SPORTS
Thursday, October 3, 2013
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Lumberjack youth make impact RICHARD NELSON
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The Diboll defense played a solid first half, and the Diboll offensive youth movement showed signs of life in the second half, but Madisonville put together four quarters of solid play on both sides of the ball to hand the Lumberjacks their fifth straight loss to start the 2013 season, this one 41-12 Friday night at Lumberjack Stadium. Madisonville scored midway through the first quarter on a Grant Smith 12-yard TD pass from Jaylen Smith. The Diboll defense then held Madisonville out of the end zone until 25 seconds left in the first half when Jaylen Smith threw his second touchdown, this one to Rikelian Wiley. Antwoine Curtis extended Madisonville’s lead to 21-0 on a 16-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. From there, the Lumberjacks pretty much kept pace. Sophomore quarterback Kevin Hurley and senior receiver
Raive Sheppard connected again as they did last week, this time on a 37-yard touchdown pass midway through the third, taking the score to 21-6. Jaylen Smith threw for his third touchdown, this one to Grant Smith from 34 yards away, and then Donald Roundtree scored on a 13-yard run to put Madisonville up 35-6. However, Diboll wasn’t through. Freshman running back Desmond Shelby scored on a 3-yard run for the game’s final score. Shelby entered the game in the second half and finished with 75 yards on nine carries. Hurley finished with 91 yards on 9-of-22 passing. Leading Madisonville were Curtis with 122 yards on 22 carries; Jaylen Smith with 127 yards through the air; and Grant Smith with 90 yards on four receptions. Diboll will be back in action on Friday night as it travels to Tatum for its final non-district tuneup.
Above, Kevin Hurley Jr. (12) runs as Brandon Mitchell (9) gets ready to block. Far left, the Diboll defense tackles a Madisonville runner in the first half. Left, Desmond Shelby picks up some yardage. Photos by Anthony Delco
Carthage handed first loss
Sports Briefs
Diboll (0-5) Last week: Madisonville 41, Diboll 12. This week: at Tatum (4-0)
District football Carthage Jasper Huntington Diboll Center
4-1 1-2 1-3 0-5 0-5
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
This week, Diboll will be tested by a Tatum team that has allowed a total of 13 points through four games this season. The Eagles are coming off their second shutout of the year, a 17-0 victory over Diboll’s district rival Center.
Last week
W’house 63, Carthage 39 Tatum 17, Center 0 Troup 41, Huntington 14 M’ville 41, Diboll 14 Jasper, bye
Huntington (1-3) Last week: Troup 41, Huntington 14 This week: at Madisonville (3-2)
This week
Huntington at M’ville Center at Corr-Cam Diboll at Tatum Jasper at Bridge City Rusk at Carthage
Jacks o’ Week
The football team’s Jacks of the Week are Michael Garcia on defense and Kaelan Whitworth on offense.
Lady Jacks v’ball at No. 12 Carthage
Varsity Scores: 8-25, 7-25, 13-25 Kameri Mott 4 kills Lexxus Hamilton 1 ace, 3 kills, 5 digs Mia Williams 1 ace, 2 kills, 5 digs, 4 blocks Kyla Cunningham 7 digs, 3 blocks White Team Scores: 1425, 10-25 Arriana Garza 2 kills, 1 ace Alexis Grimaldo 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 assists Red Team Scores: 7-25, 11-25 Chloe Presnall 2 aces, 2 kills Ashlee Pantajo 4 digs Aileen Robles 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 block
Diboll Youth Basketball
Diboll Youth Basketball is holding early registration sign-up for ages 5 to 14 until Nov. 10 at $30 per player. After then sign-up fee will be $50 per player. Parents can register their players at the Boys and Girls Club in Diboll or by contacting Gerald Mott at 936-4149092, Eric Hernandez at 936-414-1141, Eryn Garcia at 936-465-6677 or Damitra Burrell at 936-671-9352.
Courtesy photo by Gary Stallard
Andrew Hernandez leads the Diboll boys at the Central Runmaster Invitational.
Diboll boys take 4th, girls 9th at Central This past Friday the cross country team ran at the Runmaster Invitational in Central. It was not one of the teams best races but there were some individual stand outs. Diana Diosdado, Stephen Badeaux, Roxanna Sosa, and Elizabeth De La Cruz all ran personal best times on the course.
JV Girls (2 mile) 14 Kayla Trekell 16:21 23 Karolina Pena 17:22 25 Karina Pena 17:38 31 Summer Griffith 18:36 33 Roxanna Sosa 18:44 34 Angelique Rodriguez 18:47 35 Vanessa Terrazas 18:48 45 Alondra Ayala 19:37
Diboll Runners finish:
JV Boys (2 mile) 19 Austin Mewborn 12:44 21 Jorge Estrada 12:56 25 Aaron Cantu 13:02 26 Luis Enriquez 13:09 33 Raul Rios 13:29 39 Jair Ruiz 13:50 40 Nicolas Escobedo 13:52 41 TJ Garcia 13:54 52 David Ramos 14:30 73 Juan Bosquez 16:04 75 Rolando Salazar 16:19 87 Fil Escobedo 18:55
Varsity Girls (2 mile) 29 Diana Diosdado 15:28 37 Elizabeth De La Cruz 15:58 42 Ariela Gonzales 16:13 55 Aubrie Arellano 17:11 58 Maricarmen Garcia 17:27 Varsity Boys (5K) 4 Andrew Hernandez 17:51 8 Stephen Badeaux 18:49 18 Leo Rodriguez 19:37 30 Caleb Stewart 20:45 40 Omar Solis 21:25 51 Ariel Encarnacion 22:10
The next race will be this Saturday, the Hudson Invitational at Hudson high school.
The Huntington Red Devils had a rough night as Troup’s Blake Lynch ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 106 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ 41-14 victory. Troup took control of the game early, building a 35-0 lead. That was more than enough to hold off another strong night from Huntington’s Jermichael Brown, who ran for 110 yards on 16 carries and also caught a 72-yard touchdown pass. Troup took control of the game by scoring 28 points in the second quarter. Brandon Herron hauled in a 20-yard touchdown reception from Lynch to make it 7-0. Lynch did the damage on his own for the next two scores, running in from 13 and 25 yards out to make it 21-0. Lynch then threw for the next two scores, hitting Brant Palmer from five yards and Hitachi Lydia from 51 yards to up the margin to 35-0. Huntington finally got on the board on Brown’s 72-yard reception from Jeremiah Robertson. Then after another Troup touchdown, Huntington scored on a Robertson two-yard touchdown pass to Clay Boston to make the final 41-14. This week, Huntington will go for its second win in non-district play as it faces a Madisonville team coming off a 41-12 win over Diboll.
Center (0-5) Last week: Tatum 17, Center 0 This week: at Corrigan-Camden (4-0)
The Center Roughriders are surprisingly still one of the winless teams in District 20-3A after Friday night’s 17-0 loss to a defensive-minded Tatum team. Tatum’s Klifton Willis intercepted three passes on his own for Tatum, which has allowed only 13 points in four games, including a season high of seven. The game was a tight one throughout as Tatum scored on a J.D. Taylor one-yard run in the first quarter and didn’t score again until a 22-yard field goal by Dusty Richardson late in the third quarter. The Eagles tacked on one final touchdown with just 12 seconds left on a Jaylon Shans nine-yard touchdown run that made the final 17-0. Center will have another tough game on Friday night against a Corrigan-Camden team that is undefeated and coming off a lopsided 54-17 win over the Crockett Bulldogs. On Friday night, Corrigan-Camden got 207 yards rushing and an interception
return for a score by Keegan Mitchell and Addison Kirkland ran for four scores. Corrigan-Camden has won its games this season by an average margin of 4118.
Carthage (4-1) Last week: W’house 63, Carthage 39 This week: vs. Rusk (2-3)
This week: Carthage seemed to be on its way to another big-time win against a highly regarded opponent as it led Whitehouse, a Top 5 4A team 39-20 in the third quarter. But it was all downhill from there as Whitehouse reeled off the final 43 points to take a 63-39 win. In the loss, Blake Bogenschutz threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns in becoming the school’s all-time leader in passing yards. His top target was Tee Goree, who had 150 yards and a touchdown on nine receptions. Okeeron Rutherford led the ground game with 174 yards and three touchdowns on just 11 carries. Tevin Pipkin ran for 119 yards on 23 carries. However, the defense was unable to shut down the Whitehouse offense as QB Patrick Mahomes threw for 396 yards for the third-ranked team in the state. Carthage appeared to be in control of the game as it picked off a pass to start the third quarter and Bogenschutz hit Rutherford for a four-yard score, upping Carthage’s surprising lead to 19 points. But that proved to be the final highlight of the night for the Bulldogs as Whitehouse ran off the next 43 points over the next 15 minutes to escape with the win. The road should be much easier for Carthage this week as it hosts a Rusk team that has a 2-3 record after a 47-34 win over Brownsboro. Rusk had dropped a 49-0 decision to Athens the previous week.
Jasper (1-2) Last week: Bye This week: at Bridge City (1-3)
After a rainout and a bye week, the Jasper Bulldogs are ready to finally get back on the field this week. Two weeks ago, Jasper’s scheduled game against West Orange-Stark was canceled due to weather conditions. That was followed by last week’s scheduled bye. “It kind of stinks to be honest with you,” Jasper head coach Darrell Barbay said to The Beaumont Enterprise about having two consecutive weeks off. “We need to play. Having two weeks in a row without playing is not very good.” Jasper will look to get back in the win column for the first time since the season opener on Friday when it plays at Bridge City. The Cardinals have had rough sledding over the first month of the season with their three losses coming by a combined 74 points. Following a 31-7 win over Kelly Catholic, Bridge City fell to Buna last week, 36-7. -- Cody Havard