Central Texas High School Sports

9:57 PM: From Fort Worth: Crowley 7, Waco Midway 7 (3rd)

Crowley QB Andre Dean scored on a 1-yard sneak, but Midway answered with a TD of its own.

9:55 PM: Personal foul penalty on the Trojans will be assessed on the kickoff. University has 5 and a half left to score twice, down 26-14.

9:53 PM: Bad news for University. Red Oak’s Seth Rushing burns the secondary for a 45-yard score to put the Hawks up 25-14. Penalty on the play will make a long PAT once again. But it’s good. 26-14.

9:52 PM: China Spring-Robinson is a final. 38-7 Cougars.

9:47 PM: Robinson finally gets on the board as Joey Vasser takes a 43-yard pass from Ruben Martinez to the house. 2:38 left.

9:45 PM: 55-yard University run on 4th-and-1! Randy Price put the Trojans right back in the game by getting all the way down to the Red Oak 5. Demarcus Hicks punches it and after a penalty play, University’s 2-point conversion is good. Trojans now trail 19-14 in the 4th.

9:44 PM: Danzel Wilson is spreading it around with a 12-yard TD pass to Daxton Swanson. Pirates lead 38-6 with 1:23 left in the 3rd.

9:43 PM: Looks like the Teague Lions are getting back in their groove, as they trail Mart just 30-22 after 3 quarters.

9:38 PM: Red Oak star RB Nic Boyd fakes out the University coverage and takes a 14-yard screen pass in for a score, but his surprise 2-yard conversion run gets called back on a penalty. So the Hawks kick a 30-yard PAT and lead 19-6.

9:29 PM: The expected: Euless Trinity leads Cedar Hill 37-7 at the half. The unexpected: Celina trails Daingerfield, 25-7 at the half … at home.

9:27 PM: Red Oak’s Seth Rushing finds the end zone at the end of another long Hawks drive. University trails, 13-6 here in the 3rd.

9:24 PM: How about another Hicks in on the action? This time it’s brother Matt, scoring on a 13-yard run with oh-26 left in the 3rd. Cougars lead Robinson, 38-0.

9:20 PM: La Vega’s spreading it around with their rushing attack tonight. This time, Tevin Thompson scores on a 5-yard run. It’s 31-6 over Roosevelt midway through the 3rd.

9:17 PM: Jesse West is making a name for himself in this one as he breaks free for a 43-yard run with 3:07 left in the 3rd. China Spring is turning this one into a yawner, 31-0.

9:10 PM: James French shows why he’s a star with a French 31-yard FG, 5:09 left in the 3rd. China Spring leads 24-0.

9:07 PM: La Vega kicker Eddy Gonzales extends the Pirate lead with less than a minute left. His 28-yard FG makes it 24-6 with 0:44 left in the half.

9:01 PM: Mike Hicks does it again — 90-yard kickoff return to open the second half. China Spring leads Robinson 21-0.

8:39 PM: The FW Star-Telegram has this report on a scoreless Midway-Crowley game: Neither team has found an offensive rhythm in the first half, as the second quarter has seen mostly 3-and-outs. Crowley fumbled a punt return inside its own 20, but a good effort from its defensive line has kept Midway’s offense ineffective.

8:39 PM: Around the greater Centex area, Copperas Cove has dispatched McKinney Boyd in another 6 p.m. start, 42-14. Also, Corsicana fell in a tough one to Whitehouse, 24-21.

8:38 PM: The Trojans try a 42-yard FG attempt, but it’s short as one of the Hawks’ defenders gets a fingertip on the ball. The half ends as Red Oak leads, 7-6.

8:32 PM: Maybe the scoring isn’t over yet! The Red Oak kick returner lets the ball bounce off his chest, and University has recovered at the Hawks’ 35.

8:30 PM: Danzel Wilson pitches in with a 1-yard run for a score. The kick is good and the Pirates lead Dallas Roosevelt, 21-6, halfway throught the 2nd quarter.

8:29 PM: One play, one score! The Trojans’ Tyrell Hackworth just leaves Red Oak in his dust on an 83-yard breakaway TD. But the PAT is no good, and Red Oak leads 7-6 as halftime approaches.

8:28 PM: Just getting back to the University game. Sounds like the Trojans have just recovered a fumble at the Red Oak 17 with 1:01 left in the half.

8:26 PM: It’s halftime out at China Spring. James French missed a FG right before the break, so it’s still Cougars 14, Rockets 0.

8:16 PM: And Waco High has knocked off the No. 9 Class 5A team in the state, 9-3. Way to go Lions!

8:15 PM: Chad Ward again — 2-yard run for La Vega. Danzel Wilson 2 pt run good. Pirates lead 14-6 with 11:05 left in the half.

8:14 PM: Mike Hicks? Heard of him? Robinson has. Brian Bell lofts the Cougars’ playmaker a 61-yard pass to put China Spring up 14-0 with just under 4 to play in the second.

8:13 PM: And Stony Point’s 4th-down pass is incomplete! Waco High’s stellar pass defense doesn’t allow the Tigers to get anything going, and the Lions take over with 1:13 left. It is in the bag for Johnny Tusa’s bunch.

A note on those field goals: the Stony Pt. kicker did miss one earlier in the game before making a 26-yard FG in the 2nd quarter.

8:10 PM: Good point from the radio guys: Stony Point had at least 2 opportunities to kick field goals and elected to go for it instead. Now, it could cost them the W.

8:07 PM: And Larry Jordan punches it in for Waco High! A facemask penalty on the defense is declined, and the Lions are up 9-3 with 2:17 left in the ballgame after a low snap on the PAT.

8:05 PM: Jesse West’s 4-yard run gets China Spring on the board in an old 17-3A matchup with Robinson. Cougars leads 7-0 with 7:12 left in the 2nd quarter.

8:04 PM: Waco High with a huge turnover! The Lions’ punt coverage fall on a muffed recovery by Stony Point at the Tigers’ 5-yard line. Waco High can smell victory at this point with just about 2 and a half left.

8:04 PM: It’s not San Juan Hill, but Roosevelt comes charging back with a touchdown on La Vega just seconds after the Pirates’ score. Brodrick Finch threw a 59-yard strike to Barron McDonald. The run failed, and it’s 6-6 with 6:11 left.

8:03 PM: After Jordan Griffin makes a first down on a nifty one-shoed run, Bronshae’Keon Dugas makes a surprise appearance for the Lions. It’s 3rd and 16 for Waco High with less than 3 minutes left now.

8:00 PM: It’s looking like a field goal could win this thing in the Waco High game with 4-5 minutes left. Remember that Waco High has the wind with them, and the great leg of Ernesto Guevara.

And consider this: I don’t know if the wind was blowing as much in the first half, but if it was blowing in the same direction as it is now, Guevara’s 55-yard FG was into the wind.

7:59 PM: From Bellmead: La Vega takes an early lead on a Chad Ward (who else?) TD. Run fails, and the Pirates lead 6-0 over Dallas Roosevelt halfway through the first.

7:57 PM: Terrible time for the Web radio to go out, but I’m back on it in time to hear the Tigers go for the end zone on 4th down and come up incomplete. That’s two consecutive stops for the Lions defense in their own red zone. Waco High takes over at its own 14.

7:53 PM: Waco High is deep in its own end zone after a 2-yard loss on 1st and 10. After getting a little 5-yard breathing room, Kollin Kahler’s pass is tipped and intercepted at the 15. Tough break for the Lions. Third INT on the night.

7:51 PM: And Waco High stops ‘em! RRSP’s QB tried some playaction, then tried to find the end zone on a sneak and was stopped for a 1-yard loss. It’s still 3-3 as the Lions’ defense is playing just a terriffic game so far.

7:50 PM: A pass down to the 2 yard line, and it’s 4th and goal for Stony Point.

7:49 PM: Radio guys speculating the wind is 35 mph. And RRSP is going into it. Yikes. A couple of botched pass plays, and the Tigers are 3rd-and-goal from the 12.

7:47 PM: Stony Point’s QB threw a picture-perfect dart to find a seam in the Waco High defense for a big pass down to the Lions’ 7. But a procedure penalty backs up the Tigers 5 yards, and Waco High stuffs the run on the ensuing 1st-and-10. End of third quarter, still 3-3 with Stony Pt. threatening.

7:45 PM: Ike is making a little bit of an appearance at Waco ISD Stadium as the winds are swirling a bit. The radio guys say the wind is with the Lions, though, and they’re surprised Johnny Tusa isn’t throwing the ball a little bit more. I guess those winds can be unpredictable, too.

7:44 PM: Guess you can’t keep Nic Boyd down for long. Red Oak keeps finding running lanes on a good sustained 78-yard drive and takes a 7-0 lead on a Boyd TD dive.

7:35 PM: University has forced a 3-and-out vs. Red Oak on its first possession. As Jason Orts noted in his preview column today, Red Oak is a dangerous team with an explosive RB in Nic Boyd.

7:30 PM: Now, it’s real game time. Here are the games you can catch on the radio around the area:

• 1010-AM: Robinson at China Spring
• 92.9-FM: University at Red Oak
• 88.9-FM: Midway at Crowley
• 104.9-FM: RR Stony Point at Waco High (in progress) And, of course, Baylor-Washington State is on the Bears’ flagship station, 1660-AM, if you’re so inclined.

7:15 PM: Jason Orts reports: A 55-yard field goal by Ernesto Guevara with eight seconds left in the first half has Waco High tied with Stony Point, 3-3, at halftime at Waco ISD Stadium.

The Lions managed only 41 yards of offense and two first downs, but managed to move the ball 19 yards in seven plays on their final drive of the first half to set up Guevara’s field goal, which banked in off the right upright. Stony Point quarterback Nyk McKissic, who averaged more than 300 yards passing in the Tigers’ first two games, struggled to a 5-for-14 first half for 62 yards.

6:58 PM: Have you heard Centex kickers are pretty darn unstoppable? No? Then you didn’t read today’s article in our football weekender preview section. Regardless, Waco High’s Ernesto Guevara showed off his leg with a booming FG from 55 yards out to tie things up at 3 with 8 seconds left in the half. Looks like the Lions will go into the locker room right in the thick of it and ready to turn on the offensive jets in the second half.

Well, it’s been a weird week, hasn’t it? Several games moved, a couple canceled, and a lot of people maybe thinking a little bit more about the weather than about football right now.

Nevertheless, we’ll soldier on here on WacoTrib.com. Waco ISD moved its game time up an hour and a half out on Bagby, and it’s a pretty tight game so far. It was scoreless after a quarter until Round Rock Stony Point’s Austin Caswell kicked a 26-yard field goal. It’s 3-0 right now.

For full in-progress scores, make sure to check out our scoreboard ticker at the top of this page and various places around the site.

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