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Warriors win second straight The West Columbia Charter School Warriors won their second straight game as they moved their record to 3-1 for the season with a 56-40 win over Emery Weiner Saturday at Griggs Field. Trailing at the half, the Warriors rallied in final two quarters. Freshman running back Jeremiah Davis rushed for 213 yards on 10 carries while junior Kenny Holmes had 168 yards rushing on only seven carries. Davis broke through the Emery Weiner defense with touchdown runs of 13, one and 31 yards. He also had a 66-yard kickoff return for touchdown and threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Holmes. Holmes broke loose on touchdown runs of 24 and 79 yards. He also had another touchdown reception of seven yards. Quarterback Clayton Knight was 4-for-6 passing for 35 yards and two touchdowns. Max Rodriguez also had caught a touchdown pass from Knight. Defensively, Johnny Coston led the Warriors with 13 tackles. Rodriguez and Holmes had nine tackles each. Roman Fiffie had five tackles and an interception. Blain Parker, Scott Schaatt and Reggie Bess had three tackles each. West Columbia Charter will take on Texas Christian at 11 a.m. Saturday at Griggs Field in West Columbia. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Late rally comes up short for Necks against El Campo A late second-half rally fell short as the Columbia Roughnecks fell to El Campo 21-19 last Friday night at Griggs Field on Homecoming night. A 36-yard field goal attempt by Columbia’s Carlos Paniagua with 15 seconds left in the game was short and allowed El Campo to escape with the victory. The missed field goal was a heartbreaker for Columbia (1-3), who rallied from 21-7 second half deficit to get into position to win the game. “The kids played hard, played to the end and put themselves in a position to win,” Columbia coach Leland Surovik said. “We came up against a good football team and we played great against them.” After the Ricebirds took a 21-7 in the third quarter, Columbia started to make its move. On the ensuing kickoff, Dexter Lewis threaded his way through El Campo defender on his way to a 96-yard touchdown return to cut the Ricebird lead to 21-13 with 1:57 left in the third. The extra point kick failed. Special teams came up big again with 10:29 left in the game. Daymond Lewis broke through to block a Ricebird punt, which was picked up by Christian Geribich, who returned it the final 25 yards to get Columbia within two points. A two-point conversion attempt failed. Columbia’s defense then got into the act. With 6:11 left in the game, linebacker John Holmes sacked El Campo quarterback Wesley Condra and knocked the ball loose. Matt Podojil recovered the ball at the Roughneck 46 to set up Columbia’s final drive to win the game. It was one of three fumbles Columbia recovered in the game, which helped keep the game close. The Roughnecks recovered a fumble at their own 8 with 8:23 left in the first quarter to stop a Ricebird drive. With El Campo driving in the second quarter, defensive lineman Noel Castillo recovered another Ricebird fumble at the Columbia 39 with 9:06 left in the half. In the first half, El Campo held a 7-0 before Columbia quarterback Gray Raley threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Johnican, who had gotten behind the El Campo defense with 33 seconds left in the half. Columbia takes this week off before taking on Needville next week in its District 26-3A opener. |
Dogs to face Hou. Christian The Sweeny Bulldogs will be looking to get back in the win column this week as they travel to take on Houston Christian at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the Houston Christian campus. After falling to Bay City 34-17, the Bulldogs head back onto the road for the third straight week. To get to Houston Christian, Sweeny fans take Highway 36 to Highway 59. Take 59 to Beltway 8. Go west on Beltway 8 past Interstate 10. Exit at the Hammerly-Kempwood exit. The school is located at Kempwood and the beltway. Seating is limited. Bring lawn chairs just in case there is not enough seating. The Mustangs are coached by former Katy coach Mike Johnston. They are coming off a 35-10 loss to Concordia Lutheran. “They are very well coached and have some really good sized kids,” Sweeny coach Tommy Zajicek said. “They seem to get better every week.” Sweeny (1-2) couldn’t overcome a 34-9 halftime deficit against Bay City. Trailing 27-0 in the first half, Chris Wilson got Sweeny on the scoreboard in the second quarter with a 26-yard field goal. Just before the half, Ryan Hornback connected Jamell Woodard on a 10-yard touchdown pass. Woodard finished the game with 116 yards rushing on 13 carries. He has rushed for over 100 yards in all three Sweeny games this season. The Bulldogs made it a little closer with a touchdown by Woodard in the fourth quarter. Lady Bulldog spikers sweep past Columbia in three The Sweeny Lady Bulldogs moved their District 26-3A mark to 2-0 with a 25-21, 25-13, 25-18 victory over the Columbia Lady Roughnecks Tuesday night. Sweeny (16-12 overall) picked up 15 kills from Jackie Franklin. Jalyn Erwin had seven kills and 13 digs while Candyce Carter handed out 27 assists to go with four kills. Madison Minks paced Columbia (8-14, 0-2) with eight kills. Brandie Simmons and Casey Wilkerson had six each. Madison and Taylor Minks and Wilkerson had one block each.Taylor Minks led Columbia with seven assists and seven service points. Wilkerson had 13 digs while Chelsea Schultz had 10. Sweeny also swept the sub-varsity games as well. In the junior varsity match, Sweeny won in three games 25-16, 20-25, 25-12. Sweeny also won the freshman match 25-11, 25-20. The Lady Bulldogs play host to Wharton Friday at 4:30 p.m. and to Needville Tuesday at 7 p.m. Columbia plays host to Stafford Friday at 4:30 p.m. and at Brookshire Royal Tuesday at 6 p.m. Sweeny harriers third in Needville Invitational The Sweeny varsity boys and girls cross country teams both had third-place finishes at the Needville Invitational Saturday. Lauren Fields paced the Sweeny girls with a fourth-place finish in the individual standings. She cover the 3,200-meter course in 13:52. Teammate Megan Davis followed in fifth with a time of 13:53. Marrisa Marshall (15th, 14:29), Sam Kuykendall (18th, 14:37), Stephanie Koehnlechner (23rd, 14:55) and Kathy Canchola (37th, 16:51) also ran for the Sweeny girls. Dustin Herrera had the top finish for the Sweeny boys. Herrera was seventh overall with a time of 18:53 over the 5,000-meter course. Kenneth Woodard (15th, 19:32), Roger Odom (18th, 19:40), Saber Rahmen (21st, 19:51), Jarrod Schulke (29th, 21:07) and Aaron Canchola (47th, 22:14) also ran for the Sweeny boys. Sweeny’s junior varsity boys were first in the team standings. Jacob Reynolds was fourth individually with a time of 12:53 over the 3,200-meter course. Hurbert Davis was sixth (13:19); Lance Colbert, seventh (13:21); Gary Woodard, eighth (13:28); and Alejandro Rubalcava, ninth (13:40). Steven Symm (13th, 13:53), David Mikel (18th, 14:24) and David White (28th,16:27) also ran for Sweeny. The Sweeny junior varsity girls finished third. Jasmine Wright had the top finish for Sweeny. She was ninth overall with a time of 16:33. Amanda Novak (21st, 18:04), Paige Finley (22nd. 18:05), Alison Watkins (28th. 19:53) and Nurr Rahmen (31st, 20:18) also ran for Sweeny. |
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