Tascosa’s Joseph Plunk celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Midland High on Thursday night at Dick Bivins Stadium. [John Moore/ Press Pass Sports]
Tascosa opened District 2-6A play exactly how it wanted to rolling up 528 yards on the ground on the way to a 63-6 blowout win against Midland High on a blustery Thursday night at Dick Bivins Stadium.
The Bulldogs (1-5, 0-1) simply didn’t have an answer for the Rebels option attack, setting the tone on the opening drive of the game.
Tascosa needed only three plays to march 75 yards in 46 seconds to get on the board.
That first score came on an 11-yard run by Darius Sanders, giving the Rebels a 7-0 lead they’d never relinquish.
From there, quarterback Joseph Plunk and his plethora of backs put on an offensive exhibition, taking a commanding 42-0 lead into halftime, chewing up 322 rushing yards on 30 carries in the first 30 minutes.
RUNNING BY COMMITTEE
It didn’t matter who touched the ball against Midland High. Tascosa had 14 different backs get carries behind the Rebels dominating offensive line. Plunk and fullback Parker settle each went over 100 yards rushing. Settle finished with 11 carries for 121 yards, and seven different running backs found the endzone in the game.
Tascosa quarterback Joseph Plunk ran for 143 yards during the Rebels 63-6 win against Midland High on Thursday. [John Moore/ Press Pass Sports]
PLUNK CHASING 1,000
With a 143 yards rushing against the Bulldogs, Tascosa signal caller Joseph Plunk is quickly closing the gap to a 1,000 yards. The lightning quick dual-threat QB is at 979 yards for the season. Plunk rushed it 14 times in the game with two touchdowns on the ground while throwing for two more.
UP NEXT
Tascosa improves to 5-1 overall but more importantly 1-0 in District 2-6A. The Rebels hit the road to battle rival Odessa Permian at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18, at Ratliff Stadium.
Midland High falls to 1-5 overall and 0-1 in district. The Bulldogs play at Frenship on Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Tascosa 63, Midland High 6
Midland High 0 0 6 0 — 6
Tascosa 14 28 21 0 — 63
FIRST QUARTER
T—Darius Sanders 11 run (Max Burleson kick), 11:13
T—Joseph Plunk 13 run (Burleson kick), 8:56
SECOND QUARTER
T—Burleson 11 run (Plunk run), 11:02
T—Anthony Tuttle 16 run (kick failed), 8:45
T—Plunk 2 run (Burleson kick), 4:54
T—Major Everhart 62 pass from Plunk (Burleson kick), 0:06
THIRD QUARTER
T—Brandon Sanders 5 pass from Plunk (Burleson kick), 7:20
T—Blake Anderson 8 run (Burleson kick), 6:18
M—Jordan Springer 2 run (run failed), 0:10
T—Chance Jones 75 run (Burleson kick), 0:00
Midland High Tascosa
First downs 10 26
Rushing 127 528
Passing. 42 67
Total yards 169 595
C-A-I 3-7-1 2-3-0
Punts-Avg. 5-30.6 1-29.0
Fumbles-lost 3-3 3-2
Penalties-yds 4-21 8-60
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Midland High: Landry Walls 7-(-43), Daniel Garcia 34-135, Springer 7-32, R. Abdurazaq 1-3. Tascosa: Plunk 14-143, Parker Settle 11-121, D. Sanders 2-16, Jaiton McMorris 2-14, Tuttle 6-64, Everhart 2-24, Burleson 2-13, Anderson 3-14, Jones 1-75, Ryan Barnett 2-6, Javonte Perry-Gilbreath 1-13, Alex Arredondo 2-31, Jonathan Arredondo 1-(-3), Patrick Spangler 1-(-3).
PASSING—Midland High: Walls 3-7-1-42. Tascosa: Plunk 2-3-0-67.
RECEIVING—Midland High: Jonathan Cajigal 2-21, Nick Baiano 1-21. Tascosa: Everhart 1-62, B. Sanders 1-5.
Caprock cruises past Lubbock High
Caprock quarterback Tarik Williams finds running room against Lubbock High on Thursday night at PlainsCapital Park-Lowrey Field in Lubbock. [Audrey Kerr/ Hub City Preps]
Caprock stayed perfect in District 2-5A Division I, easing past Lubbock High 55-17 at PlainsCapital Park-Lowrey Field in Lubbock on Thursday night.
The Longhorns used a big second half to earn their second straight win of the season. Leading a closer game than expected, 27-17, at halftime, Caprock came out firing in the final two quarters outscoring the Westerners 28-0.
Coach Dan Sherwood relied heavily on quarterback Tarik Williams and running back Corbin Putnam. Williams had 113 yards rushing that included an 81-yard touchdown run. The senior was also 12 of 17 passing for 76 yards with a TD pass.
Putnam ran through the LHS scoring all four Caprock second half touchdowns. Putnam’s score came on runs of 35, eight, seven and two yards.
The hard working Putnam ended the game with 135 yards on 15 carries.
UP NEXT
After an 0-4 start to the year, Caprock has new life at 2-4 overall and a perfect 2-0 record in District 2-5A Division I. The Longhorns host No. 10 Abilene Cooper on Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Lubbock High falls to 1-6, 0-3. The Westerners are open next week.
Caprock 55, Lubbock High 17
Caprock 14 13 21 7 — 55
Lubbock 7 10 0 0 — 17
C—Bryan Rodriguez 15 pass from Tarik Williams (Cason Polivoda kick)
C—Isaiah Carrasco 80 fumble return (Polivoda kick)
LHS—Noe Tijerina 17 pass from Brandon Smith (Billy McNamara kick)
LHS—McNamara 35 FG
C—Williams 81 run (kick failed)
C—Richard DeLeon 3 run (Polivoda kick)
LHS—Tijerina 11 pass from Smith (McNamara kick)
C—Corbin Putman 35 run (Polivoda kick)
C—Putman 2 run (Polivoda kick)
C—Putnam 7 run (Polivoda kick)
C—Putman 8 run (Polivoda kick)
CAP LUB
First downs 19 15
Rushes-yards 29-263 30-99
Passing yards 141 97
Total yards 404 196
Passes 18-24-0 9-20-1
Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-2
Punts-avg. 0-0 4-28.8
Penalties-yards 12-102 7-58
Individual statistics
RUSHING:Caprock – Corbin Putnam 15-135, Tarik Williams 5-113, Draven Solis 5-41, Nathan Contreraz 1-(minus) 1, team 3-(minus) 25; Lubbock High – Keith Ramirez 17-81, Rodney Hunter 9-45, Richard DeLeon 3-0, Brandon Smith 4-(minus) 27.
PASSING: Caprock – Williams 12-17-0–76, DeLeon 6-7-0 65; Lubbock High – Smith 9-20-1 97 yards.
RECEIVING: Caprock – Bryan Rodriguez 6-75, Isayah Hernandez 4-28, Jose Reynoso 4-25, Putman 1-7, Devon Smith 1-5, Fabian Morales 1-1, Solis 1-0; Lubbock High – Darin Mendez 1-33, Noe Tijerina 3-31, Ramirez 1-19, Owen Fuambu 2-8, Maximus Hernandez 1-6, Hunter 1-0.
Coyotes stifle Raiders in district opener
It was another frustrating performance for the Randall offense as the Raiders dropped their District 3-5A Division II opener 27-10 to Wichita Falls High on Thursday night at Memorial Stadium.
Randall scored all 10 points in the first half, but were blanked in the final two quarters to a stingy Coyotes defense. The Raiders had cut the deficit to 14-10 when quarterback Jakobe Norman found Brayden Beck on an 18-yard pitch and catch with 56 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
That was as close as Randall could get as the WFHS defense limited the Raiders to 78 yards in the second half and only 194 yards for the game.
The Coyotes broke the game open in the third quarter on a Zy Gravitt 9-yard touchdown pass to Zach Williams, for his third his third TD catch of the game.
Williams hauled in five catches for 89 yards while Gravitt finished 18 of 27 for 177 yards and three touchdowns.
UP NEXT
Randall falls to 1-5 overall and 0-1 in District 3-5A. The Raiders return home to face Plainview on Oct. 18, at 7 p.m.
WFHS moves to 2-4 overall and 1-0 in district. The Coyotes host Abilene Wylie next Thursday at 7 p.m.
WFHS 27, Canyon Randall 10
Randall 3 7 0 0 — 10
WFHS 14 7 6 — 27
FIRST QUARTER
R—FG, Juan Garcia 27, :00
SECOND QUARTER
W—Zach Williams 52 pass from Zy Gravitt (Kordell Dorman kick), 11:39
W—Williams 6 pass from Gravitt (Dorman kick), 5:13
R—Brayden Beck 18 pass from Jakobe Norman (Garcia kick), :56
THIRD QUARTER
W—Williams 9 pass from Gravitt (Dorman kick), 5:35
FOURTH QUARTER
W —FG, Dorman 43, 4:06
W—FG, Dorman 37, 1:20
TEAM STATS
First downs:(R) 9; (W) 13
Rushing:(R) 26-85; (W) 26-111
Passing:(R) 11-19-0-109; 18-27-2-177.
Punting:(R) 3-28.7; (W) 3-26.7
Fumbles:(R) 2-0; (W) 2-0
Penalties:(R) 6-54; (W) 7-60
INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing:(R) Brayden Beck 18-74, Brandon Ellison 4-10, Jakobe Norman 2-7, Patrick Perea 1-5, Jared Gallegos 1-(-11); (W) Bricen Vialpando 19-96, Zy Gravitt 4-12, Justin McKay 1-6, Zach Williams 1-2, Team 1-(-5).
Passing:(R) Norman 12-18-0—109, Gallegos 0-1-0—0; (W) Gravitt 18-27-2—177.
Receiving:(R) Mason Tupin 4-39, Beck 4-29, Cayden Eason 1-17, Michael Miller 1-13, Ellison 1-11; (W) Williams 5-89, Julian Carrilo 7-45, Isaiah Johnson 2-14, Dorian Beaver 1-12, Khelyn Sapp 2-9, Vialpando 1-8.