 28.
Passing
M: Thompson 10-13-0 309, Gibbs 1-2-0 8, Josh Stover 2-2-0 17. B: Wesson 23-35-1 233.
Receiving
M: Culliver 4-175, Sigmon 6-90, McDaniel 1-8, Raheim Masher 2-61. B: Jones 7-92, Logan Williams 10-79, Cash Obregon 5-47, Amari Sims 1-15.
Game notes
Maiden improved to 6-1 overall and shares the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic lead (both 4-0) with Bunker Hill, which visits Maiden on Friday to break a tie for first place… Bandys (2-5, 1-3) plays at Newton-Conover on Friday night… The combined 79 points on Friday is surpassed only by the 96 scored in 2016 when Maiden won 56-40 at Maiden (also only time Blue Devils have scored more points in beating Bandys).
Series notes
Maiden has won four straight in the series, three of those at Bandys… The Blue Devils led the series 25-0-3 before Bandys’ first win, 9-6 at Bandys in 1981… Since that 1981 win by Bandys, the Blue Devils are 28-13 against the Trojans…Maiden’s longest win streak in the series is 11 straight (two games each in 1962 and 1963 through one game in the next seven years before a 14-all tie in 1972)… Bandys’ longest win streak against Maiden is three years (1997-1999)…. Biggest win margin by Maiden is by 47 (47-0) in 1956 while Bandys’ biggest win margin is 41 in 2015 (41-0)… Maiden has won 14 of its 22 visits to Butler Stadium.
