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SUPER CENTEX VICTORY BOWL: Live blog
Game story: Click here to read our full report from the game
9:20 p.m. — The Blue team’s comeback falls short as QB Xavier Shaw is tackled at the Red 35-yard line to end the game.
FINAL SCORE: Red 29, Blue 24
8:58 p.m. — Chilton’s Xavier Shaw threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Coker of Salado for the Blue team touchdown. Red 29, Blue 24 with 5:17 left in the fourth quarter.
8:54 p.m. — We’ve got a ball game now. Jordan Richardson from Marlin just broke loose for a 46-yard run to move the Blue team to the Red team’s 13-yard line. A Blue team touchdown and extra point could cut the Red team’s lead to five.
8:46 p.m. — The Blue team pulled a little close as QB Brimer led a drive and finished it himself with a QB dive for the touchdown. Newberry added the extra point. Red 29, Blue 17 with 9:08 left in the fourth quarter.
8:30 p.m. — It’s good to see Terrence Holloman from Midway having a great game out there for the Blue team’s defense.
The Panthers defensive end was injured in Midway’s regional semifinal loss to Highland Park and played sparingly in the Panthers’ final game of the season, the 4A Region II final against Longview.
Holloman has four sacks tonight and a couple of stops in the line on top of that.
In a sense, that’s what this game is about. There aren’t a lot of D-I signees out there, but there are a ton of guys who we loved to see playing high school football and that, it’s obvious loved to play. So they get at least one more game and we all get a chance to see them one more time.
8:15 p.m. — The Red team opens the second half with another score as Popham, quickly working his way toward MVP honors in this writer’s opinion, threw a touchdown pass to Rashad Hardy of Copperas Cove. The play went 26 yards and gave the Red team a 29-10 lead.
7:47 p.m. — Here at the half of the first-ever Super Centex Victory Bowl, Red leads Blue, 23-10, thanks to 23 unanswered points in the second quarter. The entire rosters and the cheerleaders for both teams are being introduced to the crowd on the field. So, if you didn’t get your fill of names being called out at graduation, enjoy it now. Interestingly, it appears neither team will retreat to the locker room.
7:34 p.m. — The Red team ascent continues. After a turnover on a third-straight possession by the Blue team, Red’s Weston Popham threw a 22-yard touchdown to Jeremy Conrad of Troy. Red missed the extra point. Red 23, Blue 10.
7:29 p.m. — The Red team takes a touchdown lead as Temple’s Chris Winkler boots a 40-yard field goal. Red 17, Blue 10 with 1:23 left in the first half.
7:20 p.m. — Oops! Blue team quarterback Blake Brimer from Florence lost the handle on the ball and Ramon Allen Jr. recovered for the Red team in the end zone. That’s our first lead change as Red boosts ahead, 10-7.
7:09 p.m. — De’Veon Mayberry of Itasca sprung loose up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown run for the Red team to cut into the Blue Team’s lead. That drive went 92 yards, driven by the pass-catch combination of Weston Popham of Axtell to Larry Smith of McGregor.
It’s 10-7, Blue team still leading.
Incidentally, that was a great drive especially for Smith, who played WR as a junior for McGregor before moving to QB as a senior. Once upon a time, Smith told me his favorite player was Michael Crabtree and he was Crabtree-esque making a pair of grabs for 41 yards on the march.
6:51 p.m. — Midway kicker Scott Newberry just set a Super Centex Victory Bowl record that probably won’t be broken soon. He kicked a 50-yard field goal — on a line drive — to boost the Blue team’s lead to 10-0 with 1:12 left in the first quarter.
6:40 p.m. — Teague’s James Green starts the scoring with a three-yard touchdown run up the gut.
I won’t lie, we sportswriters see this first and foremost as Blue coach Johnny Tusa vs. Red coach Mark Bell and the contrast of styles that presents.
So far, Tusa is winning the way Waco High has for so many years. Bottle up the opposition on defense, then run over them on offense.
6:30 p.m. — It’s a warm but beautiful evening here at Floyd Casey Stadium for the Super Centex Victory Bowl as the respective red and blue teams have just taken the field.
And maybe, judging from a conversation I had in the parking lot, smart guys don’t play in this heat.
It just so happens that I, your friendly neighborhood blogger Chad Conine, bumped into Super Centex All-Academic Player of the Year Tyler Stewart of Lorena on the way into the game. Stewart, a definite smart guy, was on his way into the stadium in street clothes, holding a bag of Chick-fil-A.
Just kidding. It’s hot, but it should be fun to see some mid-June football.
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By stephanie
June 14, 2009 10:14 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
This was a remarkable event to see.good job to all of the players. A big special thanks goes out to all who put time and effort into this event. This was the first year and i believe their should be many more to come. My nephew was a player on the red team and he really enjoyed this opportunity to play in a event like this one. Thanks to all the fans that showed up and supported him as well. Once again thanks to all fellowship of christian athletes sponsors and participants for a JOB WELL DONE.
By gordon
September 12, 2009 1:33 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Your own picture shows on the 7 yard supposed TD catch that the receiver came down with his foot out of bounds and sean was already on the ground with a recovered ball when your player dove in and took it away. I do believe the ball wass dead at that time.if not for those 2 miscues and the dreadful decision to kick a field goal in driving rain that led to a td for you Crowley which dominated you on offense and defense would have easily won the game and what is up with your timekeepeer?