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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Sunday, September 1», 19M
Gander Defensive
Team Looks Good
Despite 20-0 Loss
COUGAR DEFENSE ■ ■
were at it again. Of course, they received good
field position after stopping the Ganders on
— four downs, taking over at REL’s 23.
Tailback Leroy Brooks, who piled up 321 Five plays later, Junior tailback Bubba
yards in two previous games, was held to 38 Jones bounced over left tackle for a 7*yard
yards on 13 carries. TD. This time, quarterback Ed Lovell passed
Quarterback Louis Garcia, who was able to to tight end Eric Wells for the two points and a
bull his way for some tough yardage prior to 2(H) lead.
Friday night, spent most of the game getting The Cougar defense was at it again to en-
off the turf. A gang of Cougar defenders sure the victory. Of REL’s final 10 plays, Gar-
pestered him enough that he ended with Cla was sacked five times for minus-40 yards.
minus-31 yards on 21 carries.
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•‘We were Just flat offensively," Kramer
■ When Massey took over the head coaching gaid. “i can’t really say why, other than the
■ chores from Bill Bundy this fall, he realized he (act that they had a better defense than we
™ had something special. Kramer knew the had offense tonight. Their quickness had a lot
H Cougars would be tough also. But he didn’t to do with it. In all fairness to our backs, they
didn’t have many opportunities to do much.”
The Ganders' deepest penetration came
, ....... during their third possession of the game.
gg strength and quickness coming into the game. ^ reached La Marque’s 27-yard line,
■ I Just didn’t think their defense would be that where a drive stalled when back-to-back
much quicker than our people. ” passes by Garcia fell incomplete.
The Gander defensive effort matched the ~ „ ... ,
Cougars stride for stride in the first half. REL The e«of Marque punter Bill Fattlg and
chalked up six sacks for minus-36 yards and some fortunate bounces, put MIL in an of fen-
limited a powerful offensive attack to 77 f*ve hole at least twotimes^His P^nts to start
yards the second and fourth periods rolled dead in-
But La Marque started to put things si(le the 1-yard line,
together in the second half. It began with one "Last week, our special teams did a good
play and one man —senior tailback Mike Hill, Job<’ Kramer said. “But when you have to
The Cougars took over at their 32-yard line start two possessions inside the 1 against a
with 8:19 remaining and one down later, they Sood defense, you’re fortunate to go foot by
had a 6-0 lead. Hill took a pitch from quarter- foot to 8et itof( y°ur 8°al line.””*
back Wendell Wooten, swept around left end Despite the loss, Kramer saw some bright
and then dashed past several REL defenders spots. Once again, the Gander defense proved
it will cause headaches for 23-5A opponents.
-4 By RICHARD NELSON
LA MARQUE (Sp) - After
nothing its runs is simple:
The Cougars had run the play
everything is taken Into account, before and gotten nothing out of
one factor in Robert E. Lee’s 20-0
loss to La Marque Friday night off Inside and Mike Hill sprinted
shines through. The Cougars the 68 yards to the goal line,
played heads above the Ganders’
previous 1983 opponents.
That’s not to say that Spring
Stanch and Port Arthur-
Jefferson were slouches, but
neither team managed to hold the
Gander offense to 18 total yards.
In reality, the score did not
reflect the entirety of the game.
The first half ended with a 0-0
deadlock and while La Marque ..... . .. . .
was leading In stats, the REL , *'8 nred np a ttieheglmi-
detense had done a good Job .1
keeping things tied down. tion and early sacks. In the se-
vr-Jfce Gander defense was in the co,n^alf ^ weren’t as intense ”
right place at the right time from Roland Garc f of
beginning of the game. Ken REE ,d<f,en“ A so’ after
fidies picked off Cougar quarter- f,rst ,ha1/: VMUfr, <luit
back Wendell Wooten’s first pass the ?frmt^ut PasaKto 0UJ
HHJie initial play of the game. side. It wasn t working for them. . . . . mnm nfftnfhnrioht
SSom then on through the first Mar^ue found other ways to t a^S* UMaSueTtoL ^
24- minutes of nlav the rfi gain yardage, as it rolled up 162 aagainst a lougn La Marque defense, me
defense would noi give up yards In the second half to REL s gglT?j'.™?“* **"
anything, sacking the quarter minus-27. “It seemed like we back and his teammates,
back six times and forcing La were on most °t the imlf;
Marque to punt on as many occa- we were tired- said Garcia, who
sjons led the defense with three sacks
Linemen and linebackers alike *or n*gbi-
were all over Wooten during the “LaMarque took possession of
first half. There were six quarter- the ball in four-down territory
back sacks recorded and when several times. That’s no excuse, three steps instead of four on my punts. And I
the REL defense did not catch up but they scored only once during didn’t see too much pressure on the rush
to Wooten, it was applying plenty that time,” stated Thompson, either,’’Sims said,
of pressure. “The defense played them very
it. This time a linebacker was cut
i
figure on them being that tough.
“They really impressed me,” Kramer said.
“We were really concerned with their size,
1
“They ran a sweep and with
speed like La Marque has, its just w
going to happen. If that one big ^
play was wiped away, this would
have been a very close m
ballgame,” said REL Defensive B
Coordinator Bill Thompson. “It B
wasn’t any one person’s fault. I’ll B
take the defense’s effort tonight B
anytime.”
for a 68-yard touchdown.
The extra-point kick attempt by Wooten was
“I thought our defensive effort was most
outstanding,” he said. “We got great effort
“He was so quick,” Kramer said of Hill. frorn the kids. We even started off with that
He just happened to hit it right on that play.” great interception. But then we couldn’t do
Junior Andy Duke, starting his first varsity anything with it.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor) game at defensive back, pointed to the long
run as a bad omen for the Ganders.
“I think that helped fire them up,” he said.
“They seemed to gain some momentum after
that.”
Behind the running of Hill, who had 150
yards on 19 carries, the Cougars improved
.. 1 ° .. , LM—HUl 68 run (kick failed I
their Offensive performance over the first LM—Godfrey (umble recovery in end zone (run failed)
half. But it wasn’t enough to blow REL away. Jones7ran(Wel!spassfromLovell)
Massey left it up to his defense to take care
of that task.
With Kevin Hilyard stationed near the back
of the end zone to punt, it happened. He fielded
a low snap, but then bobbled the ball and the
Cougar herd was on the loose ball in no time.
Senior noseguard Iverson Godfrey was the
fortunate one, coming up with the ball for a
tOUChdOWn and a 12-0 lead with 9:54 to play in Passing — REL: Garcial-7-20. LaMarque: Wooten2-5-133, Lovell
the game. A two-point conversion run failed. 3t0M,, . .......
The next time they got the ball, the Cougars ouphant 1-12
Defensive back Ken Bates picked off a
Wooten pass on the first play of the game. But
the REL offense stalled, which was a sign of
things to come.
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Robert E. Lee
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0 0 0 14-10
REL LM
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42-18 49-184
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing yards
Passes
More than anything else in the win, Bundy
However, the first half exertion closely. I’ll take the way they per- was pleased with the effort and intensity ex-
took its toll on the Gander defense formed anytime.” hibited Friday night,
as the Cougars scored their first La Marque’s other score came “We had to have a A-plus in effort tonight,
touchdown on their second via a fumble recovery, as Kevin Port Neches is a great team. If you don’t have
possession. La Marque ran a sim- Hilyard bobbled a low punt snap the effort, something’s the matter," Bundy
pie ; sweep. Only with its speed, deep in the end zone. said.
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1-7-2 5-10-1
9-33.2 7-30.6
Punts
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yards
3-1
4-1
4-25 y 106
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing — REL: Brooks 13-38; Hollingsworth 4-8; Malone 1-7;
Augustine 2-3; Hilyard l-(-7); Garcia 21-(-31). La Marque: Hill 19-
150; Jones 8-26; Parker 4-24; Butler 3-3; Wooten 5-<-6); Lovell 1(M-
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NEAR END--
really wanted to establish that part of down and made the hole,
our game before we entered district.
It took us almost the entire game, but pie push over Taylor. There at the
last) the .entire line was blowing open
Kelly Wilkie, LeBlanc,
found it hard to run, so the pass was Taylor, Albert and Alfred Lopez.
Until that lone diamond, the there. This week we found it hard to nt “was a superb job by our offen-
Rangers had scraped together just 78 pass, so we had to make the run work, sive line.”
yards of offensive punch. Finally, They forced us to establish the run.” On defense, the Rangers were
when it counted, everything gelled. Grady Williams, who turned in felons, stealing three fumbles and twd
“Port Neches-Groves was stunting another sparkling performance on of- key pass interceptions,
and slanting on defense all night,” fense and defense, credited - the Mark Enderll, Mafk Little and
Forbes recalled “Therp at the last, Rangers’ last-second torch to his head LeBlanc had the fumble thefts,
we were able to take advantage of coach.
their defensive calls. When they bun- “Coach Bundy keeps telling us that
ched up the middle, we went outside, the fourth quarter is the most impor- 12.
tant part of the ballgame,” he said.
“Tonight as the minutes were running
down, we were able to pick up the
pace of the game. We hustled when it
“The crowd in the stands had a lot counted,
to do with that touchdown drive,”
LeBlanc noted. “When we broke the
big pass from Forbes to Williams, the
fans got excited. That support wasn’t
lost on us. At one point everyone was
standing, cheering. They pumped us
up even more.”
Sanders, who weaved and bobbed
from the Indians’ 35 to the 15-yard line
during the drive, said the running
game came together just in time.
“Last week our rushing attack call,” he explained. “It went off
wasn’t that hot,” he admitted.“Coach tackle, over LeBlanc. He wore them
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The touchdown was a ‘23’, a sim-
dressing room. “But in those last four at last we got it together,
minutes, our line began to open the
holes and move the defense back.”
LeBlanc agreed. “Last week we holes
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halting Indian drives at the Port
Neches 34, the RSS 32 and inside the
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Then the holes began opening in the
middle again.
For eight beautiful plays, it was
Camelot.
Senior Todd Hebert and Williams
snuffed out other Indian scoring
drives with their interceptions.
Williams put Sterling’s win on ice
with an over-the-head catch of a Deny
Duhon pass in the Ranger end zone
with 58 seconds remaining.
“Coach had that play read perfect-
ly,” he said in the boisterous dressing
room. “On that one play, coach told
Hebert and me to switch areas. I was
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• “We worked hard on the running
game in practice this week and had
our best practices with it. Tonight
when it counted, our intensity and
pride showed through.”
Weaver’s plunge into the end zone
corked the win. On first-and-goal
from the 5, Weaver pushed inside the
1. When a quarterback sneak came up
dry, he rode again and found the gold.
“The 4-yard run was a basic ‘24’
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in the right spot when the pass came.
It was high, but I wasn’t about to let
that ball get away.”
His catch told the story. It was a
game that perhaps molded the STEVE WEAVER eludes Port Neches-Groves the only touchdown in the 7-0 victory for the
Ranger offense for the season; one defender Brent Breaux (44) during Ross S. Rangers,
the defense didn’t let slip away.
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(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
Sterling’s game Friday night. Weaver scored
King Outscores Channelview For 31-27 Win
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HOUSTON (Sp) — Mike Aranda ran for 128 The Panthers opened the scoring when run- with 9:57 left in the first half,
yards and three touchdowns to lift the C.E. ning back Jason Filer scored on a 12-yard run The Falcons closed the gap to 31-27 with 8:03
King Panthers past the Channelview Falcons, in the first period to cap a 12-play, 85-yard left to play when Chumley ran in from the 12
31-27, Friday night. drive that was aided by a 15-yard penalty and hit Tony Bloomfield with a conversion
Aranda-scored on runs of 45,1 and 19 yards against Channelview on fourth-and-9 from pass,
and Shannon Moore kicked four extra points midfield,
and! a field goal to erase a 210-yard, two-
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quarterback Mike Chumley. of a 60-yard drive 10 plays later in the quarter.
Meanwhile, the clock ran out on Chumley Channelview pulled in front after the
and: the Falcons, who were moving, the ball Falcons recovered a fumble on the ensuing
quickly toward the end zone when the final kickoff. Chumley hit split end Robin Conway
gun-sounded. with an 11-yard scoring aerial. Hoyt Hoff-
Aranda’s 19-yard scoring dash and Moore’s man’s kick was wide of the mark, however,
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 275, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1983, newspaper, September 18, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154236/m1/18/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.