 Welcome back with sports, I'm Makayla Meddings. The U-Pike Bears took the field last night in the final of their three-straight home game stint to get the season going. It was the Bears and the Wildcats of Bethel in some Thursday night football action. U-Pike currently one-on-one on the season, getting their first win last week over Livingstone. Back and forth, the entire first half answer for answer. Bears got on the board first with a field goal, but Bethel's Breon Melvin gave them their first touchdown. Even after still first quarter, 2-41 to go, Bowen Smith connects with RT's Clark in the end zone on a four-yard pass for the Bears' first touchdown. But quick to answer is Deontay Tate of Bethel with an eight-yard run flipping into the end zone. Second quarter now, Belfrey graduate Exondre Willis gets the handoff and works his way through the Wildcat defense to set the Bears up for another U-Pike touchdown. Willie McLeod would take it in from one yard out. The Bears at this point up 16-13, but Bethel wasn't slowing down, putting up another six points. But U-Pike, they did strike back with Darian Leslie as he gets six points for the Bears, but they couldn't hang on. The scale would slide towards the Wildcat's way as U-Pike falls 62-31. Next week, U-Pike is on the road to Lindsay Wilson.