Seymour 24, Haskell 13 — Brayden Loyd passed for 201 yards and three touchdowns while adding 112 yards on the ground to lead the Panthers to a hard-fought win over the Indians.
Jaxon Carrington (19-108, 1 TD) also eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for Seymour (2-4, 1-1), which got big receiving days from Brason Zeissel (5-121, 2 TDs) and Layton McAdams (6-67, 1 TD).
Levelland 55, Snyder 21 — Leading just 28-21 after a competitive first half, the Loboes pulled away after halftime for a comfortable win over the Tigers.
Levelland put up 14 points in the third quarter and tacked on 13 more in the fourth while shutting out Snyder over the final 24 minutes to earn its third consecutive win.
Fort Stockton 44, Big Spring 20 — Kasch Norman, Gerry Diaz and Landon Havins all topped the 100-yard rushing mark as the Panthers piled up 384 yards on the ground in a comfortable win over the Steers.
Norman ran for 112 yards and a TD, while Diaz added 105 yards and two scores and Havins had 103 yards and one touchdown to help Fort Stockton increase a 23-14 halftime lead to 44-14 by the start of the fourth quarter.
Brownwood 55, Ingleside 7 — Judson Coalson threw for 257 yards and three TDs and Trey Mosley rushed for 136 yards and two more scores to help Brownwood to an easy win over Ingleside.
The Lions (3-2) quickly jumped out to a 27-0 first half lead and never looked back.
Limited to 226 yards in total offense, Ingleside fell to 4-2.
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AMARILLO — Between his arm and his legs, Brayden Henry combined for 363 yards and five touchdowns Friday to lead Abilene High to a big 63-42 win over Amarillo High at Dick Bivins Stadium.
Henry’s big night fueled a 619-yard effort for the Eagles offense, which put up nine touchdowns to pull away from the Sandies in the second half after a back-and-forth first two quarters.
Leading just 28-27 late in the first half, Abilene High got a 24-yard touchdown run from Henry with 1:13 to play before halftime to take an eight-point lead into the break. And the Eagles rode that momentum into the second half, scoring the only touchdown of the third quarter and the first of the fourth to finally create the separation they needed to put away a game Amarillo High squad.
COAHOMA —The general consensus prior to Friday’s Big Country Preps Game of the Week was that Coahoma and Littlefield would put on an offensive show in a close game.
That turned out to be a gross understatement.
Through 141 combined points, 1,336 combined yards in total offense, four ties and four lead changes, Coahoma (4-1) finally outlasted their homecoming adversaries 71-70 in a classic Game of the Week that may never be forgotten.
Jaidyn Vineyard rushed for 373 yards, caught two passes for 76 yards and scored a combined seven touchdowns to lead Coahoma (4-1), which stopped Littlefield quarterback Chip Green’s attempted two-point conversion with 0:21 to play to preserve the win.
Green topped the Littlefield stat sheet, hitting 20 of 26 throws for 462 yards and six TD passes. The Wildcats fell to 4-2 with the loss.
“It felt like a Big 12 game back in the old days when you just play football on the offensive side and go try to score,” Coahoma coach Chris Joslin said.
Coming into Friday’s Southtown Showdown, Cooper coach Aaron Roan said the key to a Cougars victory would be controlling the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
Once the game kicked off, it became apparent pretty quickly that wouldn’t be the case.
Wylie outgained Cooper 323-103, outpacing the Cougars 190-7 on the ground to cruise to a thorough 29-7 win at Shotwell Stadium. The three-score victory improved the Bulldogs (4-1 overall) to 2-0 in District 2-5A Division II action, while dropping Cooper to 0-2.
We’re rapidly approaching the start of league play for most Big Country six-man districts, but we’ve still got one more week of nondistrict matchups in most cases.
The Week 6 slate is light on obvious headliners, but anyone who has followed the area Class 1A scene for any period of time has learned to expect the unexpected.
With that said, let’s take a look at what this week holds for Big Country six-man fans. We hope you enjoy our preview of the area slate and encourage you to check out our Six-Man/Class 1A Central page for standings and results.
Each week here at Big Country Preps, we’ll post our picks for all of that week’s 11-man games, in addition to the results of our weekly fan polls for each matchup.
For those interested in voting, polls go up on Sunday night each week and close Thursday morning.
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LAST WEEK: 51-12, .809
SEASON TOTAL: 247-79, .757
Week 6 generally sees slim pickings for possible Games of the Week, with the bulk of the area enjoying an open week prior to district.
Nonetheless, we have some quality Week 6 matchups this year, topped by a 4-1 Littlefield team paying a visit to Coahoma (3-1) in our spotlight game. That’s where I’ll be, but keep a close eye on some others. It’s a surprisingly good week, despite the low amount of activity.
Here’s this week’s picks:
Entering Tuesday’s crosstown match in need of a win to avoid an 0-2 district start, the Abilene High volleyball team started fast and kept its foot on the gas on its way to a 25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20 win at Cougar Gym.
In a match where both teams struggled to find a rhythm on the attack, the Lady Eagles were just a little cleaner in all phases, taking advantage of 29 Cooper hitting errors and 11 service errors to grab the momentum early and maintain it throughout the contest.
Playing in front of a raucous crosstown crowd, the fast start was a point of emphasis coming in and, ultimately, a key to the leaving with a win, first-year AHS coach T-Keeyah Hall-Fanner said.
HAWLEY — For most of Tuesday’s match, the Hawley and Albany volleyball teams were locked in a slugfest that featured both teams’ service and receiving games executing exactly how they wanted to.
The District 6-2A rivals combined for just 15 aces in the match, which saw the Lady Bearcats sweep the Lady Lions 25-21, 25-21, 25-19 at Bearcat Gymnasium.
It was such a close match, Hawley coach Amy Eckoff and M.J. Reneau, her counterpart at Albany, both had nothing but praise for how their team handled the match between the two frontrunners for the district championship.
Big Country Preps is publishing area volleyball statistical leaders each Tuesday at 7 p.m. roughout the regular season.
This database will be continually updated for our subscribers throughout the remainder of the season, using only those statistics submitted by area coaches.
Glen Rose, idle — The Tigers entered their bye week with a 3-2 overall record. Glen Rose will open district play at Godley (3-2) on Oct. 11.