Gladstone senior Mason Sierpien runs with the ball against Kingsford on Friday at Marble Athletic Field in Gladstone. (Sophie Vogelmann/Daily Press photo)

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Braves were unable to climb out of a deep hole here Friday night as they dropped a 25-13 football decision to the Kingsford Flivvers.

Gladstone, which trailed 23-7 at halftime in this WestPAC Conference Copper Division match-up, dropped to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the league. Kingsford improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference.

The Braves got on the board 22 seconds before halftime on a four-yard pass from junior quarterback Cooper Sanville to junior wide receiver Aiden Burie.

“We played very well in the second half, but showed up too late,” Braves’ coach Craig Ness said. “We shot ourselves in the foot

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