For the love of the game...

A member of Mountain Home Junior High School's seventh grade football squad gets taken down by defensive linemen representing Mountain Home's Optimist football teams during a scrimmage Oct. 12. Twelve year olds from both groups of teams met for the practice session. Each side took turns playing offense and defense with 20 plays each.

A player from the Inventive Products team, right, gets flushed out of the pack as he scrambles to gain yardage against the Tigers. The junior high team rallied on offense, scoring 30 unanswered points while keeping the Optimist players clear of the end zone to clinch the win.