The 2018 All-Western Athletic Conference Football team has ben selected. The Red Demons were well-represented, with 13 players named to the first and second teams.

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The Dodge City High School Red Demons will travel to Derby on Friday night to take on the number one-ranked Derby Panthers. Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm at Panther Stadium.

• Friday night will be the ninth time these teams have met on the football field, with all nine games being played in the post-season.
• The Red Demons faced the Panthers for the first time in 1982, with the Panthers triumphing, 32-26, in double overtime.
• The Red Demons and Panthers played in the playoffs for three consecutive years from 1992-1994. The loss in 1994 was the lone loss for the Demons on the season.
• The most one-sided Demon victory in the series was a (44-22) win in 1987.

The Dodge City Red Demons season continues after the Red Demons beat the Junction City Bluejays Friday night in first round of the 6A State Playoffs by a score of 25-15.

It was the fourth-straight win for the Red Demons.

In the first half, Dodge City controlled the game.

On one hand, the Red Demons ran well, largely with hands of senior Jaiel Johnson gashed the Bluejays. Junior quarterback Beau Foster was a force.

Up 3-0, Foster threw a 15-yard pass to junior De Jon Delgado, after which an extra point gave the Red Demons a 10-0 lead.

Junction City ran the ball in on an ensuing drive, cutting the lead to 10-7, but Foster again cut into the Bluejays, running the ball in past the right-side pylon to give the Red Demons a 16-7 lead.

The Red Demons tacked on field goal before the end of the half to take a 19-7 lead into halftime.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the two teams in the first half was the turnovers. The Bluejays lost multiple fumbles in the first, while the Red Demons maintained a clean sheet, committing none.

In the second half, the Bluejays carved their way down the field to cut the Dodge City lead to 19-15 after a two-point conversion.

Dodge City, however, was far from done. After being forced to punt, Dodge City junior Cedric Rosales came up with a huge interception, giving the Red Demons the ball back at the 40 yard line. A few plays later, and after a long pass to sophomore Matt Friess Jr., junior John Johnson ran the ball in around the left, extending the Red Demons’ lead to 25-15 after a missed extra point.

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