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09/16/19

Spring vs Fort Bend Travis - 2019 Week 3 Football Highlights

Fort Bend Travis and spring both sitting 2-0 heading into a big non-district tilt… The Lions come roaring out of the gate. That’s spring quarterback Aldyn Bradley connecting with a wide open Clyde Lacy, Lacy takes it 52 yards to the house, Spring up 7-0. It’s 14-7 in the second when Bradley decides to keep it. Good decision! He gets to the edge and can walk into the end zone untouched for a 26 yard score, Lions lead 21-7. Travis responds through the air. Eric Rodriguez gets it to parker Washington on the receiver screen, and that is exactly how that play is supposed to work. Washington goes untouched down the sideline, 68 yards for the Tigers touchdown to cut it to 21-13. More Travis, Jarrell Farr gets it on the jet sweep, he cuts back and weaves his way through the Spring defense, 18 yards for the Tigers touchdown and Travis is within two at 21-19. Still in the 2nd, Bradley lofts it up for Bailee Davenport, and what a job by Davenport to reel it in with one hand! Lions lead 28-19 at halftime, but this one gets wild in the 2nd half under the Friday the 13th full moon. Bradley keeps it on the read option and he has a huge hole right through the heart of the Travis defense. He sprints 75 yards down the near sideline, all the way for a Spring touchdown, and the Lions open up a 42-25 lead in the third quarter. Travis rallies back however. Rodriguez fires deep downfield for Washington, and check out the grab by the Penn State commit. He seems to make a highlight reel catch every week! This one pulls Travis within three at 49-46 midway through the fourth. Travis gets the ball back with a change to take the lead, huge hole for Rodriguez on the quarterback draw and he breaks loose into the open field. 51 yard pickup all the way down to the Spring 5 yard line. Moments later, Rodriguez punches sneaks it in for the game-winning touchdown, what a comeback victory for the Tigers! They improve to 3-0 with a wild 53-49 win over Spring.

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09/16/19

Langham Creek vs Cypress Ranch - 2019 Week 3 Football Highlights

Langham Creek fired up and ready to take on Cy Ranch in each team’s district opener Thursday night… Cy Ranch strikes first, Elias Pino on the jet sweep, he gets to the edge and then turns it upfield, 20 yard touchdown run and the mustangs lead 7-0. Pino is just getting started. He takes the handoff and uses his speed to get to the sideline, and he turns it upfield again. He races 72 yards down the sideline before he finally gets pushed out of bounds at the 3 yard line. Moments later, Mustangs quarterback DJ Ciers rolls out and eventually fires into the end zone for Kobe banks, Cy Ranch leads 14-0. Still in the first, Ciers rolling to his left this time, he throws across his body and finds pino streaking across the middle of the field, and Pino takes care of the rest, it’s a 41 yard touchdown pass and Cy Ranch leads 21-0 after one. In the second, Ciers fires over the middle for his big tight end Drake Dabney, it’s a 10 yard td toss, one of four first half touchdown passes by Ciers. Langham creek finally finds the end zone as Jordan Shields muscles his way across the goal line for a 2-yard score to cut it to 28-7. But it’s all Mustangs in this one, Willie Eldridge punches it in from a yard out and Cy Ranch rolls past Langham creek, 55-7 is the final.

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09/16/19

Tomball Memorial vs Cypress Woods - 2019 Week 3 Football Highlights

Another district opener, this one in 14-6a as Tomball memorial visits Cy Woods. Cy Woods gets on the scoreboard first. Trayse Holmes takes the handoff around the right side and into the end zone for a 13-yard score. Cy Woods up 7-0. Tomball memorial answers immediately. Colton Marwill connects with Joseph Manjack and Manjack has all sorts of room to run with it. He’s off to the races, 72 yards for the Tomball Memorial touchdown, and just like it’s 7 to 7. Cy Woods doesn’t waste any time with its own response. Javarian Stewart fields the ensuing kickoff at his own 7 yard line. He sees a lane right up the middle and he explodes through it. One man to beat and he is gone. 93 yard kickoff return for Stewart, and Cy Woods goes back in front 14-7. It’s 21-14 Cy Woods in the third when Marwill hits with Logan Kyle, Kyle slips out of a tackle and he takes it 24 yards for a Tomball Memorial touchdown, and it’s all knotted up at 21 apiece. Later, it’s Marwill back to pass, but this time Reagan Simmons has a read on it, he picks it off for Cy Woods and heads the other way. Simmons takes it all the way to the house for a Cy Woods touchdown, it’s 28-21 Cy Woods. Tomball memorial answers right back though, this time on the ground. Carbrey Barnes goes right up the middle, huge hole, it’s a 24-yard touchdown run that evens it up 28-28. Same score, six seconds left, Michael Fernandez has a 24-yard field goal to give Cy Woods the win...and it’s good, Cy Woods knocks off previously unbeaten Tomball memorial, 31-28 is the final.

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09/16/19

The Cooldown: Week Three

North Shore picks up a big win and a DFW power falls at home. That and more in the weeks edition of The Cooldown.

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