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KNOXVILLE-The Bears traveled to Knoxville to play top ranked Grace Christian. The Rams came out and won the coin toss and elected to receive. Their first run resulted in a touchdown from a 60-yard pass. 7-0 Rams early on.

The Bears tried to answer and made great efforts to move the ball down the field. Adam Reece and Devon Collier collected a total of 65 yards but the Bears were unable to put it in the end zone and turned the ball over on downs.

Grace's offense took over again and passed their way to a 14 -0 at the 8:04 mark in the first quarter. Tellico would continue to make great runs against the Ram defense an pushed the ball down the field.

Garret Reno pushed the ball up the middle with several consecutive first downs. Reece twisted and turned his way through several defenders and gained another 18 yards on a Bears attempt to score. Collier added a 17-yard run, but again the Bears would hand the ball back to Grace turning it over on downs. Grace would make a run to advance the score 21-0 with 2:31 left in the first.

In the second quarter, the Bears offense completed two passes by Dewayne Hollingshead to both Robert Vandervort and Ryan Bookout for 21 combined yards, but Grace took over on downs again and put more points on the board to end the half 28-0.

The Bears came back out hoping to make a few game changing plays. The Bear defense had two tackles in the backfield, TJ Pike and Reno combined to drop the Rams for minus yardage.

The next play Bryce Carter and Collier teamed up for another Ram tackle for a loss. The Bears would get the ball as Reece took on four Ram defenders and escaped their tackles until finally being brought down. Collier and Reno continued to chip away a few yards at a time, helping the Bears move the ball down­field. The Plainsmen never entered the end zone as the Ram defense tightened up at the goal line.

Grace pushed the ball on offense but Carter would tackle again for a another loss while teammates Lucas Shephard and Deon Massengale played a good defensive game for the Bears. The Bears Defensive held the Rams to only one touchdown in the second half beating the Bears 35-0.

Unofficially the Bears offense had over 200 yards rushing and forced the Rams to change up their defense to try and stop the running game.

The Bears have played a tough sched­ule this season seeing action from some of East Tennessee's top ranked teams. They travel to Rockwood next Friday.