The Miners football team suffered their third loss of the season Saturday in a rescheduled matchup in Southwestern. Gillespie is now 1-3 on the season with their only win over Litchfield. The team lost battles to Vandalia, Pana and now Piasa Southwestern after four weeks of the season.
Southwestern took an 8-0 lead with six minutes left in first quarter and continued scoring throughout the game building a 22-0 lead. Gillespie found the endzone with about 15 seconds remaining in the game and converted the 2-point conversion to get on the scoreboard, taking an 8-22 loss.
Tate Wargo (#15) and Anthony Kravanya (#3) try to confuse the Piasa defense.
Nick Wyatt tries to wrap the Southwestern ball carrier up in the backfield.
Ethan Blevins runs the ball for Gillespie.
Trae Hall gets held back by a Piasa lineman.
Jordan Redmon tries to step out of the way of the Piasa tackler, but couldn’t break away.
Anthony Kravanya holds the ball tight and looks ahead for room to run.
Tate Wargo attempts to stiff arm his opponent away.
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