ROCKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
SEPT 26
(TAYLOR)–THE TAYLOR DUCKS TOOK AN EARLY
LEAD, BUT TOO MANY PENALTIES AND MISTAKES HURT THE
DUCKS’ CAUSE AS THEY FELL TO JARRELL IN A BATTLE
OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ON HOMECOMING FRIDAY NIGHT
IN TAYLOR.
IN THE OPENING MOMENTS OF THE GAME, JARVIS
ANDERSON INTERCEPTED A PASS AND APPEARED TO
RETURN IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN, BUT THE RETURN
WAS CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF A PENALTY. THIS
WOULD BE A RECURRING THEME FOR THE DUCKS
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
THE DUCKS FINALLY DID GET ON THE BOARD AS
RYAN VALDEZ THREW A 35 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS
TO TREOS RICHARDSON TO END A 10 PLAY, 54 YARD
DRIVE AND GIVE THE DUCKS A 7 TO NOTHING LEAD
WITH 2:48 TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
LATER, THE DUCKS SURRENDERED FIELD POSITION
AS THE SNAP TO THE PUNTER WAS DROPPED AND
JARRELL RECOVERED IT AT THE TAYLOR 18 YARD LINE.
THAT SET UP A 2 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY JAMARION
NIBLETT TO TIE THE GAME AT 7 WITH 10:02 TO GO IN THE
2ND QUARTER. THE COUGARS GOT THE BALL BACK
ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION AND DROVE 79 YARDS IN
12 PLAYS TO A 17 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY NIBLETT
TO GIVE THE COUGARS THE LEAD WITH 4:40 REMAINING IN
THE FIRST HALF.
THE DUCKS FORCED A JARRELL FUMBLE AND
RECOVER IT AT THE JARRELL 37, BUT COULD NOT CONVERT
IT INTO POINTS AND WERE FORCED TO PUNT IT AWAY IN
THE CLOSING MOMENTS OF THE FIRST HALF.
IN THE 2ND HALF, THE MISTAKES AND PENALTIES
CONTINUED FOR THE DUCKS. JARRELL DELIVERED A POP
UP KICK THAT WAS A LIVE BALL, RECOVERED BY
JARRELL AT THE 32 YARD LINE. THAT SET UP JARRELL
QUARTERBACK ANDREW KNEBEL WITH AN 18 YARD
TOUCHDOWN RUN TO END A 5 PLAY 32 YARD DRIVE.
THE EXTRA POINT WAS NO GOOD AND JARRELL LED
20 TO 7
THE TWO TEAMS TRADED INTERCEPTIONS, AND
THEN JARRELL FOUND THE END ZONE AGAIN WITH A
35 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DATHAN WALKER
TO MAKE IT 26 TO 7 WITH 43 SECONDS TO GO IN THE
3RD QUARTER.
THE DUCKS REPSONDED AS QUARTERBACK JOSH
MIKULENCIAK SCORED ON A 6 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN
TO END A 12 PLAY, 65 YARD DRIVE TO CUT THE DEFICIT
TO 26 TO 13.
THE DUCKS WOULD FIND PAYDIRT AGAIN IN THE 4TH
QUARTER AS MIKULENCIAK SCORED ON A 14 YARD
TOUCHDOWN RUN TO CLOSE THE GAP TO 26 TO 20,
BUT THEY COULD GET NO CLOSER.
THE DUCKS HAVE THEIR OPEN WEEK IN THE
SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK.
MEANWHILE, THE ROCKDALE TIGERS RETURN
FROM THEIR OPEN WEEK AS THEY OPEN DISTRICT
PLAY AGAINST FRANKLIN.
ELSEWHERE AROUND TAYLOR’S DISTRICT 13-4A DIVISION
ONE, DAVENPORT BEAT LOCKHART 62 TO 42, LAMPASAS FELL
TO WIMBERLEY 38 TO 28, FREDERICKSBURG BEAT MARBEL FALLS
23 TO NOTHING, AND CANYON LAKE BEAT SAN ANTONIO EAST
CENTRAL 20 TO 10.
ROCKDALE HAD THE OPEN DATE, AS NOTED. ELSEWHERE
AROUND DISTRICT 11-3A DIVISION ONE, FRANKLIN BEAT
MCGREGOR 69 TO 32, ACADEMY BEAT TROY 45 TO 29, AND CAMERON
BEAT LORENA 48 TO 44.
THE THORNDALE BULLDOGS BEAT SCHULENBURG 36 TO 7.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THORNDALE’S DISTRICT 13-2A DIVISION ONE,
FLATONIA BEAT THRALL 62 TO 7, AND HOLLAND BEAT WEIMAR
49 TO 7.
LEXINGTON HAD ITS OPEN DATE THIS WEEK. ELSEWHERE
AROUND LEXINGTON’S DISTRICT 13-3A DIVISION 2, FLORENCE
FELL TO DUBLIN 34 TO 23, ROGERS FELL TO JOHNSON CITY 23 TO 20.,
ELKHART LOST TO WHITE OAK 55 TO 52. CLIFTON FELL TO MILSAP
30 TO 22, AND BUFFALO BEAT NORMANGEE 46 TO NOTHING.