Week 6 — Highlights
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Updated: October 11, 2010
The Woodlands held off a 2nd half Lufkin comeback to get a big 49-33 win and LSG was there!! Everyone was shocked to see The Woodlands dominate the 1st half and take a 28-7 lead to halftime. Lufkin came out in the 2nd half though and took over the game and stormed back to only be down by 2 points 28-26 in the middle of the 3rd quarter. The momentum swung back over to
The Woodlands side after that last Lufkin score when they had to settle for a FG instead of getting the TD and the lead. Led by RB Daniel Lasco who had missed most of the season due to an ankle injury, the Highlanders took control and pulled away with the win. Highlander LB Garret Hope had a huge game...it seemed like he was in the Lufkin backfield all night long.
Katy Cinco Ranch also held off a comeback attempt as they beat Houston Memorial 35-28....LSG was there!! Cinco Ranch looked to have things under control with a 35-14 lead in the 4th quarter. The Mustangs from Memorial had other ideas though as they stormed back with 2 TDs to make it 35-28. Memorial then started marching down the field as time was counting down. Cinco Ranch finally nailed the game down with an interception at their 10 yard line with 47 seconds left in the game.
The Little Southwest Conference is back -- going into district play this week the 6 teams had a combined record of 25-5
Amarillo beat Lubbock 24-0 to extend their winning streak over the Westerners to 37 contecutive wins. This was their 88th all-time meeting
Bartlett RB Eric Walker ran for 359 yards and scored 5 TDs during their 54-6 win over Granger
Abilene Cooper (#10 5A) lived up to their ranking with a wild come from behind 56-52 victory over 5A Midland Lee (#46 5A). Cooper entered the 4th quarter trailing 42-28. They scored on a 42 yard TD pass with only 24 seconds remaining to get the dramatic win.
Quitman RB Devontae McNeal scored 4 TDs to lead the Bulldogs to a 34-19 victory over Grand Saline
Gilmer survived a close one against Gladewater winning 36-35 in OT. Gilmer beat them 67-12 last season. The game went into OT when the Buckeyes scored a game tying TD with 20 seconds left. Gladewater scored first in OT going up 35-28. When Gilmer scored...they kicked the XP to tie it up at 35 BUT there was a penalty against Gladewater. Gilmer took the point off the board and decided to go for 2. The Buckeyes scored on the 2 point conversion to beat Gladewater for the 9th consecutive
time.
Alvarado (#18 3A) beat their 3rd team that was ranked #9 in the rankings this year when they defeated Kennedale (#9 3A) 35-34. They needed a 91 yard 15 play drive and a score with 29 seconds left to get the victory. Alvarado now has wins over Prosper, Bridgeport and now Kennedale who were all ranked #9 at the time they played.
Caldwell (#12 3A) has one of 3A's best defenses having given up on only 40 points in their first five games. Things changed this week though as they still won but gave up 41 points to Smithville in their 59-41 victory.
Carthage (#21 3A) rebounded from 2 straight losses with a huge 50-11 win over Pittsburg (#16 3A). The last time Carthage lost 2 in a row was to start the 2007 season....since then they have gone 43-5!!
Devine RB Joseph Sadler ran for 350 yards and scored 3 TDs during their 26-21 win over Somerset.
Granbury WR Tyler Wright caught 5 passes for 109 yards during their loss to Everman. He now has 26 receptions for 681 yards on the season. that is an average of 26.19 yards per catch!!
A&M Consolidated head football coach Jim Slaughter won his 200th all-time game with a 35-28 victory over Bryan.
Klein Collins got a great effort from their defense during a 42-0 win over Tomball. They limited Tomball to 58 total yards and only 1 first down for the entire game.
Clear Springs RB Howard Matthews had 100 rushing yards, 145 receiving yards and threw a TD pass during their 46-13 win over Clear Brook.
Midland won big over Odessa Permian 41-7....they got their revenge over Permian knocking them out of making the playoffs at the end of last season.
In the "Battle of the Cattle" the Amarillo Caprock Longhorns defeated the Hereford Whitefaces 31-28 in OT. Caprock had never beaten Hereford in 23 tries. They are now 6-0 for the first time in school history and look to make the playoffs for the first time in 35 years.
Friendswood DB Jordan Wood picked off three passes to help the Mustangs to a 55-41 win over La Marque
Sherman came back after being down by 17 in the 2nd half to beat Texarkana Texas 39-36. Their last TD came with only 28 seconds remaining.
Angletons QB/DB Quandre Diggs had 248 total yards, intercepted 2 passes and returned a punt for a TD during their 24-14 win over Rosenberg Terry
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