Cardinals score early, hold Tigers offense down

Georgetown College football wrapped up the season in the NAIA FCS First Round. The Tigers (6-2) hosted Concordia University Ann Arbor Saturday. The Cardinals (6-0) got off to a fast start, scoring touchdowns on their first two drives. CUAA held the home team down from there for a 21-7 win to advance to the quarterfinals.

GC broke up the scoreless game with a seven-play, 70-yard drive in its final possession. Zach Dampier connected with Tamir Jones for an 18-yard touchdown play to finish the drive.

Leading up to the game, the Mid-South Conference announced postseason honors. Inside the Bluegrass Division, DJ White was named Defensive Player of the Year. Nick Seither, in 2014, was the most recent Tiger to earn the defensive award. White is the seventh Georgetown player to be recognized as the best defensive player.

Sam Dingle, Jake Johnson, Darius Barbour, Marcus Omosule, Rob Sheffield, Josh Edwards and White were named First-Team All-Conference, while Dampier, Chris Cline, Sander Roksvag and Chad Holleran were name to the Second-Team.

The Tigers had 29 MSC All-Academic honorees, the second most in the Bluegrass Division. Those of at least sophomore standing with a minimum of 3.25 earn the award. GC's representatives were: Peyton Bartley, Jonathon Bothen, Evan Brinson, Treavor Brock, Brandon Burgess, Hunter Cain, Cline, Colton Cornish, Dampier, Tate Dowdy, Nathan Harmon, Lennon Harris, Max Hill, Chad Holleran, Ben Jackson, Thomas Johnson, Jarred Kinnaman, Hunter Krause, Noah Kremer, Branden Leff, Jalen Lumpkin, Aaron Maggard, Kegen Rogers, Jackson Saladin, Blake Stump, Bronson Thomas, Jacob Turner, Derek Wellman and Tyler Whetstine.

Jackson was also the Tigers honoree for the MSC Bluegrass Division Champions of Character Team.