By Zack Cunningham/sports@trcle.com
Sports Editor
— Godley 49, Boyd 6
BOYD — The Godley Wildcats opened the season with a convincing win over the Boyd Yellow Jackets, 49-6. The Jackets were unable to stop the running onslaught of the Wildcats as they amassed 280 yards on the ground, and tallied 358 yards of total offense.
Godley head coach Randy Brawner said he was pleased with the win, although a bit surprised at the lopsided score.
“To be quite honest, I didn’t expect that kind of result,” Brawner said. “We had a lot of injuries during two-a-days and scrimmages and we didn’t have time to really gel.”
The Wildcats took the opening kick of the game and marched 67 yards in five plays, mainly behind the running of Landry Martinez, whose first run of the year went for 35 yards.
Three plays later, Kolby Brown scored from five yards out and Godley took an early lead.
Not to be outdone, the Wildcat defense played extremely well.
They stifled the Jacket running game and limited Boyd quarterback Jared Cate’s throwing options early.
After Boyd turned the ball over on downs, the Wildcats took over from their own 35 and marched down the field.
They converted three third-down plays during the nine-play drive.
Landry Martinez capped the drive with a 15-yard scamper up the middle to extend the lead to 14.
The ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Boyd. Starting from the Boyd 29, the Wildcats would need only five plays to punch in another score and demoralize what had been a rowdy Boyd crowd.
Landry Martinez scored again, this time from eight yards out.
Godley continued its dominance in the second quarter as Martinez and quarterback Rhett Brawner scored on runs of one and three yards, respectively, capping off a 28-point quarter.
Martinez finished with three touchdowns and 112 yards on the ground.
The Jackets managed to move the ball better in the second half, and opened the scoring in the third.
Their 14-play drive ended when Cate hit Junior Whatley on a crossing route from 16 yards out for their only score of the night. The extra-point attempt was blocked.
Starting from their own 37, it took only three plays for the Wildcats to score again as Kolby Brown sprinted 43 yards for the score.
He wasn’t done yet.
Late in the third quarter, after a three-and-out by the Jackets, Brown took the Boyd punt at his own 40 and broke though a group of tacklers. He took it the rest of the way from 60 yards out.
“We’ve got quarterbacks that can run,” Brawner said. “We have Landry, Kolby and Drew Benge. We have a lot of different people in different positions and we’re able to get the ball.”
Godley will play its home opener at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 against Jacksboro.
— Michael Hatch, Special to the Times-Review
Grandview 35, Troy 3
The Grandview Zebras dominated the Troy Trojans on Friday night despite four turnovers.
Senior quarterback Derek Jarrell finished 10-for-14 for 245 yards and four touchdowns despite two intercpetions.
Star receiver Daniel Spencer hauled in three of those touchdowns and fellow senior Brant Rice caught the fourth.
Jarrell ran the final touchdown in himself.
Grandview held a 29-3 halftime lead, and racked up 471 yards of total offense to Troy’s 135.
By comparison, the Trojan’s passing game netted just eight yards, and quarterback Tyler Whitley tossed an interception to boot.
Spencer finished with 157 yards on four catches to go with the scores, and Rice had 81 yards on five catches.
The first score of the game was a 57-yard touchdown pass from Jarrell to Spencer, and Rice and Jarrell hooked up from 17 yards later in the first quarter to make it 14-0.
In the second period Spencer hauled in a 47-yard pass from Jarrell, and the Zebra quarterback found Rice for the two-point conversion.
Jarrell scored from a yard out later in the quarter to make it 29-0.
Troy’s lone score of the game was a 34-yard field goal from Brandon Clark.
Spencer caught his final touchdown of the game in the third quarter from 46 yards out.
Rio Vista 28, Rice 7
The Rio Vista Eagles started their season off with a bang on Friday night by piling up 431 rushing yards of which 307 came in the first half along with four touchdowns.
Rio Vista built a 28-0 halftime lead, and its defense held Rice in check three times inside the 20 after the Eagles were up, 21-0.
Rio Vista scored on its first play from scrimmage, which was a 61-yard touchdown run by Douglas Wood.
Wood finished with 239 yards on 16 carries and had two scores. Russell Atchison also topped 100 yards by piling up 135 on seven carries and a score.
Kenneth Dickerson finished with 63 yards on six carries. He had a touchdown run of 52 yards in the first quarter.
— From staff reports
