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DERRICK STUCKLY | BROWNWOOD BULLETINKyle Steele and the Brownwood Lions will attempt to stretch their win streak to four games and improve to 3-0 in District 8-3A action when they host the Lampasas Badgers Friday night.

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In a matter of two weeks, the Brownwood Li-ons have gone from a likely playoff qualifier still searching for an identity to district champion-ship contender with a stifling defense.

Coming off a 32-18 road victory over pre-season District 8-3A favorite Liberty Hill, the Lions (4-3, 2-0) find themselves atop the league standings with Gatesville (7-0, 2-0) — and can set up a showdown with the Hornets next week for the 8-3A crown if they get past the Lampasas Badgers (1-6, 0-2) Friday night at Gordon Wood Stadium.

Brownwood fourth-year head coach Bob Shi-pley stated last week’s victory over Liberty Hill ranked among the biggest of his career, along with the Lions’ 49-16 rout of Stephenville in 2010, Coppell’s 56-53 double-overtime win over Southlake Carroll in 2008 that snapped the Drag-ons’ 38-game district win streak and Burnet’s 2002 state semifinals triumph over Jasper at Kyle Field in College Station.

Shipley proclaimed “the Brownwood Lions have arrived,” during his post-game address to the team last week after the Lions put forth the type of performance the coaching staff has been looking for since late August.

“We played with great intensity for four quar-ters,” Shipley said. “We finally put together a full game on both sides of the ball and the results were what we’ve been waiting for all year.”

The Lions will look to maintain that momen-tum and stretch their win streak to four Friday night against a Lampasas squad that is strug-gling following a 10-2 playoff campaign a year ago. The Badgers have opened district action with losses of 33-13 to Gatesville and last week’s 20-13 defeat at the hands of Llano. Lampasas’ lone victory this season has come against Austin Travis, 33-27, in the second outing of the season, and the Badgers have dropped their last five.

Shipley has warned the Lions that Lampasas is in a nothing-to-lose position, and is anxious to see how the team responds following last week’s signature victory.

“No doubt we’ll have to battle the after effects of a big win,” Shipley said. “It takes a lot of maturity on the kids’ part to do that. As much as we’d like to enjoy that win, it’s behind us now so we have to be focused on this game. Lampasas can salvage their season with a win Friday night against the Brownwood Lions.”

Lampasas enters the game averaging 16 points and 279 yards of total offense per game — 247 rushing and 32 passing. Steven Jazdyk leads the

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The Follow ThroughLions looking to build on last week’s signature victory as Lampasas comes calling

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4 EARLY LONGHORNS (3-5, 3-1) at WALL HAWKS (6-1, 3-0) FRIDAY NIGHT FAST FORWARD | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN | 10.25.12

Eyeing the UpsetLonghorns look to rebound, hand 3-2A favorite Wall its first district defeat

GAIL CROFT | BROWNWOOD BULLETINAustin Isom (4) and the Early Longhorns are generating 21 points and 264 yards of total offense per outing heading into Friday’s district encounter with first-place Wall. SEE EARLY, 14


EARLY — Early head coach Brad Bowden stated prior to last week’s game against Bangs that the toughest portion of the Longhorns’ district schedule was still to come.

On the heels of a 42-7 defeat last week, the Longhorns (3-5, 3-1) will attempt to rebound against the district favorite Wall Hawks (6-1, 3-0), who have routed each district opponent they’ve faced thus far.

“Wall has a really strong team,” Bowden said. “They have some outstanding line-man, big bodies that move well and have a lot of speed in the backfield.”

Despite last week’s setback, the Long-horns are still in control on their play-off destiny. If Early defeats either Wall or Comfort in the final two games, the Longhorns will earn their first trip to the playoffs since 2008.

“We discussed the different scenarios with the team, but told them to focus on getting better and playing our best,” Bowden said.

In order to pull off the upset against the district co-leading Hawks, who are riding a five-game win streak heading into Friday’s 7:30 p.m. showdown in Wall, the Longhorns must correct the errors that led to last week’s defeat.

“We were inconsistent,” Bowden said. “Our defense made some good plays to keep us in the game in the first half. We received the opening kick in the second half, down one score, so we had an op-portunity to get back in the game, but we turned the ball over on the first series and Bangs turned it into points. That put us into a deep hole and we couldn’t get back out of it.

“Bottom line, we turned the ball over too many times and struggled at the line of scrimmage on offense and defense. When you do that, it normally doesn’t turn out well and last Friday was no exception.”

The Longhorns finished with 223 yards of total offense, but lost four costly turn-overs. Defensively, Early surrendered 338 yards to Bangs.

For the season, Early is producing 21 points and 264 yards — 148 passing and 116 rushing — per contest, while turning the ball over 22 times.

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BANGS — The Bangs Dragons returned to the win column in emphatic fashion last week and will look to knock another team off its perch in the District 3-2A Division standings and end that squad’s three-game win streak in the process.

The Dragons (4-3, 2-1), who are coming off a 42-7 road victory over Early, will host the Comfort Bobcats (3-4, 3-0) — a team whose season has mirrored that of the Longhorns — at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Like Early, Comfort’s three district victo-ries have come at the expense of Ingram Tom Moore (4-3, 0-3), Grape Creek (2-6, 0-4) and Brady (1-7, 1-3).

“Comfort is in the same boat as Early was going into last week,” said Bangs head coach Chuck Lipsey. “They played tough a pre-district schedule, they didn’t win any games, but they’re 3-0 in district now and right at the top.”

A victory Friday night will likely lock up the second playoff seed from the district for the Dragons, who conclude their regu-lar season against Ingram Tom Moore and Brady.

“Everybody wants to get in the playoffs, that’s your goal going in, and I told the kids we need to win the last four in a row and we will win four in a row if we play well,” Lipsey said. “We got the first rung on the ladder last week against Early, now we have to get Comfort. This is a fun time of year. A playoff race is great to be a part of, but at the same time you have to pre-pare yourself to play well in the playoffs in these games down the stretch, regard-less of who you’re playing.”

In last week’s 35-point win over Early, Bangs outscored the Longhorns 28-0 after halftime. The Dragons finished with 338 yards of total offense and allowed 223 yards while forcing four turnovers — in-cluding a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown by Matt Carter.

“Our kids went over there and played hard for four quarters,” Lipsey said. “We went in at halftime up 14-7 and our kids really came out and executed well in the second half. That was also the best defen-sive game we’ve played well year. We did a good job containing them and a good job tackling them and not letting them have the big play. The only part that was frustrating was we didn’t capitalize on a

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GAIL CROFT | BROWNWOOD BULLETINMatt Carter (7) and the Bangs Dragons head into Friday’s district contest against Comfort averaging 31 points and 303 yards of total offense per outing.

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All teams in the Bulletin’s coverage area are in district action Friday night as the chase for postseason berths is in full swing.

Among the marquee matchups are Six-Man Division I No. 8 Zephyr at Santa Anna and Rochelle at May in games that will go a long way toward determining which two teams advance to the play-offs from District 9.

Victory Life will head to Wichita Falls for the second straight week to clash with Notre Dame in a battle of TAPPS Six-Man Division II District 2 leaders.

Six-Man Division II District 13 action kicks off with Blanket at Brookesmith, as well as Mullin at No. 1 Richland Springs.

The Six-Man Division II District 12 slate also begins with Rising Star ventur-ing to No. 8 Strawn and Sidney looking to remain undefeated against a one-win Moran squad.

Also, Goldthwaite and San Saba will look to keep their unblemished district records intact and set up a potential showdown next week for the District 5-2A Division I championship, while Coleman and Comanche attempt to rebound from district defeats.

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No. 8 Zephyr (5-2, 1-0) at Santa Anna (7-1, 1-1)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Zephyr Bulldogs are shooting for a sixth straight win as they continue their pursuit of a Six-Man Division I District 9 championship, while the Santa Anna Mountaineers are looking to both

rebound from their first loss of the season and keep their playoffs alive in a pivotal showdown.

Zephyr, which is coming off a 60-0 vic-tory over Lometa in its district opener, enters the contest averaging 58 points while surrendering 27 points per outing.

Derek Jesko paces the Bulldogs’ rushing attack with 646 yards and 14 touchdowns followed by Dakota Rogers with 336 yards and seven touchdowns and Dillon Williams with 242 yards and four scores.

Through the air, Josh Todd has con-nected on 23 of 36 passes for 437 yards and seven touchdowns, while Jesko has completed 8 of 11 passes for 94 yards and three scores.

Leading receivers for Zephyr include Kaiden King (9-206, 5 TDs) and Bolton Day (4-53, 2 TDs).

Defensively, Todd has collected 37 tackles for Zephyr while Jesko ranks second on the team with 36.

Prior to the last week’s 78-48 loss to Rochelle, Santa Anna was averaging 61 points per game and surrendering 16. The Mountaineers were also generating 345 yards of total offense per outing — 258 rushing and 87 passing.

Michael Valencia had rushed for 1,295 yards and 19 touchdowns to pace the Santa Anna attack and thrown for 473 yards.

Lucas Diaz had contributed 475 yards and 13 scores on the ground while Zach Diaz had caught 11 passes for 211 yards and six touchdowns. Mikey Rhoades had chipped in four receptions for 128 yards and a score and Talon King had grabbed three catches for 140 yards with a trip

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Zephyr, Santa Anna, Rochelle, May to sort out Six-Man Division I District 9 race Friday

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GAIL CROFT | BROWNWOOD BULLETINJosh Todd (7) and the No. 8 Zephyr Bulldogs will attempt to earn a sixth straight victory when they venture to Santa Anna Friday night.

to the end zone.Defensively, Nate Salazar led the Moun-

taineers with 43 tackles followed by Va-lencia with 42, Colby Nelson with 38 and Josh Perez with 34. Nelson and Salazar had recorded five sacks each and Santa Anna had forced 16 turnovers.

Zephyr is a 42-point favorite according to sixmanfootball.com.

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Rochelle (7-1, 2-0) at May (5-2, 0-1)7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The May Tigers’ hopes for a third straight trip to the playoffs could hinge on the outcome of Friday’s home contest against the Rochelle Hornets.

Rochelle, which is in the midst of a seven-game win streak, opened district play with victories of 66-46 over Lometa and 78-48 over previously undefeated Santa Anna. May, which is coming off its district bye, has only played Santa Anna in district action and came up on the short end of a 60-38 decision.

May averages 50 points and allows 28 per contest, while Rochelle is generating 60 points and surrendering 34 points per outing.

The Tigers are led on the ground by Ethan Jaggars (652 yards, 9 TDs), Justin Howard (603 yards, 9 TDs), Dakota Cham-bers (348 yards, 5 TDs) and Kendrick Aguerro (201 yards, 3 TDs).

Through the air, Jaggars has completed 24 of 48 passes for 506 yards with seven touchdowns for May, Aguerro is 10 of 17 for 121 yards with a touchdown and Jared Howard has connected on 8 of 13 attempts for 69 yards with a pair of touchdowns.

Top receiving threats for the Tigers in-clude Dylan Starnes (13-256, 6 TDs), Jared Howard (9-189, 2 TDs), Chambers (6-72, TD), David Woods (4-53) and Aguerro (4-32, TD).

Defensive leaders for May include

Jaggars (51 tackles), Starnes (50 tackles), Justin Howard (41 tackles, two intercep-tions both returned for touchdowns), Jared Howard (38 tackles, two intercep-tions with one returned for a touchdown), Chambers (28 tackles, four interceptions with one returned for a touchdown) and Brant Harris (25 tackles, one interception).

May is a 14-point underdog according to sixmanfootball.com.

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Blanket (3-4, 0-0) at Brookesmith (1-6, 0-0)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Blanket Tigers begin their push to return to the playoffs after a one-year ab-sence as they visit a reeling Brookesmith Mustangs squad in the Six-Man Division II District 13 opener for both teams.

The Tigers, who defeated Rising Star 46-0 in their most recent outing, are pro-ducing 36 points and 311 yards of total offense — 185 rushing and 126 passing — on average, while yielding 45 points and 364 yards — 253 rushing and 111 passing — per contest.

Rafael Marquez leads the Blanket rush-ing attack with 951 yards and 11 touch-downs followed by 207 yards and three scores from Tyler Martinez.

Through the air, Martinez is 61 of 119 for 849 yards with 14 touchdowns. Leading receivers for the Tigers include Kaeden Chasteen (25-351, 6 TDs), Mar-quez (7-122, 2 TDs), Rowdy Johnson (7-107, TD), Jaime Mares (5-82, 3 TDs), Wesley Musick (5-54, TD), Caleb Wigham (5-42, TD) and Jason Valdez (3-58, TD).

Since opening the season with a 61-28 victory over Moran, Brookesmith has dropped six consecutive contests. In that span, the Mustangs have been outscored 350-38 with four shutouts — includ-ing the last two games against Six-Man Division II No. 8 Strawn and May, by a combined score of 117-0.

Players to watch for Brookesmith include Derek Mackey, Peyton Donahoo, Morgan Hall, Payton James, Taylor Ste-phens and Zach Boyette.

Blanket is 45-point favorite according to sixmanfootball.com.

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Victory Life (2-5, 1-0) at No. 1 WF Notre Dame (6-0, 1-0)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Victory Life Academy Warriors will attempt to remain atop the TAPPS Six-Man Division II District 2 standings, but in order to do so they must upend the top-ranked team in the classification — undefeated Wichita Falls Notre Dame.

Victory Life chalked up a 34-14 victory over Wichita Falls Christian last week, while Notre Dame blanked Saint Jo by a 72-0 count.

The Warriors’ other triumph this season was a 49-8 victory over a one-win Brooke-smith squad, while Notre Dame has reeled off victories against Bryson (52-20), Chilli-cothe (72-50), Harrold (62-6), Northside (44-34), Granbury North Central Texas Academy (64-18) and Saint Jo.

In last week’s district win over Wichita Falls Christian, Victory Life overcame five turnovers with a balanced offensive attack that featured 187 yards on the ground and 178 through the air.

The Warrior defense held Wichita Falls Christian to 174 total yards, including

negative 7 yards rushing.Kegan Bessent rushed for 167 yards

and three touchdowns, completed 6 of 8 passes for 97 yards and caught a 3-yard touchdown pass.

Sam Haley completed 10 of 14 passes for 81 yards with two touchdowns, caught by Bessent and Garrett Hagood. Martin Venegas pulled down a team-high eight passes for 102 yards, Hagood finished with five catches for 53 yards and also rushed for 20 yards and Sem Joseph grabbed two receptions totaling 20 yards.

Defensively, Hagood recorded 12 tack-les followed by six from Bessent, three from Joseph, 2.5 from Marshall Clark and two from Jadyn Thedford.

Victory Life is a 45-point underdog ac-cording to sixmanfootball.com.

———Mullin (5-2, 0-0)

at No. 1 Richland Springs (7-0, 0-0)7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The two-time defending Six-Man Divi-sion II state champion and top-ranked Richland Springs Coyotes will attempt to stretch the state’s longest win streak in any classification to 38 games, and their own home win to streak to 62 games,

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DERRICK STUCKLY | BROWNWOOD BULLETINDakota Chambers (11) and the May Tigers host Rochelle Friday, while Colby Breeding (50) and the Brookesmith Mustangs welcome the Blanket Tigers in district action.

while the Mullin Bulldogs are looking for the upset of the year in the Six-Man Divi-sion II District 13 opener for both teams.

The Coyotes enter district averaging 64 points and 339 yards — 249 rushing and 90 passing — per game, while yielding 11 points and 148 yards — 89 passing and 59 rushing.

Chance Bush has rushed for 1,484 yards and 35 touchdowns and completed 26 of 48 passes for 593 yards and 11 scores to ignite the Richland Springs offense.

Other key contributors on offense in-clude Brian Salinas with 150 rushing yards and two touchdowns to go along with six catches for 93 yards and two scores; Ty Mann with 63 yards rushing and four touchdowns, as well as two catches for 75 yards and a score; Gunner Mann with a 45-yard touchdown run and three recep-tions for 30 yards with a trip to the end zone; Chris Munoz with four catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns; Thomas Fowler with six grabs for 84 yards and a score; and Patrick Phillips with three catch-es totaling 49 yards and a touchdown.

Bush also leads the Coyotes defense with 36 tackles trailed by 26 from Munoz, 23.5 from Fowler and 20 each from Gunner Mann and Salinas. Phillips has recorded four interceptions.

Mullin, led by the play of Mason Weaver and Josh Mickelson, has defeated Oglesby (64-36), Gustine (79-68), Victory Life (84-38), Lometa (66-59) and Panther Creek (by forfeit), with losses to Santa Anna (54-8) and Zephyr (62-16).

Richland Springs is a 45-point favorite according to sixmanfootball.com.

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Sidney (7-0, 0-0) at Moran (1-6, 0-0)7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Sidney Eagles will attempt to remain undefeated and begin their push for a Six-Man Division II District 12 championship when they visit Moran Friday night.

Sidney, which had a string of three straight playoff appearances and back-to-back district championships ended last season, has posted a flawless record thus far.

The Eagles — who are averaging 68 points and allowing 27 per outing — have tallied victories against Dublin Premier (72-0), Granbury Cornerstone (48-32), Lin-gleville (42-20), Oglesby (92-45), Cranfills Gap (63-36), Gustine (84-34) and Coman-che Premier (73-23).

Moran, meanwhile, has only defeated Morgan, 48-42, in its last outing, which snapped a 27-game losing streak. The Bulldogs, who average 18 points and allow 55 per game, began the season with losses

to Brookesmith (61-28), Lingleville (70-25), Northside (58-12), Jayton (52-6), Evant (45-0) and Blackwell (54-8).

Sidney is a 45-point favorite according to sixmanfootball.com.

———Rising Star (1-6, 0-0)

at No. 8 Strawn (6-1, 0-0)7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Rising Star Wildcats’ bid for a second straight trip to the playoffs begins with a trip to state-ranked Strawn Friday night as head coach Edward Aviles’ squad targets their second win of the season.

The only victory for Rising Star thus far was a 26-8 decision over Panther Creek, which at one point was ranked in the Six-Man Division II Top 10 but forfeited its last game due to a lack of players.

In the Wildcats’ other outings this season, they fell to Lingleville (51-6), May (68-0), Trent (76-38), Paint Rock (27-14), Bryson (45-41) and Blanket (46-0). Rising Star is averaging 19 points per game and allowing 46.

Strawn, meanwhile, has suffered just one blemish, a 36-34 loss to rival Gordon.

The Greyhounds have toppled Walnut Springs (52-6), El Paso Jesus Chapel (83-21), Bryson (73-24), Lueders-Avoca (60-14), Newcastle (54-8) and Brookesmith (57-0). Strawn is producing 59 points and surren-dering 16 points per game on average.

Rising Star is a 45-point underdog ac-cording to sixmanfootball.com.

———Goldthwaite (3-4, 1-0) at De Leon (4-4, 0-2)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Goldthwaite Eagles opened District 5-A Division I action with a 68-19 thrashing of Santo last week and will look to remain undefeated in league action when they visit the De Leon Bearcats Friday night.

In last week’s win over Santo, which gave Goldthwaite back-to-back wins for the first this season, the Eagles finished with 469 yards of total offense, including 445 yards on the ground.

Dakota Perry rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns, Joseph Paddock chipped in 102 yards and two touchdowns and Logan Harper added 79 yards and returned a punt 60 yards for a score.

Through the air, T.R. Jones completed both of his pass attempts for 24 yards — a 14-yarder to Taylor Stephens and a 10-yarder to Rigo DelaCruz.

Defensively, Goldthwaite held Santo to 275 yards of total offense and forced four turnovers, including three on fumbles.

Quinton Thompson led the Eagles with 20 tackles, followed by 19 from Jaggar Parrish, 17 from Sidney Covey and 12 from Chris DelaRosa, while Eric Chavez inter-cepted a pass.

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De Leon has opened district play with losses of 41-0 to San Saba and last week’s 29-22 defeat at the hands of Hico. Prior to district, the Bearcats defeated Roscoe (38-6), Baird (44-0) and Meridian (17-0) with losses at the hands of Tolar (39-0) and Hamilton (39-13).

Led by quarterback Joshua Brownlee and leading rushers Kaleb Nowlin and Robert Smith, De Leon is averaging 24 points per game and allowing 19.

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Hico (6-2, 2-0) at San Saba (3-4, 1-0)7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

Both the San Saba Armadillos and Hico Tigers will attempt to keep their District 5-A Division I title hopes alive as the two square off in a crucial battle Friday night.

San Saba, which is coming off a bye, opened district action with a 41-0 victory over De Leon, which Hico defeated by a 29-22 count last week. The Tigers also own a 41-19 district win over Santo.

The Armadillos enter the contest av-eraging 17 points and 261 total yards — 214 rushing and 47 passing — per game, while yielding 18 points on average. Over the last two games, however, San Saba has given up a total of nine points.

The Tigers, meanwhile, have produced 28 points and allowed 14 per contest.

Offensively, San Saba is led by running back Sean Argote, who has rushed for 701 yards and four touchdowns and caught three passes for 97 yards and another touchdown.

Quarterback Jarrett Mathis has connect-ed on 20 of 57 passes for 244 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 169 yards with a trip to the end zone.

Other key contributors in the Armadillo run game include Kelan Verette with 202 yards, Russell Lowe with 110 yards and two scores, Kolton Ellis with 105 yards and a touchdown and T.J. Hibler with 98 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Cosme Diaz leads San Saba with nine receptions for 97 yards while Lowe has contributed six receptions for 81 yards.

Kicker Rodney Ortiz is the leading scorer for San Saba with 32 points — five field goals and 17 extra points.

Defensively, Ellis leads the Armadil-los with 54 tackles followed by 53 from Aaron Perez, 50 from Juan Ortega, 45 from Nathan Amstead and 42 from Diego Montoya.

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Coleman (1-6, 0-2) at Ballinger (6-1, 1-1)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Coleman Bluecats find themselves in a must-win situation in regard to reach-ing the playoffs for the second consecu-tive season as they venture to Ballinger Friday.

Coleman, which has lost four straight contests, has opened District 4-2A Divi-sion II action with losses of 24-6 to Hamil-ton and 34-14 to Cisco.

Ballinger, which suffered a district open-ing 20-13 loss to Colorado City, bounced back with a 20-17 win over Hawley last week.

The Bluecats enter the game averaging 13 points and 225 yards of total offense

— 183 rushing and 42 passing. Defensive-ly, Coleman is allowing 25 points and 312 yards — 236 rushing and 76 passing.

Quarterback Anthony Thomas has com-pleted 25 of 62 passes for 296 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 328 yards and four scores. D.J. Terrell has chipped in 371 yards and three touchdowns on the ground, Jaquan Hemphill has rushed for 241 yards and one touchdown and caught seven passes for 143 yards and another score and Daulton Allen has con-tributed 139 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.

Ballinger heads into the contest averag-ing 30 points and 332 yards — 248 rush-ing and 84 passing — on offense, while giving up 10 points and 178 yards — 89 passing and 89 rushing — on defense.

Quarterback Jacob Rodriguez has completed 49 of 84 passes for 568 yards with four touchdowns and rushed for 364 yards and seven scores. Zach Perez leads Ballinger with 802 yards rushing and sev-en touchdowns, while Cory Johnson has chipped in 142 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Anthony Rodriguez’s 12 catches for 243 yards with three touch-downs leads all receivers.

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Comanche (2-5, 1-2) at Eastland (6-2, 4-0)

7:30 p.m. FRIDAY

The Comanche Indians’ playoff hopes going forward will rely greatly on the out-come of Friday night’s encounter with the District 4-2A Division I leading Eastland Mavericks.

An upset Friday night would keep the Indians’ postseason aspirations very

much alive, while a loss will all but end Comanche’s chances.

Heading into Friday’s outing, Comanche is averaging 21 points and 276 yards — 172 rushing and 104 passing — per game, while giving up 29 points and 354 yards — 226 on the ground and 128 through the air.

Quarterback Caisson Montieth has con-nected on 30 of 63 passes for 428 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 235 yards and three scores.

Jaden Roberts leads the ground game with 347 yards and a touchdown trailed by Salvador Marquez with 155 yards and two touchdowns and Rodrigo Martinez with 104 yards.

Jaylon Roberts is the top receiver for Comanche with 15 catches for 200 yards and three scores while Daniel Davila has grabbed six receptions for 104 yards and scored three times.

Eastland, in the midst of a five-game win streak, is averaging 36 points and 424 yards — 221 rushing and 203 passing — per game, while surrendering 19 points and 283 yards — 117 rushing and 106 passing.

Josh Moylan has completed 111 of 203 passes for 1,452 yards and 14 touch-downs while rushing for 434 yards and three scores.

Brandon Allen has contributed 861 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground and also caught 21 passes for 190 yards and a score.

Receiving threats for Eastland include Clint Galyean (30-466, 2 TDs), Mason Thayer (18-251, 3 TDs), Jeremiah Sloan (12-96, TD) and Alex Ojeda (5-138, 4 TDs).


HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDINGS


DISTRICT 8-3A District Overall W L W LGatesville 2 0 7 0Brownwood 2 0 4 3Liberty Hill 1 1 5 2Llano 1 1 3 4Burnet 0 2 2 5Lampasas 0 2 1 6

‑———Friday’s Games

Lampasas at Brownwood Liberty Hill at Burnet Gatesville at Llano

‑———Week 7 Results

Brownwood 32, Liberty Hill 18Gatesville 44, Burnet 19Llano 20, Lampasas 13

DISTRICT 3-2A DIVISION I District Overall W L W LWall 3 0 6 1Comfort 3 0 3 4Early 3 1 3 5Bangs 2 1 4 3Brady 1 3 1 7Ingram Moore 0 3 4 3

Grape Creek 0 4 2 6‑———

Friday’s GamesEarly at WallComfort at BangsIngram Tom Moore at Grape Creek Brady, bye


Bangs 42, Early 7 Brady 26, Ingram Tom Moore 14 Comfort 63, Grape Creek 19Wall, bye

DISTRICT 4-2A DIVISION I District Overall W L W LEastland 4 0 6 2Merkel 3 1 5 3Breckenridge 2 1 2 5Clyde 2 2 4 4Comanche 1 2 2 5Dublin 0 3 2 5Jim Ned 0 3 0 7


Comanche at Eastland Dublin at Jim Ned Merkel at Breckenridge Clyde, bye


Clyde 42, Comanche 39Eastland 58, Dublin 13 Merkel 56, Jim Ned 7Breckenridge, bye

DISTRICT 4-2A DIVISION II District Overall W L W LCisco 2 0 6 1Colorado City 2 0 5 2Hamilton 1 1 6 1Ballinger 1 1 6 1Hawley 0 2 3 4Coleman 0 2 1 6


Coleman at Ballinger Hamilton at CiscoHawley at Colorado City


Cisco 34, Coleman 14 Ballinger 20, Hawley 17 Colorado City 26, Hamilton 20

DISTRICT 5-A DIVISION I District Overall

W L W LHico 2 0 6 2Goldthwaite 1 0 3 4San Saba 1 0 3 4De Leon 0 2 4 4Santo 0 2 4 4


Goldthwaite at De Leon Hico at San Saba Santo, bye


Goldthwaite 68, Santo 19Hico 29, De Leon 22San Saba, bye

6-MAN DIVISION I DISTRICT 9 District Overall W L W LRochelle 2 0 7 1Zephyr 1 0 5 2Santa Anna 1 1 7 1May 0 1 5 2Lometa 0 2 4 4


Zephyr at Santa Anna Rochelle at May Lometa, bye


Zephyr 60, Lometa 0Rochelle 78, Santa Anna 48May, bye

6-MAN DIVISION II DISTRICT 12 District Overall W L W LSidney 0 0 7 0Strawn 0 0 6 1Moran 0 0 1 6Rising Star 0 0 1 6


Rising Star at Strawn Sidney at Moran


Moran, byeRising Star, byeSidney, byeStrawn, bye

6-MAN DIVISION II DISTRICT 13 District Overall W L W LRichland Springs 0 0 7 0Mullin 0 0 5 2

Blanket 0 0 3 4Brookesmith 0 0 1 6


Blanket at Brookesmith Mullin at Richland Springs


Blanket, byeBrookesmith, byeMullin, byeRichland Springs, bye

TAPPS 6-MAN DII DISTRICT 2 District Overall W L W LWF Notre Dame 1 0 6 0Victory Life 1 0 2 5Granbury NCT 0 1 7 1WF Christian 0 1 3 5


Victory Life at WF Notre Dame WF Christian at Granbury NCT


Victory Life 34, WF Christian 14Granbury NCT 56, MW Com. Christian 30WF Notre Dame 72, Saint Jo 0

Badgers’ rushing attack with 693 yards and five touchdowns trailed by Robby Hall with 231 yards and a pair of scores. Quar-terback Kleg Kennedy has completed just 13 of 30 passes for 155 yards with two touchdowns and a pair of interceptions.

The Lions will be facing a run-heavy offense for the second straight week, but Brownwood limited Liberty Hill’s vaunted slot-T ground attack to just 150 yards on 48 carries, and the Panthers to a grand total of 169 yards as an offense.

For the season, Brownwood — led by linebackers Henry Rivas (77 tackles, three for loss, one sack), Mack Monsen (75 tack-les, six for loss, three sacks), Jace Newman (66 tackles, eight for loss, eight sacks) and Dylan Lewis (62 tackles, one for loss, two sacks), safeties Kaimon Ontiveros (46 tack-les, one interception) and Dylan Martin (43 tackles, one for loss) and end Bryce Vick-ers (31 tackles, three for loss, one sack and one interception) — is allowing 22 points and 294 yards per game, 136 rushing and 158 passing, with 11 turnovers forced.

“The offense is basically the same as Liberty Hill’s was,” Shipley said. “There are a few different wrinkles so that should be a plus for us because we’ve already been

working on it for the past week. They have the ability to keep the ball away from the opponent’s offense. They’ve had quarters when the opponent only got the ball once,

so we have to be smart when we have the ball and make each possession count.”

During the Lions’ three-game win streak, Brownwood is surrendering just 15 points

and 247 yards per game, with five turn-overs forced.

“We’re being more aggressive,” Shipley said of the defense’s recent performances. “Defense is all about aggressiveness — be-ing the giver, not the taker. We’re keeping our pad level down on the line which is a must against the slot-T offense.”

On the flip side of the ball, the Badgers are yielding 29 points and 354 yards — 188 rushing and 166 passing — per outing and will attempt to slow down a Lions’ of-fense that is generating 23 points and 270 yards — 151 passing and 119 rushing.

“They play sound defense,” Shipley said. “They’ve played several close games because their defense is really good. It’s allowed them to stay in striking distance in a lot of games.”

Quarterback Chris Keesee has complet-ed 104 of 151 passes for 1,050 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions, while Cooper Howey leads Brownwood with 38 receptions for 434 yards and eight scores. Matt McCrane has chipped in 18 catches for 213 yards and a score, Eddie Duque owns 12 receptions for 150 yards and two trips to the end zone and Jared Crouch has emerged in recent weeks with 10 grabs for 70 yards.

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DERRICK STUCKLY | BROWNWOOD BULLETINJared Crouch (center) has caught 10 passes for 70 yards during the Brownwood Lions’ three-game win streak.

ton, Kevin Hobbs, Caleb Wilbourn, Jaylen Bocknite and Cody Skains, the rushing game has been sparked by Braxton Kilgo (102-409, 6 TDs), Duque (28-213, TD), Daylon Johnson (36-115, 3 TDs) and Martin (23-95).

Against Liberty Hill, Keesee and Howey connected on three scoring tosses as Brownwood passed for 127 yards with the senior receiver pulling down six receptions for 78 yards.

“It started with better protection,” Shi-pley said of the efficiency of the passing game. “It wasn’t perfect but it was much better than the week before. I really think our kids are just now getting the finer points of this offense. Chris has a better idea of where his receivers are going to be and the receivers have a better idea where and when the ball will be thrown.”

The Lions iced last week’s victory with a 13-play, 80-yard touchdown drive — that included overcoming a holding penalty that negated a 56-yard scoring sprint — which chewed 6:58 off the clock and featured nine rushing plays, steal-ing a page from Liberty Hill’s playbook as Brownwood’s ground game matched its preseason expectations in the most critical moment of the season to date. Though the Lions rushed for just 120 yards in the game, 57 came on the final march.

“It doesn’t look dominating if you just look at the stats, but the key is we had to run to the ball and everyone knew it,” Shipley said. “We challenged our linemen and they answered the call. It should be a confidence booster and hopefully we’ll continue to improve.”

The Lions were also aided last week by no turnovers and a season-low four penalties — both areas in which Shipley

wanted to see improvement. Whether or not Brownwood can equal those types of numbers down the stretch could be the de-ciding factor in how long the 2012 season lasts.

As for Friday night, carrying over last week’s fire and improved special teams play will be the keys to defeating Lampa-sas, according to the Lions’ head coach.

“We have to continue to play with a lot of intensity,” Shipley said. “We can’t afford to have a hangover from last week. We have to play with a lot of emotion and not let their offense control the game. We can’t get impatient on offense. It would be nice to get an early lead and force them to throw the ball, but we have to take what they give us and be patient offensively.

“Also, we obviously have to do a better job on our kickoff coverage. Giving up a touchdown return last week is not ac-ceptable. It’s all about each player taking responsibility for their assignment and doing a better job of getting off blocks and closing in on the return man.”

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A31 at FW All Saints L 31-7S7 Graham L 28-7S14 at Snyder W 49-14S21 Abilene Wylie L 38-14S28 Sweetwater# W 28-13O5 OpenO12 at Burnet* W 25-13O19 at Liberty Hill* W 32-18O26 Lampasas*N2 at Gatesville*N9 Llano*

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2 0 1 2 L I O N S V A R S I T Y R O S T E RNo. Name Yr. Ht. Wt.2 Cooper Howey Sr. 5-11 1493 Braxton Kilgo Jr. 5-11 1904 Hanner Edgar Jr. 5-10 1736 Demarcus Whinery Sr. 5-10 1307 Dylan Martin Sr. 5-8 1638 Eddie Duque So. 5-8 1509 Kyle Steele Jr. 6-3 18710 Clint Taylor Sr. 6-4 19011 Mack Monsen Sr. 6-1 19012 Chris Keesee Jr. 6-1 16014 Elijah Salazar Jr. 5-8 14815 Matthew McCrane Sr. 5-11 15416 Matt Lewis Jr. 5-8 14217 Bryan Johnson Jr. 6-0 16018 Saul Torres Sr. 5-6 13919 Jared Crouch Jr. 5-6 12520 Journey Buitron So. 5-9 16521 Bryce Vickers Sr. 6-1 20722 Colten Guidry So. 5-6 14723 Kaimon Ontiveros Jr. 5-10 15224 Josh Soto Jr. 5-8 174

25 Dalton Simmons So. 5-9 16326 Jace Newman Sr. 5-11 17631 Daylon Johnson Sr. 5-9 16132 Henry Rivas Jr. 5-5 14234 Dylan Lewis Jr. 5-11 19035 Dillon Cox Sr. 5-9 17050 Michael Livingston So. 5-10 20051 John Geis Jr. 5-10 16054 Trenton Carlton So. 5-6 22356 Matt Lewis Sr. 6-1 18857 Diego Ramirez Sr. 5-8 22560 Jaylen Bocknite Jr. 5-8 20664 Eusebio Castillo Sr. 5-5 19665 Jaime Hernandez Jr. 5-9 22066 Devante Stredic Jr. 5-10 20572 Nick Wilkins Jr. 6-2 23873 Caleb Wilbourn Sr. 6-3 26174 Kevin Hobbs Sr. 6-2 26475 Cody Skains Sr. 6-3 29076 Cullen Ruth Sr. 6-0 29077 Christian Perez Sr. 5-10 27778 John Mobley So. 5-11 207

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BROWNWOOD LIONS STAT SHEET

TEAM OFFENSEn 23.1 points per gamen 270.4 yards per gamen 119.4 rushing yards per gamen 151.0 passing yards per game

PASSING LEADERSn Chris Keesee104 of 151, 1,050 yards, 11 TDs, 5 INTsn Clint Taylor1 of 1, 7 yardsn Eddie Duque0 of 1, 0 yardsn Cooper Howey0 of 1, 0 yards

RUSHING LEADERSn Braxton Kilgo102 carries for 409 yards, 6 TDsn Eddie Duque28 carries for 213 yards, TDn Daylon Johnson36 carries for 115 yards, 3 TDsn Dylan Martin23 carries for 95 yardsn Cooper Howey3 carries for 50 yardsn Colten Guidry3 carries for 4 yardsn Dillon Cox1 carry for 0 yardsn Chris Keesee35 carries for -50 yards

RECEIVING LEADERSn Cooper Howey38 receptions for 434 yards, 8 TDsn Matt McCrane18 receptions for 213 yards, TDn Eddie Duque12 receptions for 150 yards, 2 TDsn Jared Crouch10 receptions for 70 yardsn Kaimon Ontiveros6 receptions for 55 yardsn Clint Taylor5 receptions for 29 yardsn Braxton Kilgo4 receptions for 29 yardsn Dylan Martin5 receptions for 25 yardsn Elijah Salazar3 receptions for 25 yardsn Bryce Vickers2 receptions for 16 yardsn Kyle Steele1 reception for 11 yardsn Andre Allen1 reception for -1 yard

TURNOVER MARGINn (0)11 takeaways (7 fumbles, 4 INTs)11 giveaways (6 fumbles, 5 INTs)

TEAM DEFENSEn 22.1 points per gamen 294.0 yards per gamen 136.0 rushing yards per gamen 158.0 passing yards per game

TACKLE/TURNOVER LEADERSn Henry Rivas77 tackles, 3 for loss, 1 sackn Mack Monsen75 tackles, 6 for loss, 3 sacksn Jace Newman66 tackles, 8 for loss, 8 sacks, 2 FRn Dylan Lewis62 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 sacksn Kaimon Ontiveros46 tackles, 1 INTn Dylan Martin43 tackles, 1 for lossn Bryce Vickers31 tackles, 3 for loss, 1 sack, 1 INTn Matt Lewis18 tackles, INTn Cooper Howey14 tackles, 1 for lossn Dalton Simmons13 tackles, 1 sackn Jaylen Bocknite11 tackles, 1 for lossn Demarcus Whinery11 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 INTn Kevin Hobbs10 tackles, 1 FRn Braxton Kilgo6 tackles, 4 for loss, 1 sackn John Geis6 tacklesn Josh Soto6 tacklesn Trenten Carlton6 tacklesn Jared Crouch5 tacklesn Bryan Johnson4 tackles, 1 INTn Cullen Ruth4 tacklesn Devante Stredic3 tacklesn Elijah Salazar3 tacklesn Matt Lewis2 tacklesn Dillon Cox2 tacklesn John Mobley1 tacklen Colten Guidry1 tacklen Journey Buitron1 tackle

163 passes for 1,067 yards with 12 touchdowns and three inter-ceptions, while rushing for 159 yards and three scores. Jake Fish-er leads the ground game with 628 yards and six scores, while Chris Moreno has chipped in 161 yards and a touchdown. Leading receivers for Early include Austin Isom (22-382, 5 TDs), Chase Riker (22-223, 2 TDs), Colin Walker (20-174, 3 TDs) and Fisher (13-166, 2 TDs).

Wall — which is coming off its district bye — has surrendered just 16 points per game on average during its five-game win streak and no more than 20 in a game. In the Hawks’ most recent outing, a 57-20 victory over Bangs, Wall yielded 303 yards of total offense, with 198 coming through the air.

“Wall’s defensive alignment makes it difficult to run through the middle, and their team speed makes running on the perim-eter difficult as well,” Bowden said. “We have to pass the ball effectively to loosen them up and that is where we have been inconsistent. I want to see us execute cleanly and consistently. We know it will be a tremendous challenge but it’s one we need to take on determined to come away better.”

Defensively, the Longhorns are surrendering 29 points and 307 yards — 207 rushing and 100 passing — per contest, but have forced 20 turnovers. Leading the charge for the Early defense

are Cody Morrison (80 tackles, six for loss), Junior Sanchez (59 tackles, nine for loss), Fisher (57 tackles, three fumble recoveries), Brandon Moore (39 tackles, five for loss) and Ricky Corona (36 tackles, four for loss).

Wall is averaging 54 points per game over the last five and have tallied no fewer than 29 points in a game this season. Against Bangs, the Hawks finished with 521 yards of total offense, includ-ing 476 yards rushing on 42 car-ries — 11 yards per rush. Grant Eubank ran for 226 yards and three touchdowns, Luke Dacy chipped in scoring scampers of 55 and 4 yards, Kris Gutierrez added a 12-yard touchdown run and Dacy threw a 15-yard touch-down pass to Brent Matschek.

“Defensively, we want to do our best to limit the number of big plays,” Bowden said. “We need to play strict assignment foot-ball and make good tackles. The biggest concern is maintaining assignment responsibility while at the same time defeating blocks and dealing with their speed.”

In regard to what will be required for the Longhorns to come away with the upset vic-tory, keeping the ball in their own hands is the greatest key, accord-ing to Bowden.

“You have to do your best to keep the ball away from them as much as possible,” Bowden said. “To do that, we have to execute offensively so we can keep the chains and clock moving. They have a really strong defense, so it will be a difficult job, but it’s necessary to be able to win the game.”

L O N G H O R N S S C H E D U L E

A31 at Cisco L 54-7S7 San Saba L 20-17S14 Coleman L 34-0S21 at Ballinger L 30-12S28 at Ingram Moore* W 42-6O5 Brady*# W 35-20O12 at Grape Creek* W 50-28O19 Bangs* L 42-7O26 at Wall*N2 OpenN9 Comfort*

* District Game # Homecoming

2 0 1 2 E A R L Y L O N G H O R N S V A R S I T Y R O S T E R

No. Name Yr Pos2 Cameron Denison Sr. QB/DB4 Austin Isom Sr. WR/DB5 Colin Walker Sr. TE/LB6 Josh Benson Jr. WR/DB7 Charles Tongate Jr. WR/DL8 Alberto Elizondo Jr. TE/LB10 Kwinton Reno Jr. QB/DB11 Kellan Jackson Jr. WR/DB13 Payton Ashworth Sr. WR/LB24 Jake Fisher Jr. WR/DB25 Chris Moreno Sr. RB/DB28 Brady King Jr. WR/DB32 Ricky Corona Sr. FB/LB34 Brandon Moore Sr. TE/LB

35 Junior Sanchez Sr. TE/LB44 Brandon Brownlee Sr. FB/LB50 Taylor Faught Sr. OL/DL51 Cody Morrison Jr. OL/LB55 Keith Clardy Jr. OL/DL60 Dylan Powell Sr. OL/DL61 Christian Pullen Jr. OL/LB65 Jakob Morgan Jr. OL/DL68 Gilbert Vargas Sr. OL/DL73 Daniel Castillo Sr. OL/LB78 Fidel Olalde Sr. OL/DL79 Sean Jones Sr. OL/DL81 Martin Womack Sr. WR/DB85 Chase Riker Jr. WR/DB88 Thomas Givan Sr. WR/DB

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GAIL CROFT | BROWNWOOD BULLETINQuarterback Cameron Denison (2) has thrown for 1,067 yards and 10 touchdowns while rushing for 159 yards and three scores for Early.

DRAGONS SCHEDULE

A31 Clyde W 28-14S7 Llano# L 50-23S14 at Goldthwaite L 47-14S21 at Coleman W 28-21S28 at Grape Creek W 61-8O5 OpenO12 Wall* L 57-20O19 at Early* W 42-7O26 Comfort*N2 at Ingram Tom Moore*N9 Brady*

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2 0 1 2 B A N G S D R A G O N S V A R S I T Y R O S T E RNo. Name Yr Pos2 Josh Truelove Jr. WR/OLB3 Cameron Deal Sr. RB/DB4 J.T. Newton Jr. QB/DB5 Trenton Morgan Sr. RB/DB7 Matt Carter Sr. WR/DB11 Slate Miller Sr. QB/DB12 Corey Crowell Sr. WR/DB20 Baylen Horton Jr. WR/DB21 Efrayin Guerrero Sr. WR/DB22 Tanner Shaw Jr. RB/LB23 Aaron Keller Sr. WR/LB24 Trevor Wood Sr. WR/DE25 Gabe Perez Sr. WR/OLB27 Josh Beckwith Sr. FB/OLB

30 Joseph Rudd Sr. FB/LB32 Canyon Matthews Sr. WR/OLB50 Jacob Beckwith Sr. OL/DL52 William Roberts Jr. OL/DL54 Justin Hoskinson Jr. OL/DL55 Corey Martinez Sr. OL/DL60 Christian Bosquez Sr. OL/DL62 Gareth Petty Sr. OL/DL64 Taylor Wilkinson Sr. OL/DL65 Pablo Carbajal Sr. OL/DL70 Jose Vielma Jr. OL/LB72 Ryan Martinez Sr. OL/DL73 Bradley Simpson Sr. OL/DL75 Tre Hernandez Sr. OL/DL80 Logan Dent Jr. K

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couple of scoring opportunities in the second quarter.”

Heading into Friday’s contest, the Dragons are averaging 31 points and 303 yards — 178 passing and 125 yards rushing.

Quarterback J.T. Newton, who account-ed for five touchdowns last week against Early, has completed 77 of 135 passes for 1,240 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions, while rushing for 174 yards and six scores.

Matt Carter leads Bangs with 24 recep-tions for 427 yards with seven touch-downs, Aaron Keller has grabbed 14 passes for 327 yards and a score, Josh Beckwith has pulled down 11 catches for 73 yards and three trips to the end zone and Cameron Deal has caught 10 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown.

On the ground, Trenton Morgan — who is questionable as he continues to recover from a dislocated elbow — paces the Dragons with 289 rushing yards and four touchdowns while Deal has chipped in 220 yards and four scores, Efrayin Guer-rero has rushed for 133 yards and a score and Beckwith has contributed 107 yards and three touchdowns.

Comfort counters with a defense that allows 30 points per game, but has surrendered just 15 points per outing in district. During pre-district action, the Bobcats were outscored by Sonora, Blanco, Mason and Bandera by an average score of 41-12.

“Comfort is a little bit of a different team in that they are big and physical in the middle,” Lipsey said. “They’re not as quick as Early on the perimeter, but they do a good job in the middle. They’re the biggest team we’ve played all year with guys on the defensive line around 250,

260 pounds. We’re going to have to block well, get the ball on the perimeter and throw under them and over them. That’s the game plan going in.”

Defensively, the Dragons are surren-dering 29 points and 314 yards — 188 rushing and 126 passing — but have forced 18 turnovers. Bangs’ defense has been spearheaded by linebackers Keller (73 tackles), Tanner Shaw (66 tackles), Josh Truelove (48 tackles) and Beckwith (45 tackles), along with Deal (42 tackles) in the secondary.

The Bobcats are generating 32 points per game for the season, and 57 points per contest during their current three-game win streak. In Comfort’s 61-6 district-opening win over Ingram Tom Moore, tailback Ryan Lich rushed for 151 yards and three scores and also hauled in a 25-yard touchdown pass from Colton Reeh. Reeh finished with 151 yards through the air and 83 on the ground as the Bobcats compiled 513 yards of total offense.

“Offensively, Comfort started out the season running all spread, but they don’t have the personnel to do that,” Lipsey said. “Since then, they’ve gone to a double tight end, T-formation and are playing smash mouth football. They try and run it down your throat and catch your safeties up close and try and do some play action. They’ll still get in the spread some, but if they have control of the game they’re go-ing to line up and run straight at you.”

On the injury front, Lipsey stated Mor-gan, Gabe Perez and Gareth Petty are all improving and might be ready for Friday night, but each is being evaluated on a day by day basis.

“We just want to make sure they are good to go and ready when we put them in,” Lipsey said. “Their injuries aren’t go-ing to get any worse, but we have to make sure they can give us close to 100 percent when they’re playing.”

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