MAUMELLE — Clark County has its first loss.
On a rainy night on Mustang Mountain, Central Arkansas Christian took advantage of their only score, a 26-yard Chase Dowell touchdown run, and made a goal-line stand for a 7-0 victory over Arkadelphia.
The loss is the first of the season for the Badgers (5-1, 2-1 7-4A Conference) and for Clark County as a whole. All high school teams and college teams from the county had been undefeated until Friday.
A rainy pregame gave way to a sloppy first half by both teams. The Mustangs (3-2, 2-1) managed 6 yards of total offense in the first two quarters and 96 yards the entire game.
With 6:17 left in the third quarter, Dowell broke loose up the middle on a read-option and broke two tackles before being brought down in the endzone for the games only score.
Arkadelphia got the ball back with 1:38 left in the game, driving to the CAC 2-yard line. After three stuffed runs, quarterback John Franklin Matros' screen pass to Cantrell Lewis fell incomplete at the line of scrimmage to seal the Mustang victory.
Read more about this game in tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.