Godley blasts Lone Oak, 62-20

LONE OAK — The Godley Wildcats took their unblemished 2-0 record on the road against the fifth-ranked Lone Oak Buffaloes on Friday night, but had to wait under Saturday afternoon to move to 3-0 with a 62-20 win.

The home loss was the Buffaloes' first since 2004.

Both teams sported high octane offenses and stingy defenses which had not given up a point between them in the first two games.

The Wildcat offense continued its rampage through non-district play as they led the Buffaloes 49-20 when play was halted early in the third quarter due to lightening and poor weather.

Godley got on the board first with a five-play opening drive capped by a 25-yard Riley Good run.

Lone Oak answered with a ten-play drive capped by a 23-yard scoring pass to Trenton Overly from Cooper Jones.

The Wildcats marched right back with a nine-play push ending on another 14-yard touchdown run from Good.

Lone Oak matched Godley again on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Hunter Cash with 2:22 left in the first period.

The second quarter belonged to the Wildcats as Landry Martinez scored on a 2-yard run to open the frame.

After forcing the Buffaloes to a three-and-out, Good hit Dylan Benge for a 55-yard touchdown pass with 6:56 left in the half.

The Buffaloes struck back on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Trenton Overly, but the two-point conversion failed and left the Buffaloes down, 28-20.

With 3:06 left in the half, Good hit Ty Young for an 83-yard scoring strike.

Young found the end zone again just over a minute later with a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown and the Wildcats went to the locker room with a 42-20 lead.

Martinez ending the scoring on Friday night with a 1-yard run up the middle with 9:09 to play in the third. Play was halted shortly after due to lightning, but resumed at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Wildcat head coach Randy Brawner said the win came down to who was mentally tougher in the end.

"I thought our kids gave more effort," Brawner said. "I told them tough people finish and that was all that needed to be said.

"We felt like we needed to finish it. If it hadn't had been the No. 5 ranked team in the state, we wouldn't have felt like we needed to, but since it was, we wanted to finish it."

Brawner says he feels the disparity in the final score could've been even bigger.

"We thought it should've been 62-7," Brawner said. "We had some stupid mental mistakes we made, and we helped them move the ball with several 15-yard penalties.

"We helped them out on their first two scores on third downs when we could've had some stops. We didn't feel like they were moving the ball."

After getting back to Godley at 2 a.m. Saturday morning, the Wildcats were forced to make another two-and-a-half hour journey back to Lone Oak to finish the job.

Despite the frenetic circumstances, Brawner said his team continues to improve no matter what's thrown at them.

"We've got some good skill kids," Brawner said. "They're pretty fast. Our offensive line is making progress from week to week and that's a good combination."

Godley amassed 615 yards of total offense on the night and churned out 433 rushing yards on 52 carries.

Running back Landry Martinez finished with 225 yards rushing on 27 carries.

With Boyd in town on Friday, Brawner said his team will need to fight to avoid a letdown to move to 4-0.

"My biggest fear is that we won't get up like we did," Brawner said. "We were really keyed up for this game and excited, but we'll see."

With eye-popping offensive numbers all over the stat sheet, Brawner said quarterback Riley Good deserves praise.

"I'm saying he was the key," Brawner said. "When we needed it, he went and got it."

Good finished with 390 total yards of offense and 208 yards rushing to go with his four total touchdowns.