DE LEON — Entering this football it was expected that De Leon junior quarterback Heston Jobe would be among the top producers in the Big Country.
It took him all of one night to prove it in a 79-43 win over Dublin on Friday.
Jobe, who connected on 13 of 20 throws for 413 yards and four scores, also rushed for 176 yards and four more TDs.
By night’s end, the Bearcats were 1-0 and Jobe had accounted for 589 yards and five touchdowns.
Week 1 is behind us, and what a week it was for area six-man teams.
After previewing the week’s slate in last week’s “Six-Man Lookahead” column, it’s time to recap it in our first edition of the “Six-Man Rewind.”
We hope you enjoy taking a look back at the week that was in Big Country six-man football and encourage you to check out our new “Six-Man/Class 1A Central” page for more information on your favorite six-man teams.
Abilene High 60, San Angelo Central 36 — Ryland Bradford caught five passes for 154 yards and three touchdowns and added a 32-yard scoring run on a lateral swing pass to fuel an explosive offensive effort for the Eagles against the Bobcats.
Quarterback Brayden Henry also had a big day, passing for 205 yards and three touchdowns while adding a receiving score for the Eagles, who outscored Central 17-0 in the fourth quarter to turn a one-score game into a rout.
Central was led in the loss by quarterback Christian “Squeaky” English, who threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the loss.
Azle 41, Abilene Cooper 34 — Leading 20-19 at halftime, the Cougars couldn’t hold off the Hornets in the second half, being outscored 22-14 over the final two quarters to drop a thriller in the season opener for both teams.
Hagan Hughes rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns and King Stephens added 108 yards and three touchdowns on the ground for Azle, which also got 191 yards and one TD passing from Derrek Vowell in a 485-yard effort.
Cooper, which had 333 yards of total offense, was led in rushing by Peyton Ewing (14-74), in passing by Austin Cummins (16-29-0—195, 2 TDs) and in receiving by Zavian Alexander (6-95, 1 TD).
Each week here at Big Country Preps, we offer fans the chance to pick the winners of all games involving our local and area football teams. The results of these weekly polls, which will close at 5 p.m. each Thursday, will be included in our weekly Pick ‘Em Panel.
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Junction 40, Goldthwaite 6 — With every starter back from last year, Junction was expected to take a major step forward this season.
And from the looks of their win over Goldthwaite on Friday, that is apparently the case.
The Eagles (1-0) will play host to an improved San Saba team (1-0) on Friday.
Wall 28, Mason 6 — Landon York threw for 148 yards, and two scores and Hagyn Barbee rushed for 37 yards and a TD to lead Wall to a win in Craig Slaughter’s coaching debut at WHS.
Briggs Jones was the top receiving target for the Hawks (1-0), hauling in three passes for 102 yards and two scores.
Wall (1-0) will face Brownwood (0-0) next Friday at home.
Electra 16, Santo 9 — The Wildcats led the Tigers at the end of the three quarters, but Electra rallied with the only touchdown of the fourth to escape with a narrow win.
Santo found itself up 3-0 after one quarter and 9-8 after three, but it couldn’t hold onto the lead in dropping its season opener.