It is starting to look like football season again.
The Memorial Stadium parking lot was full and the stands were packed while the Dodge City High School football team put on its annual Watermelon Scrimmage on Friday.
The Dodge City players suited up under the lights and participated in the intrasquad scrimmage for about an hour.
“The biggest thing is we got a lot of game-speed reps,” DCHS head coach Dave Foster said. “Hopefully on film we see a lot of improvement over what we had a week ago. That was our biggest thing. It is about the journey and getting better each and every week.”
The highlight of the night was Trey Hallman’s 45-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Jared Helfrich.
Helfrich found Hallman 5-yards downfield in the center of the gridiron and Hallman did the rest, breaking tackles and dodging defenders on his way to the end zone.
Tailback Bruce Campbell helped set up the pass with a 30-yard run a few plays earlier.
Hallman was the second receiver to score that night.
Rico Hogan, who had four touchdowns in a scrimmage a week ago, caught 5-yard pass for the first touchdown earlier in the scrimmage.
That was Hogan’s first catch of the drive as Helfrich was connecting with Josh Ginther and Hallman early on.
After the two touchdowns, the defense stepped up and kept the offense out of the end zone for the remainder of the game.
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