Abilene Cooper overcomes San Angelo Central in overtime for first victory
Chris Warren threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Malik Jackson to lift Abilene Cooper to a 41-38 victory over San Angelo Central in overtime Friday at Shotwell Stadium.
Central (1-2) overcame a 15-point deficit in the final minutes of regulation to send the game into overtime, and Chase Miller kicked a 24-yard field goal on the first possession in the extra period.
Warren, though, answered with the game-winning TD to Jackson to lift the Cougars to their first victory of the season.
Cooper (1-2) led 35-20, when the Bobcats made it a one-score game as Tyler Hill threw a 5-yard TD pass to Jacob English with 4:55 left in the game. Central converted on the two-point conversion to make it 35-28.
Austin Johnson returned a blocked punt 24 yards for another score, and Miller’s PAT tied the game at 35 with 1:40 remaining in regulation.
Johnson also returned an interception 27 yards for a TD, as the Bobcats raced to a 10-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game. Miller kicked field goals of 29 and 31 yards in the first half.
Warren, Cooper’s holder on field goals, ran for a 9-yard TD on a botched field goal attempt, and Daniel Bray ran 66 yards on the final play of the first half to send the Coogs into the locker room leading 28-20. D'Andre Ralston also had an 8-yard TD run in the half.
The Coogs pushed their lead to 35-20 as Warren threw a 20-yard TD pass to Ralston with 8:22 remaining in the third quarter.
Cooper, which had struggled running the ball in its first two games, rolled up 257 yards on 40 carries. Bray, a sophomore playing his first season on the varsity, had a game-high 116 yards on 11 carries. He also had two catches for 27 yards.
Warren completed 20-of-29 passes for 177 yards, including 8 of 59 yards to Cam Herron.
It was the first meeting between the former district rivals since 2013.
Cooper plays Lubbock Coronado at 4 p.m. Friday in a non-district game in Lubbock.
NONDISTRICT
Cooper 41, San Angelo Central 38 (OT)
Central | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 3 | − | 38 |
Cooper | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 6 | − | 41 |
FIRST QUARTER
SAC − Chase Miller 29 FG, 10:04
SAC − Austin Johnson 27 interception return (Miller kick), 9:19
COO − D'Andre Ralston 8 run (Kamune Mrisho kick), 5:14
SECOND QUARTER
COO − Chris Warren 9 run (Mrisho kick), 10:02
SAC − Miller 31 FG, 6:00
COO − Mikei Flye 39 run (Mrisho kick), 1:55
SAC − Tyler Hill 4 run (Miller kick), 00:26
COO − Daniel Bray 66 run (Mrisho kick), 00:00
THIRD QUARTER
COO − Ralston 20 pass from Warren (Mrisho kick), 8:22
FOURTH QUARTER
SAC − Jacob English 5 pass from Hill(Ben Imler pass from Hill), 4:55
SAC − Johnson 20 punt return (Miller kick), 1:40
OVERTIME
SAC − Miller 24 FG
COO − Malik Jackson 22 pass from Warren
TEAM STATISTICS
Categories | SAC | COO |
First downs | 18 | 21 |
Rushes-Yards | 24-111 | 40-257 |
Passing | 245 | 177 |
Comp-Att-Int | 21-39-0 | 20-29-1 |
Punts | 3-44.3 | 6-28.5 |
Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Penalties-Yards | 14-101 | 9-80 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Central, Tyler Hill 17-77, Keevon Rice 1-19, Tyree Brawley 3-8, Jayvion Robinson 2-4, Aiden Barron 1-3. Cooper, Daniel Bray 11-116, Mikei Flye 13-61, Chris Warren 14-61, Cam Herron 1-11, D'Andre Ralston 1-8
PASSING: Central, Hill 12-38-0−245, Team 0-1-0−0. Cooper, Warren 20-29-1−117.
RECEIVING: Central, Jacob English 6-54, Tyler Walker 5-121, Cedric Fuentes 2-12, Jacob Gallegos 2-(minus 3), Rice 1-20, Carmelo Amigleo 1-12, Brawley 1-12, Jaedyn Gipson 1-9, Ben Imler 1-6, Jayvion Robinson 1-2. Cooper, Herron 8-59, Ralston 4-35, Malik Jackson 3-47, Bray 2-27, Flye 2-6, Jaylen Parker 1-3.
RECORDS: San Angelo Central 1-2, Cooper 1-2.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Abilene Cooper beats San Angelo Central in overtime
