The Fruits boys may have provided fireworks at the beginning of the game last Friday night, but the Bucs provided it in the fourth quarter.

Tonkawa scored two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the ballgame Friday night for a come-from behind 28-23 nail-biting victory over Dibble.

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The Bucs jumped out to a 14-0 lead early in the first half, but then saw it all disappear in the second and third quarters.

Tonkawa would not score again while the Demons scored 23 unanswered points to take a 23-14 lead with 7 minutes left in the ball game.

After the ensuing kickoff midway of the fourth quarter, Tonkawa used some trickery with wide receiver Nathan Anderson (who had missed the last two ballgames while under COVID quarantine) passing to wide receiver Jake Randall for 26 yards to get the 62-yard, six play scoring drive under way. Tristan Burdick had runs of 15 and 11 yards and scored from three yards out with 5:54 left in the game. On the two point conversion, Burdick passed to Noah Campbell. All of the sudden it was 22-23.

Dibble returned the kickoff to its own 32. On first down, Brendan Ochoa got a five yard sack, then Miccael Brown and Anderson got a stop. On third down, Anderson caught the receiver for a two yard pass loss, forcing a punt.

By then, only three minutes were left in the game.

After losing two yards on a run and two straight incomplete passes, on fourth and 12 from their own 31, quarterback Morgan hit Randall for a 14 yard pass, good for a first down at the 45.

On the next play, Morgan hit Burdick wide left and the senior tailback did the rest racing down the far sideline for a 55 yard touchdown with 1:52 left in the game to put the Bucs back up 28-23. The PAT pass failed.

The ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, giving Dibble the ball back at their own 42. On fourth and two from midfield, Campbell, while tackling the runner, forced the ball out and Jake Randall was there to recover with 55 seconds left.

A 19 yard gain on a bootleg by Ryan Morgan sealed the win over the Demons and allowed the Bucs to run out the clock from the Dibble 39.

The Bucs’ first two touchdowns in the first half came rather easily.

Burdick scored from 15 yards out with 5:28 left in the first quarter on the tenth play of a 75 yard march that was all Burdick.

The next possession saw Tonkawa go 68 yards in 10 plays scoring on a 15 yard pass from Morgan to Randall just nine seconds into the second quarter. Burdick ran the conversion across and also had runs of 17 and 15 yards in the drive. The senior tailback finished the night with 201 yards rushing on 33 carries.

Tonkawa got deep into Dibble territory two other times. After Dibble got back to 7-14 in the second period, the Bucs took over at their own 13 after a holding penalty pushed them back on the kickoff return. Morgan hit Randall for 22 yards, but a 15 yard penalty against Tonkawa pushed the ball back to their own 30 instead of having it on the Demon 30.

Dibble was able to get into redzone territory and kick a 31 yard field goal as time ran off the clock at halftime, narrowing the Buc lead to 10-14.

Dibble, after holding the Bucs on their first possession of the third quarter, went 52 yards in 12 plays to take a 17-14 lead.

Freshman Peyton Keith returned the kickoff 40 yards and with a 15 yard penalty tacked on Tonkawa was in business at the Dibble 35. But the Bucs were unable to convert on fourth and one at the 26. Dibble took over and covered the needed 74 yards in nine plays for a 23-14 lead.

That’s when the final six minute heroics began for Tonkawa’s offense and defense.

The Buc defense held Dibble to 26 net yards rushing the first half and just 102 for the game.

Campbell led with 17 tackles, Anderson 9, Burdick 8 and Jake Morgan 7.

Campbell, Jake Morgan, Dante Mendoza, Brendan Ochoa and Anderson were all in on tackles for minus yardage.