Childress takes out Tulia
Childress rebounded from a tough loss at Canadian last week with a convincing home win against Tulia in District 3-3A Division II clash with a 56-6 victory at Fair Park Stadium.
The Bobcat defense was dominating holding the Hornets to 56 total yards, forcing three turnovers and held Tulia to 1-of-8 on third down conversions.
On the offensive side, the night belonged to senior speedster Da’Reon Mathis. Mathis chewed up the Tulia defense for three touchdowns of 28, seven and four yards, finishing with a game-high 162 yards rushing on 16 carries. Quarterback Drake Rabe was extremely efficient with his arm going 15-of-19 for 239 yards with a pair of TD while adding two more scores with his feet.
Childress moves to 1-1 in district and 4-3 overall. The Hornets drop to 1-6 on the year and 0-2 in the league.
Friona pulls away from Dimmitt
The Friona Chieftains shook off a back-and-forth first half with Dimmitt to run away for a 56-21 victory on Friday night at Bobcats Stadium.
The Chieftains stay hot putting together their fourth straight win moving to 4-3 overall but more importantly 2-0 in District 3-3A Division II. Dimmitt drops to 1-6, 0-2.
The Bobcats hung tough in the first half trailing 21-14. The Bobcats actually had a 14-0 advantage before the Chieftains exploded for 56 unanswered points. Friona started the scoring in the second quarter on a Carson Seaman 32-yard touchdown toss to Jameson Daniels, then Seaman scampered for a five-yard score to tie the game, 14-14.
After gaining the lead by halftime, Friona took over thanks to another Seaman TD pass to Daniels on a 44-yard connection followed by a Carson 76-yard run to paydirt.
Seaman ended his night with a huge outing going 10-of-15 through the air for 214 yards with four touchdown passes and chewed up 153 yards rushing on 18 carries with two more touchdowns. Daniels complimented Seaman with five catches for 109 yards with three touchdowns.
Defensively, Aaron Rosales had eight tackles with an interception.
Canadian thwarts Spearman to stay undefeated
Canadian continued its dominance and stayed undefeated in the process as the No. 2-ranked Wildcats had no issue bullying Spearman 62-13 on Friday night at Wildcats Stadium on Friday night.
The Wildcats are rolling at 7-0 overall and move to 2-0 in District 3-3A Division II. Spearman (3-4) falls to 1-1 in district.
As it’s been all season, Canadian jumped out fast building a 35-7 lead by halftime and never looking back.
Running back Kaden Crooks was a mismatch for the Lynx defense as he ran through and sped right past Spearman for a season-high 210 yards on the ground on only 10 carries with two touchdowns including a 58-yard haul.
Quarterback Camren Cavalier continues to tear up the stat sheet with another superb performance. The senior gunslinger had a modest night rushing taking five carries for 56 yards with a pair of scores but went 18-of-24 through the air for 275 yards with four touchdowns. Receiver Preston Neumeier benefited snagging nine catches for 125 yards for two touchdowns and Luke Flowers added 84 yards receiving on four catches with two TDs of his own.
Spearman’s JP Carbajal did finish with 172 yards with two touchdowns.
Bushland bullies River Road
Coming as no surprise, the Bushland Falcons absolutely destroyed the River Road Wildcats 70-0 at home during a District 2-3A Division I game on Friday night.
This game was over as soon as it started with the Falcons piling up 35 points in the first four minute of the game. Quarterback Dawson Jaco did damage in limited work going 11-of-13 through the air for 250 yards with three touchdowns and added another 44 yards rushing with another TD. Slade Perry ran well with 101 yards on 10 carries with two TDs and Kade Gavina snagged three catches for 125 yards for two touchdowns.
Bushland remains unbeaten in District 2-3A Division I at 2-0 while improving to 7-1 overall. River Road continues to struggle at 1-7, 0-2.
Dalhart gets massive win over Shallowater
After Friday night, the Dalhart Golden Wolves need to be looked at as legit contenders.
The Golden Wolves pulled off a massive win at home by downing last year’s district champion and favored Shallowater 21-14 behind a final drive that won’t be forgotten for years to come.
Dalhart took a 21-14 lead in the third quarter when quarterback Kyler Read hit Colton Carnesecca for a 74-yard score.
Shallowater took the ball late in the third and were driving to score. However, on the opening play of the fourth quarter, Carnesseca intercepted a Shallowater quarterback Clayton Vincent pass at the Dalhart five-yard line at the 11:52 mark.
From there, the Dalhart offense did the unthinkable in 2023. Reminiscent to a 1990’s offense, the Golden Wolves used their physicality to methodically run the ball behind a powerhouse QB in Read by getting yards in doses and chewing clock. That allowed the Golden Wolves to move the ball 90 yards on an eye-opening 23 plays, getting first downs and keeping the Shallowater offense off the field the entire fourth quarter as Dalhart went to victory formation at the Shallowater five-yard line for the incredible win.
Read was a star rushing the ball 32 times for 117 yards. He then threw for 224 yards with three touchdowns on 12-of-26 passing. Carnesseca not only came up with the key interception to open the final frame, but also had 108 yards receiving with two touchdowns on only four catches.
Defensively, Jeff Puga had a monster outing with 12 tackles, one for a loss with an interception. Dalhart intercepted four passes on the night.
The Golden Wolves keep pace with Bushland moving to 2-0 in District 2-3A Division I and 7-1 overall. The Mustangs fall to 3-4, 0-1.