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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Quick Hits: Troup ' 'igers clinch playoff berth
By Quinten Boyd
Sports Editor
And now, this week’s edition
of Quick Hits:
Tigers clinch playoffs;
Bullard, BH fall
Cherokee County’s northern
teams finished 1-2 last Friday
night on the gridiron.
The Troup Tigers clinched a
playoff berth with their 20-16
win over Harmony. The Tigers
came back from a nine-point
deficit with 13 points in the
third quarter, including the
game-winning touchdown with
1:28 left in the contest.
Seth Gibson ran for two touch-
downs, scoring from 43 and 21
yards out, on his way to gaining
147 yards on the ground.
Harmony tried to keep the
ball away, but Eagle quarter-
back Alan Peralta fumbled
and Troup’s Anthony Adkins
recovered with 3:38 left in the
contest. Just over two minutes
later, Michael Da vis gave Troup
the lead for good with an 11-
yard score.
The Tigers gained 219 to-
tal yards, 205 coming on the
ground. The Troup coaching
staff named Gibson as the
team’s offensive player of the
week and Shaquille Rollins as
the defensive player of the week.
Troup travels to Sabine this
Friday, and if the Tigers win,
they will win a share of the
district title. Currently, Troup
is tied for first with Whi te Oak
and Tatum.
The Bullard Panthers were
game, b ut the Gilmer Buckeyes
held off the Panthers, 57-39. De-
spite the shootout, the Buckeyes
never trailed in the contest.
Colton Mebane finished
with 130 yards passing and a
touchdown. Brentavian Hen-
derson rushed for two scores,
and Holden Bryant returned
an interception 30 yards for a
touchdown.
The loss eliminated Bullard
from the playoff race, since the
Panthers can do no better than
a tie with He nderson, who owns
the tiebreaker via their head-to-
head victory. Bullard finishes
the season on the road against
Spring Hill this Friday.
Brook I till finds their backs
against the wall after falling to
Grace Community, 48-14. The
Cougars outrushed the Guard,
314-152, and outgained Brook
Hill, 514-295.
Brook Hill has lost three
consecutive games after a 29-
game district winning streak,
and the 48 points scored were
the most allowed by the Guard
since 2008.
Guard quarterback Will
Weathers ran for 91 yards and
a score and threw for 92 yards.
Backup quarterback Zac Wilson
threw for 52 yards. T. J. Dunks
scored on a seven-yard run.
Brook Hill now faces a must-
win game on the road against
Carrolton Prince of Peace this
Friday night. If the Guard win,
they will make the playoffs.
Wells’ Benton advances to
cross-country state meet
Wells senior cross-country
runner Sarah Benton advanced
to the state meet after finish-
ing fifth at regionals Nov. 3
in Humble at Atascocita High
School. Benton finished with
a time of 12:57.4 on the 3200
meter course. Sara Dugat of
Zavalla finished first with a
time of 12:46.5.
Benton will run at the state
meet this Saturday, Nov. 10,
at Old Settlers Park in Round
Rock. The 1A girls’ state meet
is at 10 a.m.
On the boys’ 1A side, New
Summerfield finished fifth out
of 19 teams, capping a success-
fill year which saw them win the
District 21-1A championship.
Sophomore Francisco Parra
finished 29th in the field of 164
runners with a time of 19:19.3.
Rafael Garcia ran 19:51.6, Si-
mon Scharnweber finished with
a 20:17, Freddy Hernandez
ran 20:52 and Jose Mendoza
ran 21:01. Jordan Anderson
finished with a 21:12.3 and
Adrian Ornelas ran a 23:53.3.
In 2A, Logan Neel of Troup
finished with a time of20:29.7.
In the 3A girls’ meet, the Rusk
Lady Eagles finished 20th. Zoe
Ruben ran 14:36.3, Miranda
Uherek ran 15:50.5, Courtney
Mullins finished with a time of
15:51.3, Kerry Day finished at
17:24.8, Lauren Lankford ran
18:52.3 and Amy Holcomb ran
19:33.5.
In the 3A boys meet, Rusk’s
Chase Thompson ran 18:55.5,
good for 5 5th out of 160 runners.
At the 4A regional meet in
Arlington, the Jacksonville
Fightin’ Maidens finished 15th.
Freshman Tempestt Silvers
ran a time of 20:36.69 to lead
the Maidens. Christy Belk ran
22:20.37, Lindsay Johnston
finished at 22:26.90, Victoria
Servin ran 22:32.58, Mirian
Mendoza finished at 22:38.36,
Ester Botello ran 22:50.31 and
Jackie Garcia finished with a
23:48.3.
Jacksonville sophomore boys’
runner Jerry Romero finished
with a time of 19:17.49.
Troup out of volleyball
playoffs in area round
The Troup Lady Tigers fin-
ished second in their district
after winning a close seeding
game with Harmony, 3-2,
advancing to the volleyball
playoffs.
In their first game, the Lady
Tigers defeated Tatum, 3-2
(25-15, 24-26, 25-10, 15-25,
15-9). Josee Ross notched 20
kills and Cheney Cover had 12
service aces.
However, the Lady Tigers fell
in the area round to Westwood,
3-1 (25-20, 9-25, 22-25, 20-25).
Ross had 11 kills and Hannah
Jordan had 10 assists.
The Lady Tigers finish the
year 24-17 (12-3 in District 18-
2A) and graduate two seniors:
Hannah Jordan and Wykina
Caldwell.
EAGLES
continued from pg. 1B
snap on third and one from the
Rusk 48, which led to a punt
attempt from Groesbeck.
The snap sailed over the head
of Jones, who chased the ball
down around the Goat 20 and
kicked it out of the back of the
end zone for a safety, cutting
the Goat lead to 21-16.
Rusk received the safety punt
and returned it to the Goat 36.
Overstreet broke a 28-yard run
to get Rusk inside the 10, but
the Goat defense shut down the
Rusk drive, pinning them at
the Groesbeck seven on fourth
and goal.
Groesbeck needed two plays
to score when, after a one-yard
run from Kris Hutchinson,
McCoy hit Huckeby on the
right sideline with a 92-yard
touchdown pass to extend the
lead to 28-16.
After a three-and-out by
Rusk, the Goats looked to put
the game away. McCoy hit
on passes to Wiley and Cody
Favors and ran for a 10-yard
gain, while Hutchinson ran for
a 12-yard scamper.
The Eagle defense stepped
up, stopping Groesbeck at the
Rusk 23. On fourth and seven,
McCoy was sacked by Keshan-
nonDearman, giving the Eagles
new life.
Bennett needed only one play
to pull Rusk closer, breaking
away for a 77-yard touchdown
run to cut the lead to 28-23.
Unfortunately, Groesbeck
answered on the ensuing kickoff
when Tatum returned the San-
chez kickoff 58 yards to the Rusk
17. After runs from Hutchinson
and Barnes, McCoy scored from
a yard out to extend the Goat
lead to 35-23.
Rusk refused to go quietly into
the night when, after decent
runs by Stanley and Bennett,
Overstreet flew up the field
for a 56-yard gain to the Goat
one-yard hne. Stanley finished
it off with a one-yard plunge.
However, the Eagles couldn’t
convert the extra point and
Rusk found themselves down,
35-29.
However, after returning the
kickoff to the Rusk 45, Groes-
beck put the game away on the
next drive.
After two runs by Hutchinson
covering 19 and 14 yards, the
Goats reached the Rusk 12.
Rusk pushed the Goats back to
the 17, but after a two-yard run
by Wiley, McCoy found Barnes
for a 15-yard touchdown.
Rusk tried to answer withjust
under five minutes left, but the
Eagle drive was stymied and
the Goats left Eagle Stadium as
the district’s third playoff team.
In their final game at Eagle
Stadium, Bennett led all rush-
ers with 14 carries for 278yards
and two touchdowns, while
Overstreet added 144 yards
on 10 rushes. Fellow seniors
Stanley rushed for 84 yards and
two touchdowns and Foreman
carried for 25 yards.
For Groesbeck, McCoy threw
for 257 yards and two touch-
downs. Huckeby added 130
yards receiving and a score.
Barnes rushed for 58 yards and
had 82 yards receiving, account-
ing for three touchdowns, two
of those coming on the gro und.
Rusk vs. Mexia
The Eagles will close their
season against the Mexia Black-
cats (0-9, 0-3) this Friday night
at Mexia’s Blackcat Field. In
their last game, the Blackcats
allowed403 total yards to Pales-
tine as the Wildcats won, 63-24.
Running back Ike Jones
rushed for 165 yards against
the Wildcats, scoring twice from
10 and 90 yards out.
Jones also caught a 90-yard
touchdown on a jet sweep pass
where Blackcat quarterback
Ronald Jackson handed off to
receiver Kay Ion Watson, who
then threw to Jones.
Running back Broderick
Reeves rushed for 99 yards and
a touchdown.
The Blackcats have allowed
31 points or more in every game
this season, and have been out-
scored in district play, 150-30.
Mexia has lost to China Spring,
Alvarado, Waco La Vega, Waco
Connally, Waco Robinson,
Kaufman, Groesbeck, Fairfield
and Palestine
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JACKETS
continued from pg. 3B
The drive ended when senior
wide receiver Jonathan Pope
(No. 6) snatched a Sturns pass
from the night sky and crushed
the defense in for the score.
Junior kicker Nicolas Leon
(No. 16) split the uprights and
the comeback was on the way,
35-13, San Augustine withjust
28 seconds left in the half.
But the Kryptonite burned
in the hearts of the Yellow-
jackets. That fire led junior
defensive back to intercept
Tanner’s next pass. Leon
added a 31-yard field goal and
the Jackets retired to halftime
down 35-16, with momentum
still on their side.
“Number one, our kids
settled down,” Coach Gardner
said. “They started playing
some football right at the end
of the second quarter. We were
able to score a touchdown and
a field goal within a minute of
each other. That right there
boosts your club going into the
locker room.
“The coaches were able to
make some great adjustments.
We sit the kids down and
talked to them. We made a
few adjustments and told the
kids what they had to do to put
themselves in a position to win
the ball game.”
In the third quarter, the
Alto scoring continued when
Whitaker passed to junior wide
receiver D’anthony Richards
(No. 13) who strolled in for a
35-yard TD. Leon was true
and the Jackets inched closer,
35-22.
Three minutes later, Sturns
called his own number and
scored from five yards out.
Leon put the PAT, and the
Jackets were rolling, now
within a single score 35-30
with 3:22 remaining in the
third.
Then with just 30 seconds
into the fourth quarter, Whita-
ker razzled and dazzled the
Jacket fans in the stands with
a touchdown run that left wolf
fur in piles on the grass. With
Whitaker’s score, the Jackets
led for the first time in the
game 36-35.
That would ha ve been a good
time to call it a night. But the
Wolf Pack had been holding
back a little kryptonite of
their own.
On its next possession, Pack
running back Hubbard took
the handoff from Tanner and
dashed 38 yards for a San
Augustine score. With 9:20 left
on the clock, it was the Wolves
that led, 41-36.
Alto battled back and went
ahead again 42-41 with an-
other Whitaker touchdown.
The Wolf Pack roared back,
when Hubbard tore another 33
yards out of the Alto baekfield
for a score. The two-point con-
version brought the score to its
final tally of 49-42 Alto.
“The kids played well,”
Coach Gardner said. “They
battled four quarters, gave
a good team all they could
handle and that’s what it is
all about.”
This Friday, Alto will close
out district play hosting the
Shelbyville Dragons at Yel-
lowjacket Stadium.
It is senior night, and all Alto
seniors will be honored. Coach
Gardner urged all Alto fans to
come honor the seniors and
help cheer the Yellowj ackets to
a victory and into the playoffs.
Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m.
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