LOOKING BACK TO WEEK THREE

What Happened..........

Those that read my last post know I designated a few games as must see TV. Wait a minute, that was not it. There were a few games that I said I was particularly interested in. Here is the break down on those games.

Borden County defeated Meadow 76 to 50.
It was a good game between teams that sixmancentral had ranked #7 and #8 in the state. That being the case, it should have been a good game. I picked Borden County to win by 8.

Calvert defeated Penelope 62-14.
I thought Calvert could possibly win this game.

Valley defeated Crowell 54-42.
My main interest here was to see how good Crowell really is knowing that Valley was deserving of the #6 ranking bestowed on them by sixmancentral. Crowell is now 3-1 and I would recognize as a solid playoff team.

Gordon defeated Bryson 40-28.
This was a battle of two undefeated teams both being 3-0. Gordon has shown some improvement from last year although I have not seen them this season. I will see them on the 30th of September at Highland when I work the booth with my good friend Shanon Hunt. It would appear even though Bryson lost their first game here they are still on their way to a second straight district crown.

Waco Live Oak defeated Gustine 46-0.
Gustine was previously undefeated this season and ranked #7 in D2 by sixmancentral. Well, the wheels came off.

Newcastle defeated Knox City 60-30.
Newcastle has been an up and coming team in D2. Knox City on the other hand had been dropping in the rankings in D1 for a couple of weeks. The Greyhounds need to come around soon. Newcastle is gaining strength every week and will push Strawn hard for the crown in their district.

Finally, Sands defeated Sterling City 91-47.
D2 Sterling City suffered their second straight defeat. Sands is a D1 dark horse so to speak even though sixmancentral has them ranked 4th in the state. Be on your toes for these guys!

What I Saw...........

Super dog deal! It was a two for one special Friday in Gail, Texas. Rankin and Spur were scheduled to play on Borden County's field
On Saturday but changed the date to 5:30 Friday. Rankin who sixmancentral has ranked #3 beat a top twenty team in the Spur Bulldogs.
The score was 54-8. It was a whipping, no hiding that. Spur was out matched in this game but to make matters worse there were several self inflicted wounds as well as a punishing opponent. Rankin is a large and physical team. Stated another way, Rankin will line up and run over you. Can I say here and now the #9 Rankin Red Devil is a BEAST. His number could just as well be 666. One other thing, don't defense them by bringing everyone to stop the run because they will break your heart with their passing game.

Rankin received the opening kickoff. They went on an eleven play drive that covered 47 yards to score. The PAT was not good and the score was 6-0 with 6:13 left in the 1st quarter. The ensuing kickoff to Spur went deep however #7 picked it up and went 70 yards for the TD. Spur converted their PAT and led 8-6. With :54 seconds left in the 1st quarter, Rankin regained the lead 14-8 and that remained the score as the horn sounded the end of the quarter. Rankin ran 29 offensive plays to 5 for Spur in quarter one. What was typical of this game, Rankin
ground out another drive to lead 22-8 at the half. Three more scores in the 3rd quarter, the last with 9 seconds left salted away the game for Rankin. 54-8.

Borden County outlasted Meadow in the second game of the night by a score of 76-50. Borden County has a great team and this is no excuse for Meadow but they simply ran out of gas. The game started with Meadow kicking to Borden County. The Coyotes ran three plays for short yardage and were forced to punt their first possession. Meadow took over on their own 34 yard line. With 4:20 left in the 1st quarter the Broncos scored and converted to lead 8-0. The game seemed a little slow at that point. BAM!!! Lightning struck! Not from the sky but in the form of back to back 76 yards kickoff returns for touchdowns. The game was tied 14-14 at the start of the second quarter. More of the same and at the half the score was tied 28-28. As the game advanced in the second half, Borden County got stronger and Meadow became gassed. Final: Borden County 76 Meadow 50.

WHAT I DIDN'T SEE THAT I WISHED I HAD.........

The Lazbuddie LONGHORNS came from behind in their homecoming game scoring on the final play with no time showing to defeat Wellman-Union 26-20. Pretty exciting stuff. My idol, the latePaul Harvey used to say " And now, for the rest of the story" . The Lazbuddie win was just a win, NO SIR! The win snapped a 14 game losing streak. I am told that quite a celebration erupted by the homecoming crowd. I say CONGRATULATIONS to Cooach JK Hester his tem and their fans. Hip hip hooray!

Next post I will extoll the games I find intriguing. This one was a little long, sorry. Thanks for the read.