Tag: Brady Bulldogs

by Evan Ren

COUNTDOWN TO TWO-A-DAYS: Brady Bulldogs

Football is fast approaching, and we at BigCountryPreps.com are committed to bringing you the information you need to prepare for your favorite team’s season.

We’ll be releasing our Big Country Preps Preseason Football Preview, the most comprehensive look at the upcoming Big Country football season anywhere, on Friday, Aug. 14. But you won’t have to wait until then to sate your gridiron appetite.

Leading up to the first day of fall football practice on Aug. 3, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2019 as part of our “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.

After featuring Bangs on Tuesday, we stay in District 2-3A Division II with the Brady Bulldogs. On Thursday, we will take a look at the Coahoma Bulldogs followed by the Comanche Indians on Friday.

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by Daniel Youngblood

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: Senior-heavy Brady baseball team was poised to make history

The “What Might Have Been” feature series is Big Country Preps’ effort to celebrate area athletes who have seen their seasons affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The series will continue through June 15. If you have a suggested story for the “What Might Have Been” series, please contact Big Country Preps at Evan.Ren@BigCountryPreps.com.

When Brady graduates Shay Easterwood and Rocky Bernal returned to their alma mater three years ago — the former as the head football coach and athletic director and the latter as the head baseball coach — both knew the sophomore class they were inheriting was destined for big things.

In just their second year on the BHS campus, that group formed the nucleus for virtually every boys program, giving both coaches a promising future to look forward to.

This fall, Easterwood got to see that potential realized as his senior-heavy squad went 4-1 through district to make its first playoff appearance since 2016. Unfortunately for Bernal, he never got that same opportunity in the spring.

After getting off to a 9-2 start, the Bulldogs were stopped in their tracks by the COVID-19 pandemic. And when the University Interscholastic League’s spring sport suspension became a full-on cancellation, Bernal and his players were left to imagine what the rest of the season might have held.

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by Evan Ren

PHOTO GALLERY: 7-on-7 Division III state qualifying tournament (93 images)

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 11 Report

Sonora 47, Brady 12 — The Broncos (5-5, 3-2) locked up this district’s No. 3 playoff seed and dashed the Bulldogs’ postseason hopes with a dominating Week 11 performance.

Sonora, which closed the regular season on a three-game winning streak after losing five straight earlier in the year, outgained Brady 512-152, limiting coach Shay Easterwood’s squad (2-8, 1-4) to just 29 rushing yards on 25 carries.

Quarterback Wesley Dutton had a huge day for the Broncos, hitting five of five passes for 131 yards while rushing for a 130 yards and four touchdowns on just 12 carries. Brady, meanwhile, was paced by Marshall Schmitz with 55 yards and a score on five rushing attempts and Jack Marshall with two catches for 58 yards.

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 10 Report

Brady 35, Comfort 20 — The Bulldogs (2-7, 1-3) snapped a six-game losing streak and got right back into the 13-3A DII playoff picture with a strong effort against the Bobcats (3-6, 1-3).

Brady, which closes the regular season next week at Sonora, outgained Comfort 454-322, pounding out 399 yards on the ground. Marshall Schmitz led the way with 135 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, while Jack Marshall (8-91, 1 TD rushing; 1-16 receiving) and Ryan Decker (3-5-1—55, 1 TD passing; 13-69, 1 TD rushing) also had productive games. 

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 9 Report

Blanco 49, Brady 0 — The Bulldogs fell to 1-7 overall and 0-3 in district play with a lopsided loss to the surging Blanco Panthers. 

Blanco (6-2 overall), which outgained Brady 417-106, did the bulk of its damage on the ground, pounding out 332 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns in improving to 3-0 in 13-3A DI games.

The Panthers, who built a 42-0 lead by halftime, were led by Cade Felps with 159 yards and three touchdowns rushing, while Tristan Fortner (2-47) and Baylor Smith (4-48) also ran for scores.

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 8 Report

Johnson City 48, Brady 23 — The Bulldogs fell behind the Eagles early and never recovered in dropping to 1-6 on the season and 0-2 in 13-3A DII play.

Brady, which allowed 360 yards and five touchdowns rushing, trailed 21-7 at halftime and saw that deficit reach 41-7 early in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs scored two touchdowns in the final seven minutes, but the outcome of the game was decided by then.

The loss to Johnson City, Brady’s fifth in a row, puts some serious pressure on coach Shay Easterwood’s Bulldogs in the final three weeks. They’ll need to win two of their last three against Blanco, Comfort and and Sonora to earn one of the four playoff spots out of this district.

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 7 Report

Ingram Moore 48, Brady 44 — Sophomore quarterback Timmothy Leatherman was too much for the Bulldogs on Friday, rushing for 173 yards and five touchdowns and passing for 110 yards and another score to lift the Warriors to thrilling win over Brady.

Coach Shay Easterwood’s squad led 20-18 at halftime of this hyper-competitive matchup, but Moore (5-1, 1-0) took the lead with a 16-8 third quarter and held off the Bulldogs in the fourth.

Now 1-5 overall and 0-1 in 13-3A DII play, Brady will look to snap a four-game losing streak and bull its way into the playoff picture when it hosts Johnson City (1-5, 0-1) on Friday.

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 5 Report

Jim Ned 49, Brady 0 — The Bulldogs’ final nondistrict game was a forgettable one as their trip to Tuscola resulted in being shutout for the first time since last year’s season finale against Clyde.

The Indians, who outgained Brady 376-222, scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters, taking a 29-0 lead into halftime and a 41-0 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Riley Perry rushed for 143 yards and four touchdowns to lead Jim Ned, while the Bulldogs (1-4) got 71 yards rushing from Ryan Decker and 70 from Walker Bauer. 

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 4 Report

Dublin 20, Brady 7 — The Bulldogs limited an explosive Lion offense to just 204 total yards and led 7-0 at halftime, but the Lions rallied in the second half to escape Brady with their fourth consecutive win.

Brady rushed for 172 yards in the loss, getting 100 yards from Walker Bauer and 62 yards and their only score from Ryan Decker.

The Bulldogs will look to get back on track next week when they travel to Tuscola for their final nondistrict game against Jim Ned.

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by Daniel Youngblood

District 13-3A Division II: Week 1 Report

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Ballinger 20, Brady 19 (OT) — The Bulldogs just missed earning their first win of the Shay Easterwood era Friday, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort or confidence. In fact, after answering Ballinger’s touchdown in overtime following four quarters that had yielded a 13-all stalemate, Brady elected to go for two and the win.

The Bulldogs didn’t end up converting — Kelton Bernard was tackled by Ballinger’s Cooper Bean to end the game — but the effort against what is widely expected to be an improved Ballinger squad would seem to validate Easterwood‘s talk of improvement over the offseason.

Brady, which got 65 yards from  Ryan Decker and 61 from Bernard on its way to a 228-yard rushing day, couldn’t snap its now 15-game losing skid in Week 1. But the Bulldogs will get another chance this week at Haskell, and any team that sleeps on Easterwood’s squad is likely to end up regretting it.

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by Daniel Youngblood

Spring sport success has Brady Bulldogs feeling confident

A young Brady Bulldogs squad took its lumps during Shay Easterwood’s first season as a head coach, enduring an 0-10 campaign that saw it outscored 412-169.

But Easterwood was anything but discouraged by the end of his first year back at his alma mater.

Not only did his team continue to battle throughout a difficult season, but many of those same players went on lead Brady’s other athletic programs to tremendous success. And now in Year 2 with the bulk of last year’s roster back, Easterwood is confident that experience in other arenas will pay dividends on the football field this fall.

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by Daniel Youngblood

Brady Bulldogs poised for big step forward in 2018

The Brady football team took its lumps during Shay Easterwood’s first season as a head coach, enduring an 0-10 campaign that saw them outscored 412-169. But with 18 of 24 lettermen back from that squad, including nine starters on both sides of the ball, things are looking up for the Bulldogs.

With 10 freshmen and 10 sophomores on the 2017 roster, Brady will still be young this fall. But Easterwood, a 1997 Brady graduate, believes the Bulldogs will field a significantly better product in Year 2.

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