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February 23, 2009I'm going to do my best to blog from Ryan's playoff opener against Aledo, which will tip off in about 10 minutes. I'll do it the same way we do football. Just click refresh to get the updates. Also, be patient with me. Blogging basketball games is tough. I'll update as much as I can. The entry "Attempting to blog from Keller High School" has no entry tags. December 5, 2008Pilot Point is going into its biggest game in ages without running back Cooper Guthrie, who posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons as a sophomore and junior. Head coach Blake Feldt will move slot receiver Jarman Johnson to running back to replace him while Nathanael Riegel will take Johnson's spot in the slot. The Bearcats have already survived one game without Guthrie -- their 27-24 win over Winnsboro last week -- but can they do against the No. 3 team in the state in Muleshoe tomorrow? Since the Mules entered district play, they've given up no more than 20 points and pitched three shutouts. Last week, Muleshoe destroyed Clyde, 42-7. My buddy George Watson at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal told me last week that Muleshoe was absolutely unstoppable. This isn't exactly the time to loose your running back. The entry "Life without Cooper Guthrie" has no entry tags. November 15, 2008In hopes of starting a tradition that Boedeker began last week with his Beasts of the Ryan-Guyer Game, here are my Beasts of Ryan's win over Birdville tonight (although my blog entry won't be longer than War and Peace like every other Boedeker post. BURN!) First of all, Ryan will play Mansfield Timberview at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Brewer High School. 3. Scotty Young The entry "Andrews' Beasts of the Game" has no entry tags. November 11, 2008The regular season is over. The playoff are upon us. The boys who fell short have to wait until next year. Those who made the cut get ready to perform on the biggest stage in high school sports. Here's how the final week went in the area. Little Elm 39, Denton 36 Guyer 42, Ryan 28 The Colony 34, Lake Dallas 33 The entry "Week 10 wrapup" has no entry tags. October 29, 2008Ryan and Guyer will be hated enemies next week, but they're pulling for each other this week. The two teams can't clinch a playoff spot with a win alone as Ryan, Guyer and The Colony are tied for third at 3-2. But! If both Ryan and Guyer win, they both clinch playoff spots. How is that possible you say? Let me explain. If Ryan beats The Colony, both Ryan and Guyer will own the tiebreaker over the Cougars by beating them this year. A Guyer win over Wichita Falls would give Ryan and Guyer 4-2 marks while The Colony would be 3-3. Ryan and Guyer play each other in the last game, so one of them would finish 5-2 and clinch a spot outright. Even if The Colony beats Lake Dallas after losing to Ryan, they would be 4-3 along with the Ryan-Guyer loser. The Ryan-Guyer loser would make the playoffs because it beat The Colony. The entry "Ryan and Guyer need each other this week" has no entry tags. October 27, 2008I think it's time all our doubts about Wichita Falls Rider were put to bed. After Ryan's self-inflicted loss to the "Other Raiders," I was the first to say I thought Ryan looked like the better team. After Rider's win over Guyer, I thought they underachieved by letting the Wildcats back in the game. And after they lost quarterback Shavodrick Beaver, I thought Lake Dallas would pull the upset, but Rider prevailed in a game where many Corinthians seem to think the Falcons let it slip away. You don't beat Ryan, Guyer and Lake Dallas without being good. You don't beat all three of them without being great. Rider is going to win its second straight 5-4A title, and the Other Raiders deserve it. The entry "Time to pay respect to Rider" has no entry tags. It's getting to be playoff time in high school football, and we have a pretty clear picture in 5-4A now. Unfortunately for Ryan, The Colony and Lake Dallas, they have been systematically eliminated from the district title picture by going 0-3 against Wichita Falls Rider. Here's a look at the action: The Colony 38, Denton 9 Ryan 66, Wichita Falls 43 Guyer 62, Little Elm 35 The entry "Week 8 wrap up" has no entry tags. October 25, 2008
People often underestimate the importance of the kicking game, but the Falcons truly have one of the best around at both positions, it just happens to be the same guy. And now they'll be without him for likely a week or two, and Young hopes he's back for the postseason after suffering an injury to a muscle around his knee in his right leg (non-kicking leg). Murray was hurt on a kickoff just before halftime. "He's real important especially when you play a game like the other night [against Rider] where field position decides it," Young said. "He can make a real difference." The entry "Lake Dallas loses a big weapon" has no entry tags. With some folks already discussing the James Franklin-Scotty Young dilemma, I thought I'd take a look at which way I might vote when it's time to put together our All-Area team. Also, I think it could be the way the coaches go on the all-district team as well. First, let's take a look at the race for MVP, which is clearly a two-man race. Lake Dallas QB James Franklin: Ryan QB Scotty Young: My boy Graham Harrell tossed a state-record 67 TDs in 2003, but Young has been super impressive this year even though it's doubtful he'll catch Harrell. He has just been one shy of the single-game state record (8) twice this year. The entry "A look ahead at our All-Area team" has no entry tags. As some of you may not know, we work under pretty intense deadlines when writing our stories that appear in the next day's paper. For that reason, sometimes we leave some stuff out either because they're are simple oversights or because we just don't have time. So, I'd like to address a few points that I left out of my story that will appear in Saturday's DR-C. First off, as I mentioned, Guyer scored a school-record 62 points tonight, and that was with taking a knee with 1:59 left in the game inside Little Elm's 20-yard line after nine straight runs from backup RB Terry Easley. The entry "A few thoughts from the Guyer win" has no entry tags. Again, sorry for the spacing problems, but you can figure it out. I'm too tired to figure out if Rider has clinched a playoff berth. For all intents and purposes they have, but there might be some obscure scenario that could keep them out with five teams with no more than two district losses. This is a really really tough district. DISTRICT 5-4A STANDINGS The entry "Your new 5-4A football standings" has no entry tags. October 24, 2008I'm not a math expert, but it looks like Denton's win over The Colony on Friday night, coupled with Guyer's sweep of Little Elm has given Guyer its second straight 5-4A title. The Lady Wildcats are now 11-2 in district, while The Colony falls to 10-3. With one match remaining in the regular season, even a Guyer loss at Rider and a Cougar win would tie the teams and Guyer has the tiebreaker since the Lady Wildcats have beaten The Colony twice this year in head-to-head action. Congrats are in order to Guyer for its second straight title after never making the playoffs before last season. They also get the good draw in the postseason and will likely play Saginaw in the first round. The entry "Guyer volleyball clinches district" has no entry tags. Wichita Falls is going to get the ball to start the half. The 'Yotes need a score early if they want to stay in this one. Third quarter 11:07 The entry "Final: Ryan 66, Wichita Falls 43" has no entry tags. Scotty Young has 307 yards and five touchdowns ... in the first half. He now holds the school record for touchdown passes in a season with 40. That's in eight games, an average of five touchdown passes a game. Ridiculous. Ryan has to feel good with a 42-22 halftime lead and Scotty being a beast, but the penalties on both sides are getting out of control. Ryan has 12 for 111 yards. Wichita Falls has nine for 95 yards. I've run out of spots on my stat sheet for penalties ... in the first half. Ryan's defense has looked vulnerable at times. Its missing tackles when Ole High runs up the middle. Coverage has been decent for the most part as Ben Henderson has 56 yards passing. The entry "Scotty Young is the man" has no entry tags. 9:11 4Q: J.W. Walsh fumbled to give Little Elm the ball back on its 43 but on the Lobos' second play, Adams was picked by 5-8, 150-pound CB Josh Stewart, who took it 40 yards the other way before being chased down by an offensive lineman. Three plays later, Wilhite scored from a yard out. 0:00 3Q: Chase Melton just caught a 21-yard pass and stretched over the goal line to end the third quarter. Little Elm faked another punt to extend the drive. The entry "FINAL: Guyer 62, Little Elm 35" has no entry tags. First off, Guyer has five penalties for 35 yards, but none have killed them and two of those were on the Wildcats' first four plays and they ended up scoring on that drive. This game started off an epic shootout with long scoring plays from both teams but Guyer began to separate in the second quarter and now leads by two scores and will receive the opening kickoff in the second half with a chance to go up three. Little Elm's last touchdown shouldn't have counted as everyone in the press box said Darnell Adams didn't break the plane of the goal line, but the refs disagreed. With four seconds left and no timeouts, the Lobos wouldn't have been able to get set to run another play. Anyway, let's take a look at some halftime stats: The entry "Halftime from Little Elm" has no entry tags. Argyle has defeated Sanger 42-13. The entry "Argyle 42, Sanger 13" has no entry tags. The Colony has defeated Denton 38-9. The entry "The Colony 38, Denton 9" has no entry tags. Wichita Falls Rider has defeated Lake Dallas 21-18 The entry "Wichita Falls Rider 21, Lake Dallas 18" has no entry tags. 0:04 2Q: Little Elm just got another great catch from Fred Fowler, this time a 41-yarder down to the Guyer 8 with no timeouts. Darnell Adams took a draw up the middle and appeared to be down at the 1 but instead was given a touchdown. Little Elm kicked an onside kick and Guyer recovered but the four seconds mysteriously ran off the clock. Interesting calls. 3:37 2Q: And on first-and-goal, Wilhite goes in untouched for the touchdown. Marquis Smith just found Cole Underwood for the two-point conversion in the back of the end zone. Guyer appears to be running away now, much like Ryan did last week after being tied 14-14. 3:47 2Q: There's two more Lobos injured, ample time for blogging. Guyer faced 4th-2 from its own 43 and lined up in a punt formation, but the upback Ravion Ingram caught the snap and raced 25 yards to the Lobo 32 to continue the drive. Now after a 12-yard scamper by Walsh and two 8-yard runs by Wilhite, the Wildcats have the ball on the Lobo 3-yard with 1st-goal. 9:45 2Q: Josh Stewart just picked off a deep pass from Darnell Adams and Guyer gets possession at its 22. 11:53 2Q: John Walsh just rolled the dice and went for it on 4th-5 from the Little Elm 6-yard line and called a wishbone play with his son, J.W., at QB. The younger Walsh found the end zone but after a false start penalty on the XP attempt, Sam Alspach's kick sailed right. 2:33 1Q: The scouts in here just erupted with a collective "sweet!!" as Guyer pulled off a tricky onside kick when Josh Stewart snuck off to the Guyer sideline uncovered and Sam Alspach sent a beautiful bouncing kick to Stewart, who was all alone. It was well drawn-up. The entry "HALFTIME: Guyer 35, Little Elm 21" has no entry tags. |
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