Area teams mix routs, close games

Seguin 21,

Joshua 20

ARLINGTON — Joshua entered the season finale on the road against an Arlington Seguin team needing a victory to avoid a winless 8-4A campaign.

Seguin (4-6, 4-3) took a 21-0 first-half lead but was shutout in the second half as Joshua (2-8, 0-7) surged to close the gap to 21-20 as time expired on a 33-yard scoring toss from quarterback T.J. McGough to Michael Keeton, only to fall on a missed extra point attempt.

Owl players collapsed on the field in disbelief when the kick fell short, while Seguin players and coaches breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a tale of two halves. Joshua managed just two first downs and a paltry 86 yards of offense. Seguin rushed for 188 yards and threw for 43 in the first half. In the second half, the Cougars compiled just 59 yards, while Joshua picked up 164.

Dylan Byrd put Joshua on the board in the third quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run to finish off a nine-play, 80-yard drive to cut the lead to 21-7.

With 8:46 left in the fourth quarter, the stadium fell silent for about 10 minutes when Seguin safety Chad Fernandez was carried off the field on a stretcher after suffering a neck injury. Fernandez was moving all of his extremities while on the field.

When play resumed, Joshua drove the field in five plays to cut the lead to 21-14 with 6:46 to play in the game on an 11-yard run by Josh Sigmon. The 28-yard scoring drive was set up by an errant snap over the head of Seguin punter Sean Smith on a fourth and 11 at the Seguin 45. Smith managed to recover the ball before being tackled at the 28.

Seguin had a chance to put the game away but had its drive stall at the Joshua 31 with 2:21 to go in the game when quarterback Martice McNeil was stopped for a 3-yard gain on fourth and seven.

Four plays into the ensuing drive, McGough completed a 4-yard pass to Zack Maxey on fourth and three. Four plays later with about a minute left to play, McGough connected with Keeton for 11 yards to the 50 on fourth and 10. Again, on fourth down with time running out, McGough found Ryan Davis for 12 yards to the 33 on fourth and five from the Seguin 45.

With one second left on the clock, McGough took the snap, avoided heavy pressure by the Cougars and lofted a pass to Keeton, who hauled it in and fell into the end zone.

Davis finished the game with nine catches for 91 yards. McGough was 12-of-25 for 159yards.

Seguin took the lead in the first quarter on a 6-yard run by McNeil. William Martin added a 13-yard scoring run in the second quarter and Sir Davis scored from 10-yards out to make it 21-0.

— Dale Gosser, Managing Editor

Dallas Life 33,

Rio Vista 21

Carvin Thompson rushed for 262 yards and two touchdowns to lead Life Oak Cliff (5-4, 2-3) past Rio Vista (1-8, 1-4).

Malcolm Trail threw three touchdown passes, one-a-piece to John Morrison, Teverick Boyd, and Renell Thompson.

Chaz Clinkscales scored two touchdowns on fumble recoveries in the end zone.

— From staff reports

Godley 69,

Palmer 7

GODLEY — The Godley Wildcats (10-0, 5-0) closed out their undefeated regular season by thrashing the winless Palmer Bulldogs, (0-10, 0-5) 69-7.

Landry Martinez started the onslaught in the first quarter scoring on a 33-yard run with 10:50 left to play but the extra-point attempt failed.

Martinez took it in from 20 yards out a few minutes later and followed it up scoring the two-point conversion.

At the 6:35 mark Riley Good hit Ty Young on a 58 yard scoring pass, putting the Wildcats up 21 to 0 half way through the first quarter.

Martinez scored on a 4-yard dive at 4:23 and the Wildcats closed out the first quarter with a 29-yard strike from Good to Young.

Godley takes on Troy at 7 p.m. Thursday at Waco ISD Stadium in the bidistrict round of the Class 2A playoffs.

— Mark Nobles, special to the Times-Review

Alvarado 35,

Venus 0

ALVARADO — The Alvarado Indians (6-4, 4-1) claimed a share of the District 12-3A title on Friday night with a 35-0 win over Venus.

Alvarado had 337 yards rushing on 47 carries with Broam Hart leading the way with 143 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown.

The Indians’ defensive unit gave up just 168 yards on the night while sophomore standout Tyler Bates had two interceptions on the evening.

“We are still getting better,” Alvarado head coach Jeff Dixon said. “And our best football is yet to come.”

The Indians will play Fort Worth Castleberry at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Brewer High School in the bidistrict round of the Class 3A playoffs.

— Jesse Robles, special to the Times-Review