JV Bearcats Thaw Blizzard Rally
The Hawley Bearcat JV played a game Thursday that looked a lot like the Cowboy game Monday night with one exception. They didn’t blow it. The Bearcats seem to have the defensive struggle in hand 20 to 6 until the last five minutes of the fourth quarter saw the Blizzard scoring two touchdowns but failing to convert their points after to fall to the Bearcats 20 to 18.
It all started well enough when the Bearcats retrieved an on-side kick to start the game and seven plays later Matt Penny got lose for a 16-yard TD around left end. Josh Harris found a wide-open Seth Manly in the corner of the end zone for the extra points. The Blizzard pass attack went to work down the field until Kyle Sellers sacked the Blizzard QB then intercepted him to kill their opening drive. Both teams next drives ended up without much production, which put the Bearcats, back on offense. The Bearcat offense then put the Blizzards back on offense by fumbling the ball on the Winters 45. Robert Hall blitzed though on fourth and short and got the Bearcats the ball back on the Hawley 38. Harris had two good runs to the Winters 10-yard line before we shot ourselves in the foot again by fumbling the ball away. The Bearcats held and forced a bad punt and were in business at the Blizzard 28-yard line. Four plays later including two sacks the ball went back to Winters who promptly threw it back to Harris. The Bearcats again went nowhere and the half ended 8-0.
The “three and out” curse struck the Cats again on the first drive but the interception curse hit the Blizzards again with Rodney Rud on the receiving end. Their running game got going next when Robert Hall converted a fourth down with a 16-yard run that set up a 16-yard bootleg by Josh Harris for the Cats second score. The PAT failed and the Cats took a 14-0 lead with only 38 seconds left in the third.
The Bearcat defense held to Blizzards in check and the offense converted yet another fourth down on a 20-yard run by Harris that led to a 14-yard scamper around left end and another six points for Penny. The pass for the PAT was incomplete and with 5:50 left in the game the Cats had a 20 to 6 lead. This is the scary part! The Blizzards kick-off return looked to be an easy TD but Rud made a touchdown-saving tackle at the Bearcat 30-yard line. Several plays later they were in the end zone but their PAT failed. The Cats then made the game interesting by muffing a pitch and giving the ball to the Winters at the Cat 36 with only an 8-point lead. The Cat defense went to work holding the Blizzards to fourth down but a defensive pass interference call in the end zone put the ball on the two-yard line and the Winters QB punched it in to close the gap to 20-18 with 1:44 left. With the disappointment of a tie looming over them the Cat defense rose to the occasion and stuffed the PAT run to keep that from happening.
The Cats are 3-1 now and head to Ballinger on Thursday for a 6:30 kickoff. Tackle stats will be low due to the number of incomplete passes thrown by the Blizzards.
STATS:
Rushing: Harris 4/78, Penny 15/70, Sellers 13/62, Manly 9/41, Masavage 8/30, Hall 2/13
Passing: Harris 3 out of 4 for 27 yards.
Receiving: Penny 2/24 Manly 1/3
Return Yards: Penny 17, Sellers 5
Tackles: Sellers 6, Duke 3.5, Harris 3, Hall 2.5, Manuel, Easley, Baldock and Penny 2, Manly, Masavage, and Rud 1.
It all started well enough when the Bearcats retrieved an on-side kick to start the game and seven plays later Matt Penny got lose for a 16-yard TD around left end. Josh Harris found a wide-open Seth Manly in the corner of the end zone for the extra points. The Blizzard pass attack went to work down the field until Kyle Sellers sacked the Blizzard QB then intercepted him to kill their opening drive. Both teams next drives ended up without much production, which put the Bearcats, back on offense. The Bearcat offense then put the Blizzards back on offense by fumbling the ball on the Winters 45. Robert Hall blitzed though on fourth and short and got the Bearcats the ball back on the Hawley 38. Harris had two good runs to the Winters 10-yard line before we shot ourselves in the foot again by fumbling the ball away. The Bearcats held and forced a bad punt and were in business at the Blizzard 28-yard line. Four plays later including two sacks the ball went back to Winters who promptly threw it back to Harris. The Bearcats again went nowhere and the half ended 8-0.
The “three and out” curse struck the Cats again on the first drive but the interception curse hit the Blizzards again with Rodney Rud on the receiving end. Their running game got going next when Robert Hall converted a fourth down with a 16-yard run that set up a 16-yard bootleg by Josh Harris for the Cats second score. The PAT failed and the Cats took a 14-0 lead with only 38 seconds left in the third.
The Bearcat defense held to Blizzards in check and the offense converted yet another fourth down on a 20-yard run by Harris that led to a 14-yard scamper around left end and another six points for Penny. The pass for the PAT was incomplete and with 5:50 left in the game the Cats had a 20 to 6 lead. This is the scary part! The Blizzards kick-off return looked to be an easy TD but Rud made a touchdown-saving tackle at the Bearcat 30-yard line. Several plays later they were in the end zone but their PAT failed. The Cats then made the game interesting by muffing a pitch and giving the ball to the Winters at the Cat 36 with only an 8-point lead. The Cat defense went to work holding the Blizzards to fourth down but a defensive pass interference call in the end zone put the ball on the two-yard line and the Winters QB punched it in to close the gap to 20-18 with 1:44 left. With the disappointment of a tie looming over them the Cat defense rose to the occasion and stuffed the PAT run to keep that from happening.
The Cats are 3-1 now and head to Ballinger on Thursday for a 6:30 kickoff. Tackle stats will be low due to the number of incomplete passes thrown by the Blizzards.
STATS:
Rushing: Harris 4/78, Penny 15/70, Sellers 13/62, Manly 9/41, Masavage 8/30, Hall 2/13
Passing: Harris 3 out of 4 for 27 yards.
Receiving: Penny 2/24 Manly 1/3
Return Yards: Penny 17, Sellers 5
Tackles: Sellers 6, Duke 3.5, Harris 3, Hall 2.5, Manuel, Easley, Baldock and Penny 2, Manly, Masavage, and Rud 1.
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