CONWAY — In a matchup of two of the best teams in Division II, the host Plymouth Bobcats got second- and fourth-quarter touchdown passes from senior quarterback Cody Bannon to top Kennett High 14-6 in the quarterfinals on Saturday to advance to the Final Four. It was a game that went right down to the wire, with the boys from Conway twice driving inside the Plymouth 30-yard line in the fourth quarter but were unable to put points on the scoreboard.
“I’m not saying we didn’t play well, but could we have played better, yes,” said Vaughn Beckwith, Eagles’ head coach on Sunday. “Plymouth was just a little bit better than we were on Saturday.”
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