By Molly Seales with photos by Ryan Prosperie

On Friday, October 2, the Tensas Chiefs came to town and beat the Riverdale Rebels 34-20.  The Rebels played hard and matched them hit for hit, but ultimately Tensas came out with the win.  The defense put up some solid stats, but unfortunately the Chiefs offense was on top of its game.  Jake Messenger was in beast mode with 9 solo tackles, 9 assists, (1 TFL,) 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, and 2 PBU’s.  Paul Messenger was right in there with him with 2 solo tackles, 10 assists (2 TFL,) and 1 PBU.  Parker Almond had 2 solo tackles, 4 assists, and a big interception.  Ty “Bones” Jones had 8 assists, (2 TFL.)  Ben Almond had 3 solo tackles, 2 assists, and 1 PBU.  Ryder Huddleston had a tackle and 4 assists.  Kaden Cason had 1 assist.  Denver Williams rounded out the defense with 2 solo tackles and 6 assists (2 TFL.)

Quarterback Witt Almond was 8/16 on the night in passing for 173 yards and 3 touchdowns.  He also had 2 carries for 9 yards.  Parker Almond had 4 receptions for 122 yards and 1 touchdown.  Jake Messenger had 4 receptions for 51 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Jake also had 7 carries for 31 yards. The Tensas coaching staff had obviously gotten the word that if Paul Messenger got the ball, he was going to carry it for some good yardage and they had him wrapped up all night.  Paul still had 14 carries for 23 yards.

The Rebels are back on the field preparing for this Thursday night’s game. They are watching film and regrouping to be ready to face their next opponent. The Rebels will travel to Tallulah Academy to take on the Trojans and take them down at their homecoming game. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. If you can’t go and cheer the Rebels on, you can watch or listen from home on Journal Sports.

The live video stream will be Facebook.com/RedRiverParishJournal/videos.  The stream will be up about 15 minutes before kickoff.  You may go to the same page to view prior games.