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PORTLAWO NEWS
Thucidpy Novumbur iO. 1968
Spotty
Homecoming
Wildcats Pluck Pickers 35-6
In District 30-4A Finale
potato By Kirk Holt
tato The Cotton Picker* hive Seen
Till plucked by the Wildcats. 3M, to
rill I flnlih off district play.
ntal Adding insult to injury the Pickers
roads allowed two G-P backs to rush (or
toll I more than 100 yards. James Riunacy
tall totaled 115yards while Jason Culver
* wbi racked up 14* yards to clone out
P«“. regular season play with over I,MO.
tko j
The Wildest passing attack was
yM also In high gear Jason Coivtreras
completed seven passes of 12 at-
Jol, tempts for 102 yards and two
t touchdown passes
H—s. The G-P defense stsrteo the game
■ in lypscs' fashion. Holding the
Pickers to no gain for first three
plays, the 'Cats received the tall on
oM a punt and proceeded to march down
ratoi
Wa Seven plays later Culver look a
even pitch out. swept left, met a wall of
“baa defenders eye to eye, reverse! field
bam and scampered 52 yards for the first
wsak touchdown
tew A Sy Harvey fumble recovery set
trave the G-P scoring machine In motion
Mall once again. Running their standard
thaa boll control offense, the Cats work-
te be ed the ball to the one yard line where
OB Ramsey flops over for the second
wW touchdown
U>5| Not content to let the first half
** dose with only a 14 point spread, G-
P mounted a last minute drive to
score after a David Herzog intercep-
tioo.
With seconds left on the dock,
® Contreras rolled right, looked for a
receiver, then had to scramble as
the busier sounded before finally
shooting a bullet to Spencer Smith
who made a diving catch in the end-
lant for the ncors
The Wildcats first touchdown in
the third quartet' was started by a
lucky break After being ttopped on
downs. G-P punted the ball which
was kind enough to hit an unaware
Robetowns player tn the Back
David Harkt recovered the ball on
the Cotton Pickets 4s yard line. Five
plays later. iJulver took the hand off
and exploded through s hole in the
line to march 30 yard! (or his second
touchdown of the night
The final G-P touchdown came in
the fourth qnartir Contreras threw
a M yard pan to handy Thrash who
made t diving catch Once again the
golden toe of Smith resulted ui
five of five ertrt-pouit kicks
Coach Carlo Mlrcovich was pleas-
ed with the game He said. We
knew they vould not be as high ss
they were sgsinst Flour Bluff, but
they put the game away Just like we
wanted.'’
The offense put together s total of
3M yards, blanks largely to the of-
fensive line which Includes ends.
Randy Thrash. Gabrial Gomes.
Smith, ami Tommy Mitchell,
tackles, Mike Young and Tony
Luna; guards. Brian Willeford and
Matt Geritk and center. Buc
Vickers
The defenne dominated Robetown
all night with at least three quarter-
back sacks, two fumble recoveries
and two interceptions Fred Flores.
Paul Martinet and Glenri Wiggins ill
laid hands on the Picker quarter
back In the backfleld. accounting for
three sacks
David Herzog and Wiggins each
claimed an Interception David
Harsh and Harvey had the pleasure
of (siting on the ball to recover
Picker tumbles
i proui
defensive unii. lor allowing only one
touchdown They players are Bill
Miller. Jeff Gleinig, David Holub.
Ralph Solan. Payton Hardwick,
Jesse Sosa and Josh Mermen
Coach Mm ovich summed up the
game by saying. This gai
our momentum going and
that much more confidence
totheplayr.fi''."
DISTRICT 30-4A STANDINGS
DISTRICT SEASON
W L T W L T
6 0 1 8 0 1
6 1 0 7 2 0
4 3 0 4 5 0
3 3 1 4 4 1
3 4 0 4 5 0
2 5 0 3 5 1
2 5 0 3 6 0
1 6 0
« Calallen
y Gregory Portland
Flour Bluff
Beeviiie
Robstown
Rockport-Fulton
Tuloso Midway
Port Lavaca Calhoun
i Jistnct Champ
y District Runner Up
1 a o
gives us
Last Week's Scores
G-P 35. Robstown 6 Calallen 30. Flour Bluff 14
Beevilie 29 Calhoun 0
Rockport 31. Tuloso Midway 29 ‘
STATISTICS
OP
20
First Dawns
Robstown
14
287
Tie* • ninny
163
102
Yards Pramy
20
7 12
Pawns CnmpAii
1 14
2
Inter cepimt
0
9 84
Penatt'es Yards
3 20
2-1
Feet Mas lull
42
4 39 3
PenhnyAyy
4 35 7
64
Otiansne Pljyz
60
6
Peneti aliens
2
l Passing)
Playw Camp >tt. 1st. Yds. TDs
Contreras 7 12 0 102 2
OFFENSIVE LOG
Pteyei
(Ruthing)
No. Yds
key
TO
Culvei
15
148
99
2
Contreias
1
15
38
t
Ortiz
9
31
34
•
Ramsey
15
69
46
1
Garcia
1
5
50
0
Harney
1
5
50
0
Wilson
2
14
70
0
Player
Smith
Mitchell
Cutiier
Ortir
Thiash
Playti
Culnei
Ramsey
Smith
Thrash
Player
Ortu
l Receiving)
No Yds »<f
20 20 0 I
1 Scoring)
r» PATH) P4TI2I Pti
2 0 0 12
10 0 6
t 5 0 11
10 0 6
(Punting)
No Yds Reg.
4 157 39 3
This Week's Games
Gregory Portland (7-2) titan Uvalde (9-1)
(District 30 4A Runner Up) (District 29-4A Champ)
Calallen (8-01) tata on Pleasanton (8-2)
(District 30 4A Champ) (District 29 4A Runner Up)
JV Cats End Season
With 28-14 Victory
After a long a sometimes disap-
pointing season, the .IV 'Cats finish-
ed with a decisive 28- 14 victory over
Robstown
Ryan Bailey started the scoring
nth a 15 yard
quarter to put
During the
I 15 ya
er to put the 'Cats up 7*0.
1 quarter.
Winters broke s 30 yird touchdown
second quarter. Wade
with a 15 yard touchdown In the first
I'Cati
ond I
30 ya
that boooted the W tick at lead to 144
With seconds left on the clock,
Danny Atkinson lofted s 21 yard pass
into the waiting arms of Michael
Gonzalez to bring (he halftime score
21-6
The fourth score came in thy i
fourth quarter as Atkinson 1 A j
ed a long one to Bailey for a 50 yarf \
touchdown
Cory Fothergill was four of four m ;
extra-points, running the final scary
to 20-14.
The defense had an excellent rugtt
with one fumble recovery and thus
interceptions Doug Farmer, Romp
Rios and Fothergill each had so to-
terception
Rodney Cotton recovered
Robstown fumble knocked knee by
Chris Soto
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GREGORY-PORTLANI
V S.
UVALDE COYI
FRIDAY. NOV. 11 — COYOTE
★ Bi-District Play!
10 Brian Romero
1 b Robert Stephens / 3 Car lot Hernandrj
Hi
SETTING RECORDS ton Culver rushed lor log yards against the
Cotton Pickers lest Friday This pushed him ever the ,000 yard mark
for the season The 'Cats won the Homecoming ga me :ij* and will ad
vance to the ploy offs. (Ron Rakes Photo)
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Neill, Lee Ann. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. [45], Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1988, newspaper, November 10, 1988; Portland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871376/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.