Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1988 Page: 7 of 12
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-Sports
Thursday, October 6. 1988
PORTLAND NEWS
District Race Heats Up
Wildcats Facing Air Attack
From Tuloso-Midway Offense
Tomorrow night, the Wildcats wJ!
be looking to stop an air stuck iron
Tniojo-Midway quarterback Julian
Camacho and end Ertk Kovda
Hovda entered last week’s game
against Roixtown with a knee in-
but that did not stop him frtrr
two passes for 24 yanls
3tMA's leading receiver, he
ranked among the stale’s top 1#,
Quarterback Camacho, did not
hesitate to throw with the star
receiver slowed down. He amaaae 1 a
total of H completions on 24 at
tempU for 131 yards
T-M'i defense is another story
Allowing Rotwtown to nimble for ]M
yards they were able to hold die
Pickers to only two touchdowns
They did make key plays, including
recovering three of u fumbles and
an Interception that was returned
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WHATMiWtCfR*
PLAYERS
OF THE WEEK
for a touchdown.
Accrodmg to Wildcat Head Coach
Carlo Mircovich, tte T-M offensive
style is to spread the defense ail over
the field and throw The ’Cat* defen-
sive unit will hive jo adjust for this
style of attack
On offense. Mircovich said the
running game iroukl remain the key
He did say that laeuig two rumbles in
last week's gnme was too many
This week, backs i re going to have
to concentrate on holding Use ball.
The winner A this game stays in
second place while the loser drops to
third m the din net 30-4A rankings
Coached by [reruns May and hav-
ing 13 returnsg lettermen. the War-
riors are trying to improve on last
year's season record of 3-7. In their
last match-up. G-P defeated T-M 34-
3 and lead 144 in the series since
GAME-AT-A-GLANCE
Tuloso-Midwtiy at Gregory-Portland
Series Record (Since 1986) G P leads 16-4
Current Stress G P has won lost 4
Last Game 19B7 G-P won 36-[i
1987 Record*: T M 3-7
GP 10-2
Oppoamg Coach Oanrws May
Site Wildcat Stadium
Game Time: 7:30 p m Friday October 7
Both teams are coming into Fri-
day’s game with 1-1 district records
and are in a four way tie for second
place
Game time is Friday at 7:30 p.m
at Wildcat SUdium
JV Lady Cats Win
2 Tight Matches
The JV Lady CaU are making a
habit of winning tight matches
last Saturday against Kockport-
Fulton, G-P pulled the match out in
three games After dropping the
first game 13-11, the Lady Cats came
back smoking tc take the second
game 11-1 The Hard and final game
was a deter contest with G-P wtru-
ing 1M
At the end of round one in district
pUy, the JV is bed for first si 3-1.
Tuesday night the CaU travelled
to BevtUe where they won the match
FRED FLORES
No 62 Defense
DEFENSIVE % GRADE
1 Fred Fiores (50 ol 55 91%
2 David Herrog <24 cf 27) 89%
3 Oavid Harsh (44 ol 54) 82%
4 David hotuh (42 of 53) 80%
5 Glen Wiggins (39 ol 50) 78%
OFFENSIVE % GRADE
1 Tony tuna (40 of 46) 87%
2 lames Ramsey (47 of 59) 80%
3 Spencer Smith (IS of 20)
5 Tom Mitchell (23 of 30)
TONY LUNA
No 75 Offense
14-2, *-15 and 16-10
The Freshmen team had trouble
with Rockport-Fulton They lost 16-
II, 11-12 and 1 11 to drop Into a three
way tie for first place
After such a tough loss, the frosh
were looking for revenge That's
what they found in Beeville In only
two games, 11-4 and 114, they won
the match.
Both teams play Flour Bluff Tues-
day in the G-P gym starting at 1 30
p.m.
Gregory
Portland
Whslahurger nponwirn the Wildcat Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week
JV Cats Claim 1st District Win
In 21-7 Battle Against Beeville
Showing signs of improvement,
the Junior Varsity claimed their
first district victory
last Thursday. working with a
homefield advantage, the ’Cats
defeated Beeville, 21-7.
The first touchdown came in the
second quarter when Bryan Bailey
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dived through the line behind the
blocking of guard John Pimentel,
tackle tarry Deal and end Roman
Kioa to break loose lor a 32 yard
touchdown The extra-point was
good. G-P lead 7-0
Still ir. the second quarter. Cary
Fothrrgill intercepted • pass
Before Beeville realised what hap-
pened. Fothergiii had sprinted 70
yards for a touchdown The extra-
point was again good and the Cats
lead, 144).
In the third quarter, the defense
roee to the occasion by recovering a
fumble that set up the third
touchdown First play after the tur-
nover, quarterback Danny Atkinson
bootlegs right for a 25 yard
touchdown The extra-point was
good making the final score 21-7, G-
On offense, end Seth Suggs,
halfback Bailey, quarterback Atkin
son and tackle Larry Baker all had
an outstanding game And. end
Michael Gonzales received five
passes for 150 yards
Wade Winters had a good game
substituting at halfback for Chn.1
Mobley who was shifted to turner
back
Other defensive standouts were
tackles Alex Mendez and Ernest
Saenz: end Manuel Hinojosa and
cornerback Doug Farmer
i one backers Rodrey Cotten and
Javier Vasquez both turned in good
performances
Coach Jim Farmer said. They
are back on track Basically, they
played with more confidence and
are looking forward to playing
Tulcso-Midway "
Game tune is 7 tonight at Tuloao-
Midway
Kingsville Crushed By G-P Kittens
quarterback Kevin Ward
Ward had two outatandm
t up
•rterl
In what can only b* termed a rout,
(i-P 7th graders crushed Kingsville,
304
Behind an offensive line of John
Sutton, Gabne! Romero, Lionel
IsOSMO, Chna Millet, .Scott Junra.
Clay Manaker and Joe Medellin, the
kitten* seemed able to score at will.
Fullback Julian Jimenct led the
offense and scored two touchdowns
Halfback Wesley Raye also scored
twice I jno Cruz stood out with two
extra-point scores, once on an end
run and another on a pass from
Rawm SvkCTipflw
ing p
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arterback Kevin Ward
Ward ha<
'.urns thi
Alternate quarterback Josh
Plemons helped by adding extra
points to the scoreboard on a pass
play to Robbie Bailey
Equally impressive was the
defense They held the Kingsville
Brahmas scoreless Standouts were
Robert Saucedo. Ricky Moreno.
Charlie Cadnel and Joe Diaz
Tonight, the Kittens take on Tulso-
Midway in Wildcat Stadium at 5 30
p.m
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Sinton Young Farmers
Show Pig Sale
FOR JANUARY. FEBRUARY fk MARCH SHOWS
Sell ng approximately 125 sifted pigs
Saturday, October 9, 1988
3:00 P.M.
San Patricio County Show Barns
Sinton. Texas
OPEN FOR VIEWING
12:00 P.M. Sale Day
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Neill, Lee Ann. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1988, newspaper, October 6, 1988; Portland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth870998/m1/7/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.