You may have heard this before. I have a saying about Six-Man, "you never know how good a Six-Man game will be until you have seen the game". I made the trek from Abilene to Throckmorton to watch the #1 D1 UIL team in the land take on a highly ranked TAPPS D1 Dallas Covenant. I saw a great game.
Knowing this had the makings of a "good game" because the teams involved were both undefeated and highly ranked made it a easy target for me to desire watching. The added attraction was my friend Coach Mike Reed of Throckmorton was going for his 100th win in his 10th year of coaching. Throckmorton got the win by the score of 90-70 and Coach Reed has the milestone 100th victory! Dallas Covenant proved to be a strong team for those who may have doubted if they could hang with Throckmorton.
A win is a win and you take them no matter what they look like, a thing of beauty or one that is ugly as sin. This Throckmorton victory was somewhere in between. It appeared a time or two in the 3rd Quarter of play that Throckmorton was dominating but the Knights never gave up!
Dallas Covenant received the opening kickoff and came out passing the ball. Unfortunately, the Knights fumbled on their third offensive play and to make matters worse for them, the Greyhounds recovered the ball near midfield.
Seven plays later, Throckmorton scored on a three yard run and made the PAT. 8-0 with 6:37 left in the 1st Quarter. Dallas Covenant would again come out passing. First down was an incompletion but on second down the Knights moved from their 23 yard line to the Greyhound 39. The next play Dallas Covenant went the distance on a beautiful pass play. The PAT was no good and at the 5:57 mark of the 1st Quarter Throckmorton led 8-6.
After the ensuing kickoff, Throckmorton had the ball on their 34 yard line. The Greyhounds picked up 7 yards on first down but after three straight incompletions they turned the ball over on downs. Dallas Covenant took over on their own 39. Seven plays later the Knights score on a 9 yard run and with the PAT good, lead 14-8 with 3:35 left in the 1st Quarter. Throckmorton came right back on a 4 play drive covering 60 yards to knot the score at 14-14. The PAT was wide left.
Throckmorton would out score Dallas Covenant 48 to 16 in the 2nd Quarter to take a halftime lead of 62-30 and seemed to be in control of the game. More of the same in the third with Throckmorton leading 82 to 46 at the end of three and threaten to end the game on the mercy rule more than once during the 3rd.
Dallas Covenant is worthy of their TAPPS ranking and they showed it in the 4th out scoring Throckmorton 20 to 8 to make the final 90 t0 70.
Throckmorton is fortunate to have Mike Reed as their Head Coach and they had a wonderful celebration after the game to honor Reed for his 100th career victory. Administrators, fans and players as well as good people from Rule showed their appreciation to Coach Reed. Many of his former players showed up for the special occasion as well as Reed's former Head Coach and mentor, Hall of Fame member Coach Nelson Campbell.
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