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The 5TH QUARTER: Sept. 5, 2008
SCOREBARD, etc.
10:54 PM — Couple of large-ish upsets: Lexington 20, Mart 19; Houston Bellaire Episcopal 31, Reicher 28.
10:45 PM — Now it’s time to quote one of the greatest movies of all time … Red Dawn: “WOLVERINES!” Penelope downed Kopperl 52-51 in a six-man game I’d like to have seen.
10:40 PM — No Rocket fuel left: Alvarado 49, Robinson 26, final.
10:32 PM — Cold ending for Frost, as Fruitvale scores one last time for a 28-21 win. Tough luck, guys.
10:26 PM — Upset watch: Lexington 20, Mart 12 in the 3rd, according to The Eagle’s live scoreboard.
In the Bruceville-Eddy win watch, the Eagles doubled up Centerville, 14-7.
10:21 PM — Wow. Who is Broam Hart? The Alvarado RB has his fifth TD of the night on a 56-yard run to put the Indians up 49-26 over Robinson.
10:16 PM — That’s about 2 interceptions in 2 plays for Mexia. Zach Davis grabs the ball out of the air and this one is finally over. China Spring 34-25 final, with the Blackcats putting in a definite noteworthy performance offensively.
10:15 PM — Mexia heaves a desperation pass, which gets picked and returned quite a long way for the Cougars. But then China Spring fumbles the ball, and the Blackcats are still (technically) alive down 34-25 with about 30 seconds left.
10:13 PM — We’re hearing La Vega 31, Brownwood 14 in the big top-10 matchup tonight. That’s a story.
10:12 PM — Heartbreaking back-and-forth loss for University, as it ends Dallas Carter 23, University 22.
10:11 PM — Ain’t over for the potent Rockets offense. Weiss finds the end zone, wide open on a seam route on 3rd-and-18 for a 37-yard TD catch from Martinez. The run failed, and Robinson is hanging around at 42-26 down with about 9 minutes to play.
10:10 PM — Connally ends with a 24-10 win over Marlin.
10:09 PM — Early nominee for lowest-scoring game of the night: Lorena 7, West 0.
10:07 PM — Brice Cherry: How about another TD for William Wright? Like a broken record, he plows in from a yard out, lifting Cove to a 41-20 lead (missed PAT) with 4:53 to play. For all intents and purposes, this one’s over. Also, William Wright’s five TD runs tie him in the Cove record books with former Notre Dame standout Vontez Duff.
10:05 PM — Alvarado’s Broam Hart scores again, putting Alvarado up a comfortable 42-20 over Robinson after 3 quarters. Maybe Midway doesn’t look so bad after last week’s 17-7 loss to the Indians.
10:04 PM — Time running out for Waco High. Cove is just chewing clock like nobody’s business with 6:25 left in the game. Lions trail 35-20.
10:03 PM — Attention, Rosebud-Lott watchers: The Cougars win again. This time it’s only a 26-18 win over Moody, so maybe they’re not world-beaters just yet.
9:57 PM — Michael Thompson continues the scoring for Connally wit a 21-yard TD run, going up 24-10 with a little under 4 to play.
9:56 PM — It’s gonna be a tense 6 minutes for University after Carter’s Trevion Miller scores on a 24-yard run (pass failed) to put the Dallas school up by 1, 23-22. 6:37 to play.
9:55 PM — Robinson hasn’t given up yet, and there’s more than a quarter to play: Matt Walker scores on a 12-yard pass from Ruben Martinez (kick failed) to pull within 35-20 behind Alvarado.
9:54 PM — Mexia botched a punt return, and the Cougars recover and quickly capitalize. China Spring leads 34-25 with about 4 minutes left.
9:52 PM — Midway extends its lead with a 25-yard field goal off the foot of Scott Newbury. 38-0 Panthers.
9:51 PM — Getting out of hand for Waco High? Cove indeed takes a 35-20 lead, cashing in with a seven-yard TD connection from Cody Vaughn to Sherone Miller. Vaughn totally fooled the Waco High defense on a bootleg, and Miller had his man beat easily. Fortunately for Waco High, there’s still a lot of time (11:12) to play.
9:49 PM — University retakes the lead! Demarcus Hicks streaks to the end zone on a 35-yard pass from Price (run failed) with 10:29 to play.
9:49 PM — Brice Cherry reports: Cove leads 28-20 at the end of the third quarter. But the Bulldawgs are looking to go up by two touchdowns, as they took advantage of an errant pitch from Waco High quarterback Kollin Kahler on the first play of the Lions’ ensuing offensive possession after the Cove TD. Cove recovered at the Waco High 9.
9:46 PM — Afraid it may be too late for the Rockets. Alvarado goes 69 yards in 5 plays, capped by a 37-yard Hart run. That makes it 35-14 for the Indians in the 3rd.
9:45 PM — Wondering where the Waco High scoring was? Us too. Brice Cherry reports: It took nearly the entire third quarter, but we’ve finally got a second-half score here in Copperas Cove. The Bulldawgs’ William Wright finds the end zone for the fourth time tonight, this time from 14 yards rather than one. It’s 28-20 Cove with 21 seconds left in the third quarter. Waco High’s run defense, once pretty stiff, has softened considerably this quarter.
9:44 PM — Wondering where Mike Hicks was? Not anymore — the China Spring WR emerges with his first score of the game to put the Cougars ahead 28-25 with 8 minutes to play.
9:43 PM — Midway recovers fumbled Vista Ridge kickoff on 29. On next play, Corey Holmes hits Anthony Betters with 29-yard touchdown pass. Midway 35 - Vista Ridge 0 11:02 remaining.
9:41 PM — Frost alert! The Polar Bears were down 13-0, then 21-16, and now they’ve jumped ahead of Fruitvale, 24-21.
9:40 PM — It’s good to have John Hubert. His third TD of the night makes it 28-0 for the Panthers early in the fourth.
9:38 PM — Mexia gets in the end zone — but then they go for the ol’ fake-PAT-to-2-point-pass trick, the Blackcats get picked off. Oops. It’s 25-21 in the 3rd.
The Blackcats took advantage of Brian Bell’s second straight interception of the night. Bell also has 3 TD passes for China Spring.
9:37 PM — The Rockets are getting back in the game with the first score of the second half with 8:12 left in the third, reports Jason Orts. Robinson’s Ruben Martinez eluded the Alvarado D on a 6-yard run after the Rockets took advantage of a 3-and-out by its defense and a short punt. The Rockets went 51 yards in only 4 plays — three carries for 48 by Martinez — to get back in the game.
9:36 PM — Mexia has picked off CS QB Brian Bell deep in Cougar territory. One play gets the Blackcats to the goal line, and Mexia will have 1st and goal from the 1.
9:36 PM — Carter has just gone ahead of University, 17-16 on a Robert Andrews TD.
9:35 PM — Couplea shutouts have already gone final: Abbott 46, Cranfills Gap 0 and Bosqueville wound up winning 62-0 over Texas Christian.
9:31 PM — Connally’s grabs a field goal in an apparently tight game. Cadets lead 17-10 over Marlin with 2:42 left in the third.
Thanks to the folks at KNES radio in Fairfield for sending along these halftime scores: Fairfield 18, Ferris 13; Groesbeck 25, Teague 21; Bruceville-Eddy 7, Centerville 7.
9:21 PM — China Spring’s radio broadcast is cutting in and out pretty badly, so I wasn’t able to catch how the Cougars went up 21-19 on Mexia. But that’s where it stands.
9:20 PM — Looks like Midway isn’t going to let another one get away. The Panthers are shutting out Vista Ridge, 21-0, with the most recent score coming courtesy of John Hubert.
9:15 PM — Bosqueville leads 49-0 after three quarters. Blaze Blackburn threw a 2-yard score to DJ McCormick and Joseph Jorgenson found the end zone on a 10-yard pass from Cody Feight.
9:05 PM — Halftime in Robinson; Jason Orts reports: The Alvarado Indians turned each of Robinson’s three lost fumbles into touchdowns and they hold a 28-7 halftime at Rocket Field.
Alvarado took a 28-0 lead before the Rockets grabbed some momentum before the half with a six-play, 62-yard march that was capped by an 11-yard pass from Ruben Martinez to Boone Weiss.
The Indians’ Broam Hart has 52 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries, while quarterback Thomas Head is 7-for-10 passing for 94 yards and a score. Dominic DeGrate leads the Rockets with 52 yards rushing, and Martinez has added 51.
9:00 — It’s halftime most places, but it looks like Reicher’s getting quite the test from Bellaire Episcopal, holding a 22-21 lead in the 2nd.
8:52 PM — Robinson looks like it’s got some rhythm as Ruben Martinez tosses a perfectly executed throwback screen to Boone Weiss for an 11-yard score. Alvarado bought the bootleg and Weiss had a convoy of blockers in front of him for the easy TD. It’s 28-7 Alvarado right before the half.
8:51 PM — We’ve reached the half here at Bulldawg Stadium, with Cove leading 21-20. Waco High’s run defense has been outstanding, but the Lions are going to have to pick it up in their pass coverage, as Cove has had a field day there. The Lions’ Toylon Clark leads all rushers with 93 yards on 9 carries. — Brice Cherry
8:47 PM — Brice Cherry: Waco High wastes a chance to go ahead. On a fourth-and-goal from the Cove 1, Kollin Kahler fumbles on a sneak attempt and Cove recovers. Waco had moved into scoring position on a beautiful 63-yard Toylon Clark scamper down the sideline on a well-executed draw play. Each team has had its own problems with turnovers, with two lost fumbles and one interception apiece.
8:42 PM — Mexia has answered back to take a 19-14 lead on China Spring after a Trey Davis score.
8:37 PM — Cove takes its first lead of the game on Wright’s third one-yard TD plunge of the game. But again, it’s the Bulldawgs’ passing attack that is picking apart the Lions right now. Cody Vaughn, the successor to Robert Griffin, is 9-for-12 for 140 yards for the Dawgs. It’s 21-20 Cove with 3:26 to play before intermission. — Brice Cherry
8:36 PM — It’s a 1-score game again at Waco ISD Stadium as Carter’s Ramiro Rodriguez boots a 22-yard field goal to cuts the University lead to 16-10 with 1:49 left in the half.
8:34 PM — Jason Orts reports that the Robinson defense is already looking gassed, having been on the field way too much in first half. It already looks like Alvarado’s ball-control attack is wearing the Rockets down as the Indians’ Broam Hart scores on a 9-yard run to make it 28-0 with 3:30 left.
8:33 PM — Marlin gets on the board with a Jordan Richardson 8-yard scoring run with 6:18 left. But Connally’s Isaiah Thompson answers right back with about 3 and a half to play. It’s 17-7 as the break nears.
8:31 PM — Just heard Reicher is up 16-7 over Houston-area Bellaire Epsicopal in the second quarter.
8:28 PM — I’ve heard defense wins championships, but good special teams play doesn’t hurt. Waco High has a pretty nice weapon in Ernesto Guevara — his 36-yard field goal gives the Lions a 20-14 lead with 6:33 left in the half. Then he follows up with a touchback on the kickoff.
8:27 PM — Even Bulldogs get tired, I guess. Bosqueville gets a field goal with 27 seconds left, its only score in the last 10 minutes of the half, and they’ll go into the locker room leading TCA 35-0.
8:26 PM — Mexia hasn’t gotten far into China Spring territory this game, but they won’t have to if Chase Amick keeps grabbing 46-yard TD passes. Amick cradled the ball against his shoulder pads for the difficult grab. A bad snap for the Blackcats leaves the Cougars leading by a point, 14-13, with about 3 minutes left.
8:25 PM — Brice Cherry: Cove marches quickly downfield to bounce back and pull within 17-14. Once again, it’s William Wright scoring on a one-yard TD plunge. But the real story on that drive was Cove’s quick-strike passing game, as quarterback Cody Vaughn connected on 4-of-4 passes for 60 yards.
8:22 PM — Another Robinson fumble set up the Indians to score from the Rockets’ 41 as Alvarado cashed it in with a 10-play drive. Thomas Head tosses a 13-yard pass to Norberto Loya to put Alvarado up 21-0..
8:21 PM — Randy Price gets creative as he scrambles out of a sack, then hits Demarcus Hicks for a nifty 46-yard touchdown. Trojans are up 16-7 with 8:37 left in the 2nd.
8:20 PM — We hear from the guys at KXXV-TV that Chilton is up 14-6 on Italy in the 2nd. We’ve partnered with News Channel 25 to bring a whole bunch of football highlight videos to WacoTrib.com every Friday night. Check ‘em out.
8:19 PM — Nothing like a well-executed screen pass for Mike Hicks to take it to the house. Hicks is 2-2-76 — 2 catches, 2 TDs and 76 yards on the night. Cougars lead Mexia 14-7 on the 37-yard score.
8:17 PM — Connally goes up 10-0 on Marlin with Nick Botello’s 30-yard FG. 9:26 left in the second quarter. Looks like the Dogs are officially having trouble getting their offense going after only scoring six points (in the fourth quarter) last week.
8:12 PM — Even injuries can’t slow down Waco High. Fullback Keyshun Russell, starting in place of the injured Bronshae’Keon Dugas, scores on a two-yard TD run on an inside handoff, giving Waco High a 17-7 edge with 10:42 to play in the opening half. Toylon Clark, who’s starting for Charles Silmon, is also running well. — Brice Cherry down south
8:11 PM — Looks like the Trojans won’t be running away in this one as Carter’s Anthony Miller finds room for a 56-yard TD run with 11:08 left. Trojans hold a 9-7 lead.
8:09 PM — Waco High is knocking on the door as the first quarter closes, 10-7. They’ll start the second with a 2nd-and-5 from the Cove 7-yard line.
8:08 PM — 1010 KBW guys says Mexia defense has been especially tenacious. James French is really doing yeoman’s work on special teams, though, as the Coogs down the ball at the Mexia 1. Early in the 2nd there.
8:07 PM — No good news for the Rockets, as Alvarado gets a 70-yard fumble return early in the 2nd quarter. According to the Trib’s Jason Orts, Robinson QB Ruben Martinez threws a lateral out in flat and Alvarado’s Justin Bonham read the play well, knocking the ball down. Thinking it was incomplete pass, the Rockets’ offense didn’t go after the rock and Samuel Loya picked up the ball took it to the house.
8:06 PM — Will Bosqueville put up a hunny? You never know. The Dogs leads 32-0 after another long pass play, this time Cameron Hoffmeyer getting a 35-yard score off the arm of Blaze Blackburn.
8:05 PM — Will 7-3A be a tighter district than expected? China Spring and Mexia are knotted at 7 after a quarter. (You can listen live locally on 1010 KBW.) Nothing against the Blackcats, but they’re one of those teams that seemed to sneak into the playoffs at 3-7 overall every year in the old 19-3A. And China Spring is, well, China Spring. We’ll keep a closer ear on this one.
8:02 PM — Randy Price extends the Trojans’ lead with a 4-yard scoring run. University leads 9-0 late in the first after the PAT fails.
8:01 PM — Robinson trails 7-0 after the 1st.
8:00 PM — Brice Cherry from somewhere in the vicinity of Fort Hood:
Copperas Cove strikes back, capitalizing on a defensive takeaway of its own. Four plays after a Bulldawg interception of Waco High QB Kollin Kahler, Cove running back William Wright scores on a one-yard TD plunge. The score is now 10-7 Waco with 3:37 left in an entertaining first quarter.
7:59 PM — Reggie Richardson puts Connally on the board with a 52-yard run. Cadets lead the Marlin Bulldogs 7-0 late in the 1st.
7:53 PM — Four touchdowns in the first isn’t a bad way for Bosqueville to start. David Johnson gets the job done with a 6-yard run, and it’s 26-0 Bulldogs over TCA as the clock expires in the first.
7:54 PM — John Hillman, out at Midway, lets us know the Panthers have scored on their second possession. Corey Holmes hit Trey Graham with a 37-yard touchdown pass. About 6 left in the quarter.
7:50 PM — Anyone surprised that Waco High’s defense has comes up big again? DB Raymond Moore recovers a fumble to set up an eventual 28-yard field goal from Ernesto Guevara. Waco High leads 10-0 with exactly seven minutes left on the first-quarter clock.
7:49 PM — Your undefeated University Trojans (man, it feels good to say that!) have taken an early lead over Dallas Carter. Ricardo Casares guides a 31-yard kick through the uprights for a 3-0 lead.
7:48 PM — Looks like Blaze Blackburn’s gonna have himself quite the night. The Bosqueville QB scores on a 2-yard run and Hunter Perry kicks the extra point to give the Dogs a 20-0 lead.
7:46 PM — Brice Cherry from Copperas Cove:
Just like last week, Waco High’s defense puts its first points on the board. On a 3rd-and-10 play for Copperas Cove, Waco’s Super Centex defensive end Andrew Weaver disrupted a running play and scooped up the ensuing fumble, returning it 33 yards for the TD. It’s 7-0, Lions, with 10:37 left in the opening quarter.
7:45 PM — Speaking of Midway, last week’s opponent has gone up 7-0 on Robinson early. The Rockets fumbled the opening kickoff and Alvarado’s Broam Hart broke through for a score on 4th and 2. About 9 left in the quarter in that one.
7:38 PM — Bet the Midway Panthers are glad to have John Hubert back. After holding Vista Ridge to a three-and-out, the star RB scores on Midway’s first play — a 53-yard TD run on sprint draw. Midway 7 - Vista Ridge 0 with 8:44 left in first quarter.
7:38 PM — You might say he was due … Brandon Due, that is, who scored another Bosqueville touchdown on a 31-yard grab from QB Blackburn. A missed PAT makes this one 13-0 with 7:29 left in the first.
7:32 PM — Bosqueville isn’t wasting any time with a score on the first play from scrimmage. Cody Feight grabbed a 59-yard pass from Blaze Blackburn to make it a quick 7-0 lead for the Bulldogs over TCA.
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By David Perry
September 9, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
It would be nice to find what you are looking for on your website. I need to know the phone number to call and report final game results on Friday nights.
WacoTrib.com staff: Hey, David. The number for our sports department is 757-5710.