The Beggs Golden Demon varsity football team will continue their journey towards breaking their 45-year championship drought this Friday night in front of their hometown fans.
The Beggs Golden Demon varsity football team will continue their journey towards breaking their 45-year championship drought this Friday night in front of their hometown fans.
The Demons will host the Crossings Christian Knights in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A state playoffs with the winner advancing to next week’s ‘Final Four’ semifinal round and be one step closer to the 2A state championship game in two weeks at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
The Beggs gridiron squad earned their spot in Friday’s quarterfinal contest by defeating a very talented Vian Wolverine squad by a 44-24 margin in the second round last Friday in Vian.
Crossings Christian punched their ticket to the quarterfinals following a 55-20 victory at home last Friday over the Lindsay Leopards.
Crossings Christian comes into Friday’s quarterfinal showdown with a 10-2 record, which included finishing 6-1 in 2A-2. The Knights finished in a 3-way tie for the top spot in the 2A-2 standings with Chandler and Jones and earned the district championship after finishing with more district points (82) out of the three teams.
Crossings Christian began the 2021 season August 27 with 23-8 win over Community Christian in a ‘Zero Week’ showdown at home. After a Bye Week on September 3, the Knights suffered their first loss of the season on September 10, falling to Oklahoma Christian School by a 9-0 margin.
After routing Casady 43-6 in Week 3, the Knights began district action on September 24 at Chandler. Crossings Christian fell to the host Chandler Lions by a narrow 18-16 margin to sit at 2-2 on the year.
After the loss to Chandler, the Knights did not suffer another defeat, finishing the regular season with sixstraight wins to end the postseason play with an 8-2 record.
The first win in the 6-game winning streak took place October 1 with the Knights defeating Star-Spencer in dominating fashion - 72-12.
Crossings Christian improved to 2-1 in district play on October 8 with a hard-fought 38-29 win over the Jones Longhorns on the Knights’ home field in Oklahoma City.
The Knights closed out district play with double-digit wins over the Prague Red Devils (37-22), Kellyville Ponies (42-12), Meeker Bulldogs (49- 16), and Millwood Falcons (30-16), respectively.
After capturing the district championship on the points tiebreaker,
Crossings Christian began postseason play November 12 at home against the Alva Goldbugs, who finished fourth in District 2A-1. The Knights moved on in the playoffs with a 48-22 victory over Alva, earning a second-round meeting with Lindsay, who finished as the District 2A-4 runner-up and held on to defeat Bethel 26-21 in the first round.
Crossings Christian earned the quarterfinal meeting with Beggs after ending Lindsay’s season with a 55-20 decision.
If the Demons are victorious against Crossings Christian, they will punch their ticket to their fifth-straight semifinal appearance next Friday against the winner of Friday’s quarterfinal showdown in Owasso between Rejoice Christian and Washington at a site to be determined by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association.
A loss to Crossings Christian on Friday will push the Beggs gridiron squad’s state championship drought to 46 years.
Kickoff for Friday’s quarterfinal meeting between the Beggs Golden Demons and Crossings Christian Knights is set for 7 p.m. at Golden Demon Stadium in Beggs.
Class 2A Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Oklahoma Christian vs. Eufaula
Cascia Hall vs. Marlow
Beggs vs. Crossings Christian
Rejoice Christian vs. Washington
Beggs Golden Demons
head coach: david tenison
2021 Record: 10-2 • 6-1 in district 2A-7 road to the playoffs
aug 27 • lincoln christian 52, beggs 14 l
sept 3 • Beggs 74, rejoice christian 48 w
sept 10 • bye week
sept. 17 • beggs 42, chandler 14 w
sept 24 • beggs 82, henryetta 25 w
oct 1 • Beggs 38, Okmulgee 14 w
oct 8 • Beggs 24, metro christian 22 w
oct 14 • Beggs 82, morris 6 w
oct 22 • Beggs 44, kiefer 14 w
oct 29 • Beggs 58, haskell 13 w
nov 5 • Victory Christian 27, Beggs 26 l
Playoffs
nov 12 • beggs 50, claremore seq 20 w
nov 19 • Beggs 44, vian 24 w
Crossings christian
head coach: jonathan keathly
2021 Record: 10-2 • 6-1 in district 2a-2 road to the playoffs
aug 27 • crossings 23, community chr. 6 w
sept 3 • bye week
sept 10 • OKlahoma chr. 9, crossings 0 l
sept 17 • crossings 43, casady 6 w
sept 24 • chandler 18, crossings 16 l
oct 1 • crossings 72, star-spencer 12 w
oct 8 • crossings 38, jones 29 w
oct 14 • crossings 37, prague 22 w
oct 22 • crossings 42, kellyville 12 w
oct 29 • crossings 49, meeker 16 w
nov 5 • crossings 30, millwood 14 w
Playoffs
nov 12 • crossings 48, alva 22 w
nov 19 • corssings 55, lindsay 20 w
