No. 1 Stephenville stuns Everman on final play; Breckenridge upsets No. 7 Childress
EVERMAN − Stephenville spotted Everman a 21-0 lead in the first quarter Friday but roared back to beat the Bulldogs 62-61 on the final play of the game – a 15-yard TD pass from Ryder Lambert to Topher Foster.
“It was a broken play,” Stephenville coach Sterling Doty said. “(Lambert) scrambled, threw it back in the end zone. (Foster) got two feet in.”
The Yellow Jackets overcame four turnovers to win the non-district game.
“They’re a good football team,” Doty said of Everman. “We battled. Showed the heart of a champion.”
The defending Class 4A Division I champs, ranked No. 1 in the state, improved to 2-0 while Everman dropped to 1-1.
Lambert completed 16 of 34 passes for 257 yards and four TDs, while Tate Maruska ran for 311 yards and five TDs on 45 carries.
Foster had four catches for 54 yards and two TDs. Tristian Gentry had seven for 121 yards and a TD, and Tytus Russell also caught a TD pass.
The Yellow Jackets had 603 total yards, including 346 rushing.
Stephenville hosts Decatur next Friday before going to Abilene Wylie a week later. Decatur (0-2) lost a 30-24 heartbreaker to Wichita Falls Rider on Friday.
Breckenridge shocks Childress
At Childress, Chase Lehr threw for 150 yards and two TDs, while Anson Rodgers ran for two more as Breckenridge shocked Childress 35-8 in a non-district game.
Childress (1-1) came into the game ranked No. 7 in Class 3A Division II.
But the Buckaroos (2-0) led 21-0 at halftime and outscored the Bobcats 14-8 in the third quarter.
“We handled the travel well, and we got up there and played decent,” Breckenridge coach Casey Pearce said. “We got after it pretty good.”
Pearce said the Bucks forced the Bobcats to punt a couple of times in the first half and also got some short drives thanks to Childress kicking game mistakes.
“We scored right before the half, and we got it back after halftime and took it down and scored again,” Pearce said. “That was good.”
Adrian Ruiz and Alejandro Franco each had TD catches for the Bucks.
The win sets up a showdown with another state-ranked team, Cisco (2-0), which is No. 7 in Class 2A Division I.
“We’re excited,” Pearce said. “We need to play the spoiler role, and we need to worry about us. If we worry about us, we’ve got a chance.
No. 7 Cisco edges Wall
At Wall, Trenton Huston’s second touchdown run of the night, a 5-yarder with 6:08 left in the third quarter, lifted Cisco to an 18-14 victory over the Hawks in a non-district game.
It was the only score of the second half and allowed the Loboes – ranked No. 7 in Class 2A Division I – to win in Wall for the second consecutive year. They beat the Hawks 27-21 in two overtimes last year.
Wall (1-1) returned a Hunter Long fumble for the game’s first score with 4:07 left in the first quarter.
Cisco (2-0) pulled within one (7-6) on Huston’s 8-yard TD run with 7:27 left in the first half.
Tre Brackeen returned a Wall fumble to put the Loboes on top 12-7, but Canyon McCable ran 23 yards for a TD to give the Hawks a 14-12 advantage two minutes later.
It was a defensive slugfest. Cisco managed just 200 yards of total offense, while Wall had 175. Both teams lost two fumbles, and Wall also picked off a pass.
Long had a game-high 115 yards rushing on 30 carries, and Huston added 58 on 18 carries.
Cisco plays Breckenridge (2-0) on Friday in Breckenridge. The Buckaroos upset Childress 35-8 on Friday in Childress. The Bobcats (1-1) came into the game ranked No. 7 in Class 3A Division II.
Wilkerson sparks Comanche
At Bangs, Sawyer Wilkerson ran for 273 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries to guide Comanche to a 42-18 win over Bangs.
Layden Welch added 58 yards and a TD on nine carries for the Indians (2-0). Comanche has outscored its first two opponents 91-25.
The Indians play Early (1-1) on Friday in Comanche.
No. 5 Holliday routs Jim Ned
At Tuscola, Peyton Marchand threw for 182 yards and two TDs and ran for another as Holliday beat Jim Ned 41-19 in a non-district game.
Holliday (2-0), ranked No. 5 in Class 3A Division II, led 21-0 after the first quarter and 41-7 at halftime.
Grant Glidewell led Jim Ned (0-2) with 139 yards passing and two TDs – a 19-yarder and 7-yarder to Troy Doran and Cooper Mascorro, respectively.
Brayden Shipmen led the Indians with 141 yards on 25 carries.
Jim Ned has opened the season against two state-ranked teams in Hawley (No. 7 in Class 2A DI) and Holliday. The Indians play at Wall next Friday.
Clyde shuts out Eastland
At Clyde, Blake Carr threw for three TDs and ran for another as Clyde beat Eastland 26-0 in a non-district game.
Carr completed 20 of 28 passes for 162 yards and two interceptions for the Bulldogs (1-1). He threw TD passes to Connor Hawk, Landrum Wells and Dai’Jon Booker.
Carr also ran for 116 yards on 17 carries.
Eastland dropped to 0-2.
Late TD lifts Coahoma over Sonora
At Coahoma, Austin Perkins’ third TD of the game, a 38-yard pass from Boyd Cox with 10:32 left in the game, lifted Coahoma to a 31-27 victory over Sonora in a non-district contest.
Perkins returned a fumble 21 yards for a TD in the first quarter, Isaiah Eleda ran 2 yards for a TD in the second quarter for the Bulldogs (1-1).
Jaime Buitron also threw a 65-yard TD pass to Hunter O’Bannon in the first quarter and ran for another in the second quarter for Sonora (1-1).
Coahoma’s Reagan Chapman kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to break a 14-14 tie.
Perkins caught a 41-yard pass from Billy Bailey to push Coahoma’s lead to 24-14, but Buitron ran for his third TD, a 58-yarder with nine seconds left in the third quarter to put Sonora up 27-24.
Perkins led Coahoma with five catches for 129 yards, while Cox completed 6 of 11 passes for 103 yards.
Knox City rolls past Motley County
At Matador, Caleb Arrieta ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries, and he also recovered a fumble for another as Knox City beat Motley County 60-12 in a Class 1A six-man game.
Bryson Callaway threw TD passes to Devin Guillory, while Blake Abila returned a kickoff 45 yards for another. Tristin Baxter also had a 2-yard TD run.
Knox City (2-0) outscored Motley County (0-2) 30-0 in the third quarter and ended the game on the 45-point mercy rule with Arrieta’s 26-yard TD run with three seconds left in the third quarter.
The Greyhounds play unbeaten May next Friday in Knox City.
May, ranked No. 3 in Class 1A Division I, beat Austin St. Stephen’s 77-46 in May.
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