Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1981 Page: 8 of 20
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Fog* tight STAMFORD AMERICAN
Stamford. Toko* Thursday, October T5, 19*1
•Breckenridge awaits Stamford rematch
Parker and Co. ready for Alvares, Garcia and the Bulldogs
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in District 7-AAA
according to
A bunch of big, bad Buckaroos
to the Stamford thrown for 408 yards, hitting IS
Flashback
The Game
Hlamford <3-3* nt Brrckrnridgr (5-1*
those scoring catches have
Time: 7:30 p m
Place: Buckuroo Stadium
Clyde 11. Comanche IS
Last Year: Stamford 28, Breckenridge 23
football himself on ths option
C-CIly 20. Coleman 9
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District
Wreck IS. Howie 7
20-0
IM win and
Colorado City M. Cnlin. •
Stamford M. BoUlnoor 4
Brockonndeo M. Bowie 7
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Kaos City I*. Jayton 7
Huie «7. Chillicothe 11
Stamford
Colorado City
oriented teem, grounding out
1,833 yards over land and just
433 through the air for a total
Hamlin (7. Merkel 10
Haakell I Elertra 7
quarter and gave C-City a 13-9
lead. He later scored on an
eight-yard run to insure the
victory Jackson led the
Wolves rushing game that
mounted more than 200 yards.
District 7 AAA kept rolling
in its final week of non district
action but could not make a
complete sweep of its op.
ponents for the third straight
SHANE SPECK
...noseguard
Brackenndse
Clyde
penalties For the night. Wreck
had 10 flags thrown against
them for 135 yards
The Wolves rolled to their
third straight victory to even
their record at 3-3.
Victor Jackson scored twice
in the last quarter after C-City
was down 9-6 in Coleman His
first TD run came just into the
When he throws, tight end
Brad Woodard is hie favoriale
target, catching 10 passes
already for 300 yards
When he opts for the han
doff, It usually goes to Ronnie
Mercer who has 307 yards and
a solid 5.0 average per carry
Ho la also the team's top
scorer with 30 points
Brorkonnd**
Clyde
Cotarsd. CUy
Stamford
Wylie
couple <>f scoring throws and
kicker lore my Ramos booted
two field go.i Is and three PATs
for the win
Taylor hit 11 of 21 passes for
160 yards and a pair of TD
throws to Brian Cook Both
teams scored three times but
Ramos’s nine points to just
one for Comanche gave Clyde
the eight-point win.
yards a kick while Mercer has
a 35 yard average far the
Bucks. Jon Griffin missed a
PAT against Bowie last week
Io snap an 11-straight streak
for Brock while Gomez has hit
on 7 of 11 kicks for the
Bulldogs
Bulldogs do go to the pass fre-
quently. Alvares has hit <7 of
KB throws (47 per cent* for 798
yards and nine touchdowns.
He has thrown 13 intercep-
tions, many of those coming
off deflections by his own
receivers.
His primary receiver is
senior Paul Gomes who has
niaght 20 for 3it yards and
two TD's. The big play man
has been junior tight end Tom-
my Collins who has caught
just 11 passes but for 317 yards
Definitely the highlight of
the football season for Stam-
ford.
Bulldogs jumped off to a 14-0
lead in the first quarter as
Mike Cox and Edward Gard-
ner scored. That lead
evaporated to a 30-14 deficit
until Gardner broke loose fora
long run early in the fourth
quarter
Breck came back again to
take the lead on a field goal by
Radio: KDWT AM 1400 (Bob Prichard
play by play beginning 7 15pm *
Defenaively. Breckenridge
has boon very tough with only
powerful Brownwood able to
solve their alignments The
defense owns a shutout over
Iowa Park and ha* sur-
rendered just one touchdown
in throe other games
The top defensive player is
noaeguard Shane Speck who
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AARON BROWN
...leading tackler
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BRAD WOODWARD
...top receiver
Ballinger and Woodard is ex-
pected to step in and take
over
Other standouts have been
senior Joe Garcia at
noseguard, senior Steve
Bohannan at defensive end
and Collins at another end
position. In the secondardy,
senior Ted Scarborough and
junior Chuck Howard have an
chored a unit that was excep-
tional tough against the pass
until the Ballinger game.
Puntingwise, Wayne Cren-
shaw has averaged near M
The Huck* rolled to a
lead before the Jackrabbits
i ould score
Ronnie Mercer scored first
on a five-yard run and
quarterback Kyle Parker
made it 14-0 at the half on a
sneak 1-ate in the game.
James Sumners scored to
make it 20-0 Jon Griffin miss
ed the PAT. hi* first error in
hi* last 12 tries
Howie got on the scoreboard
on a seven yard run by Pat
Henson
The Bucks aided that
67 yard drive with 47, yards in
KYLE PARKER
...voor quortorbock
Wylie became the lone vic
tim this week, dropping a 21 10
decision to a strong Brady
team Chalking up victories in
addition to Stamford* 368
romp over Ballinger were
Breckenridge 20-7 over Bowie,
Clyde 27-19 over Comanche
and Colorado City 20 9 over
Coleman
Here * how they went
day night
balanced offensive attack.
Junior Essie Woodard ha* 535
yards to lead a 708-yard team
effort. Junior tailback Tony
Gardner ha* added 344 yard*
going for it thia year The first,
of course, Is the revenge
motive, and the second is the
homefield advantage Last
B Bulldog Stadium was
to capacity on both sides
and ths same kind of crowd
can be expected again in
Breckenridge
Ncoullng Report: A long awaited rematch
for the Bucks after last year's stunning
loos Breck has lost just once 42-8 to
powerful Brownwood...led by junior
Quarterback Kyle Parker with 435 yards on
the ground and 402 in the air defense is
strong again, giving up more than one
touchdown only twice in six
games...Bulldogs lost linebacker Eugene
Cedillo for three weeks...junior Essie
Woodard to replace him...defensive tackle
Dwayne Gomez still out.. . Woodard has 535
yards rushing and Ray Alvarez 798 passing
Leading the Stamford
defense has been senior
linebacker Ronnie Garcia who
ha* recovered two fumbles in
addition to coming up with
several sacks and many
tackles. Linebacking team-
mate Eugene Cedillo was lost
for three weeks in the win over Dale Dixon but the Bulldogs
pulled it out when Kyle Whit
temore turned a short pass
play into a touchdown with
leas than three minutes to go.
Cox had 85 yards rushing
and hit eight of 15 throws for
131 yards.
Quarterback Jimmy Taylor
broke out of a TD slump with a
7 AAA STANDINGS
Season
Brady 21, Wylie J*
Wylie jumped off to 10-0 lead
but let a 10-7 halftime lead slip
away in the second half. In
the final two quarters, Brady
rolled up 247 yards to just 24
for the Bullldogs.
Brady's Anthony McDonald
got 217 yards rushing while
Kevin Smith had 77 for Wylie.
Scott Ellison scored all
three Brady touchdowns on
runs of one, two and one yard.
Woodard *t defensive end who and made throe interception* The Bulldog* have ac-
hat two aacks, six teckte* andLinebacker Alton Pierce cumulated 1,508 total yartto in
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Come rain or shine or high
aster, the .Stamford-
Breckenridge battle will go on
this weekend
Although officiate are still
determining if Buckaroo
Stadium will be the gamesite,
you can bet your bottom dollar
the District 7 AAA opener for
both teams will be played
Stamford coach Gary
Wilhelm know* hi* team ha*
an uphill struggle ahead of
them The Bulldog* are facing
one of the best AAA teams in
the state Friday and Stamford
once again is playing the
uncwrtKjfi rtw
’They are by far the beat
team we've played all year,"
say* Wilhelm "Probably the
moat outstanding thing about
them is Aheir offensive and
defensive line* They are all
around 300 pound*, come off
the ball with authority and
block well **
Behind ths offensive wall,
you can find Kyle Parker and
his contingent of running
backs That presents a double
challenge for the Bulldog*.
"Offensively. Parker is the
guy well have to stop though I
Duncan and Shane Spech. both
going near 300 pound*
The Bucks will run the veer
Wilhelm add* and although
they don't do much fancy
stuff, what they do is done
well -
"From a defensive standout
what we are going to have to
do is stop Parker, that's
number one. and then their
quick trap they like to run and
the pa*ais to Woodard," sur-
mised Wilhelm
A* for the Brock defense.
Wilhelm says, "They have the
best defense we've
faced they are batter than
teat year " He points first to
Pierce at linebacker and says
"he's th* beat that I've seen
since I've been hero at Stam-
ford " Wilhelm labels him bet
tor than Date Darnel of Lit-
tlefield and the all-state
linebacker for state champion
Pittsburg.
Another standout is Aaron
Brown to the secondary and
Woodard at defensive end
"We will have to black those
people to run th* football
Wtoth, tk lairing at the
rota thto week. teaks ter a
defeoaiv* battle that might be
think their running backs are
better thto year I've been im-
proaeed with Alien Pierce
more than any of them.”
Wilhelm reports.
When the Bucks decided to
paaa, Parker looks in the
direction of hte tight ond Brad
Woodard, a 8-1. lS8-pound
Ths Buckaroo ofFemiv* line
to anchored by guards Mike
determined by the kicktag
game. Brack punter Ronnie
Mercer hn* done a rent job at
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in a hole with hto kick*
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