Columbia vs Wharton

[Roughneck93]

Necks take opening kickoff and drive 60 yards for a TD. Broderick Thomas 6 yard run.

6-0

7:17 1st

XP blocked.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton drives to the Columbia 31 yard line but turn the ball over on downs.

[Roughneck93]

Necks go three and out.

Wharton starts at their own 45.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton with a 35 yard fg.

Necks lead 6-3.

:33 1st

[Roughneck93]

Necks end a 52 yard drive with a Floyd Bess 10 yard td run.

14-3 Necks.

9:08 2nd

2-pt try good.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton goes three and out.

Necks start at their own 33.

[Saggy Aggie]

Wharton goes three and out.

Necks start at their own 33.

Necks playing well and I just got my Aggie Ring!

Great night so far. Go necks!

[Roughneck93]

Necks go three and out.

Wharton takes over at their own 43.

[Roughneck93]

Necks playing well and I just got my Aggie Ring!

Great night so far. Go necks!

Congrats SA!

[Roughneck93]

Wharton scores in a 12 yard td pass from Grissom.

14-9.

5:08 2nd

2-pt try no good.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton intercepts a Bell pass at their own 48.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton takes the lead 17-14.

Pinkney 5 yard td run.

2-pt try good.

1:41 2nd

[Roughneck93]

Grissom having a good night throwing the ball.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton leads 17-14.

Half.

[Saggy Aggie]

Wharton leads 17-14.

Half.

Seriously? I'm busy so I've only checked in twice but c'mon man...

[Dub-C]

No chemistry with the necks at the moment

[Roughneck93]

Wharton opens the second half with a 80 yard scoring drive.

Frazier 2 yard td run.

Wharton leads 23-14.

Xp blocked.

7:45 3rd

[Saggy Aggie]

Wow...

[Roughneck93]

Necks forced to punt.

-10 yards on that drive.

[Roughneck93]

Necks take over on downs on their own 29

[Roughneck93]

Necks killing themselves with penalties tonight.

[Roughneck93]

Necks go three and out.

Wharton takes over at their own 49.

End 3rd

[Roughneck93]

Necks take over after a Woodard pick.

Will start at our own 9.

[Roughneck93]

Necks stall at the Wharton 49.

That drive was filled with late hits, unsportsmanlike penalties, a player ejection, just ugly...

[Roughneck93]

Necks take over on downs on their own 22.3:03 left.

[Saggy Aggie]

LM lost too.

So much for the undefeated matchup.

Hell, we'll have a tough time with Sweeny

[Roughneck93]

Wharton with a pick.Take over at their own 1 yard line.1:42 left.

[Roughneck93]

Necks recover a Wharton fumble in the endzone. Wharton leads 23-21, :50 left.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton recovers the onside kick.

[Roughneck93]

Wharton wins 23-21.

[Dub-C]

Unbelievable, we played bad.

[Roughneck93]

Unbelievable, we played bad.

Yeah that was just plain bad.

Give credit to Wharton though. They deserved this win.

[Necked]

Unbelievable, we played bad.

Dont pin this on the defense, they were worn out from being out there so much. The offense just self-destructed in the second half. Wharton didnt do anything special, just played an solid game...

[Dub-C]

Hate to say this but Broderick was hitting on all cylinders on offense and they didn't feed him the ball.


Yea, Wharton did good in their passing game and played hard. So my hats off to them.

['Necks 2013-14]

Wharton just exposed more of what gets our goat....they ran right at us and we couldn't stop them. End of story.

[zebrablue2]

wharton wins 23-21.



wow!!!

['Necks 2013-14]

Ting a ling!!! Wake up call.

[Pudlugger]

Is Wharton really that good or did Columbia just mail it in last night? I guess we'll find out as the season progresses. CS over LM, HV over Yoakum, LH over Smithville BIG...the conventional wisdom took a hit last night.:ack!:

[mac77]

Both! Columbia didn't play very well and Wharton is pretty good. When that happens, good teams get beat when they don't play well.

[Old Green]

Is Wharton really that good or did Columbia just mail it in last night? I guess we'll find out as the season progresses. CS over LM, HV over Yoakum, LH over Smithville BIG...the conventional wisdom took a hit last night.:ack!:The Qb Bartee Grissom for Wharton is good. He's a game maker. He'll give lots of teams trouble all by himself passing or running. Wharton as a team had a lot of speed all over the field.

Columbia will be alright. Suck it up an get after them next week.

[Roughneck93]

From The Facts...

Wharton surprises by controlling ’Necks

By BUTCH McREYNOLDS | Posted: Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:00 am
WEST COLUMBIA — Visiting Wharton stunned Columbia with a well-balanced attack, carving out a 23-21 victory to break a regular season 21-game winning streak by the Roughnecks.
First-year coach Randy Lynch addressed his team afterward with stern words.
“We made too many mistakes out there tonight, too many false starts, too many personal fouls,” Lynch said. “I hope this is a wake-up call for all of us, the players and the coaches. We need to get ready for Kashmere next week for homecoming. We have got to get focused on playing Roughneck football.”

Columbia jumped to an early 6-0 lead when Broderick Thomas danced across the goal line on a 7-yard trot to culminate a 60-yard opening drive. Thomas skipped across the goal with 7:17 left in the open stanza. The point after was no good.

Wharton immediately showed it had come to play, bouncing back to score on a 35-yard field goal by Brett Kocian with 33 seconds left in the quarter.

But Columbia appeared to take control of the contest with a 12-play drive that closed out on a dandy 10-yard run by speedy Floyd Bess with 9:08 left in the half. Bess, who finished with 118 yards on 19 carries, followed a lead block to his left then leaped over a would-be tackler at the 4-yard line to score.

The Roughnecks, now 2-1 on the season, added two more points on the conversion run by Thomas, who clocked out with 50 yards on the ground for the night.

But just when it appeared Columbia could put it on cruise control, the Tigers (2-1) fought back behind the passing of senior quarterback Bartee Grissom and the running of senior back Alfred Pinkney.

Grissom, who closed out the upset win by completing 18 of 29 attempts for 166 yards, completed his only touchdown pass of the contest on a 14-yard connection with Dontrae Elliot. The point after failed, leaving the score at 14-9.

Wharton then bounced back after an interception by Taylor Skinner at the Columbia 48. The Tigers roared the distance in seven plays, with Pinkney scampering over from 4 yards out. A two-point pass from Grissom to Joe Durgan gave the visitors a 17-14 halftime lead.

While Wharton could muster only 49 yards rushing in the first half, things turned around in the second 30 minutes as Pinkney accounted for 95 of his game-high 132 yards rushing.

The Tigers scored in the third quarter when Ramon Frazier blasted over from a yard out to give his squad a 23-14 lead going into the final quarter.

And that is the way it stood as the Roughnecks kept shooting themselves in their game feet with untimely penalties. Columbia, which ripped off 115 yards rushing in the first half, managed only 68 in the second half,

The Columbia passing attack simply never got unraveled as two quarterbacks finished the wet night with a combined six completions in 19 attempts for only 33 yards and two interceptions.

Wharton gave away Columbia’s only score of the second half. Trying to run the clock out, the Tigers fumbled in their own end zone with 50 seconds left, allowing the Roughnecks one final, desperate onside kick. But Wharton got that ball to secure the win.

Columbia was penalized 12 times on the night for 90 yards while the visitors were flagged six times for 55 yards, all in the fourth quarter when tempers flared on both sides of the field.

http://thefacts.com/sports/

[Roughneck93]

Boxscore from the Wharton Journal Spectator...



Wharton 23, Columbia 21

Score by quarters
Wharton 3 14 6 0 — 23
Columbia 6 8 0 7 — 21

Scoring summary
First quarter
Columbia — Broderick Thomas 7 run (kick blocked), 7:17
Wharton — Brett Kocian 35 field goal, 0:33
Second quarter
Columbia — Floyd Bess 10 run (Thomas run), 9:08
Wharton — Devonte Durgan 14 pass from Bartee Grissom (pass failed), 5:08
Wharton — Alfred Pinkney 4 run (Durgan pass from Grissom), 1:41
Third quarter
Wharton — Ramon Frazier 1 run (kick blocked), 7:41
Fourth quarter
Columbia — Jerry Wayne Cotten fumble recovery in end zone (Greg Gomez kick), 0:50

Statistics WHS CHS
First downs 17 14
Rushes-yards 43-173 34-200
Passing yards 184 34
Passing (C-A-I) 18-30-1 6-18-2
Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-yards 6-35 10-50
Punts-avg. 1-22 4-32.0

Individual leaders
Rushing: Wharton, Pinkney 22-114; Columbia, Bess 19-137.
Passing: Wharton, Grissom 18-30-1 184 (tel:18-30-1%20184); Columbia, Willis Johnson 2-10-1 18.
Receiving: Wharton, Durgan 3-62, Dontay Bell 6-52, Leeshad O’Neal 5-44; Columbia, Jarius Kesee 3-21.







http://www.journal-spectator.com/sports/article_1fc8edce-fef6-11e1-a282-0019bb2963f4.html

[YTBulldogs]

Yikes!!!! I didn't see this happening for sure. We had the same performance ourselves. Can't play a quarter or half, and take the other one's off. WC, like us---will use this as a wake up call IMO. WC way to good and just had a night off.

I still have Columbia ranked in my top 10 state wide. And, if a team thinks any different, they'll be blasted by this talented team. Keep your heads high WC, and learn from this and you'll be ok. A loss, like a win--is a team effort.

[YTBulldogs]

Is Wharton really that good or did Columbia just mail it in last night? I guess we'll find out as the season progresses. CS over LM, HV over Yoakum, LH over Smithville BIG...the conventional wisdom took a hit last night.:ack!:


Just a wake up call for some of these teams you noted above Pud. I for one, think Wharton is a solid team. Their QB is the real deal. Seen it in Sinton last year. He made some bad decisions last year versus Devine, and I chalked it up to being young. He appears to have grown into a top caliber signal caller this year.

[Roughneck93]

Game pics from BC Sports News...

http://www.bcsportsnews.com/blog/2012/9/columbia-falls-to-wharton-loses-first-regular-season-game-after-winning-21-straight

[hookandladder]

This is very surprising, Wow.

[Saggy Aggie]

All the credit to Wharton.

Good team and they deserved the W.

Roughnecks have work to do, let's hope the coaches and players can get it straightened out.

[necks88]

IMO Defensive Coach let this one slip away. He went to a 3-4 D trying to cover the outstanding passing game of wharton, but all that did was open up the run game for wharton. Columbia's strength is their stingy D against the run and they should always play off of that. The D-backs did a good job in coverage didn't get burnt on big plays but that is where we should have made adjustments they found some weak spots and took advantage of it. Some the kids are playing on friday nights for the first season and still have a few growing pains to go thru but there is alot of experience back there to help out. Columbia should have stayed with a 4-3 D and shut down the run and forced wharton to beat with pass, but like said at the beginning of this just my opinion.

[Dub-C]

IMO Defensive Coach let this one slip away. He went to a 3-4 D trying to cover the outstanding passing game of wharton, but all that did was open up the run game for wharton. Columbia's strength is their stingy D against the run and they should always play off of that. The D-backs did a good job in coverage didn't get burnt on big plays but that is where we should have made adjustments they found some weak spots and took advantage of it. Some the kids are playing on friday nights for the first season and still have a few growing pains to go thru but there is alot of experience back there to help out. Columbia should have stayed with a 4-3 D and shut down the run and forced wharton to beat with pass, but like said at the beginning of this just my opinion.

I seen them that also. IMO, I gonna say it again, offensively, Broderick was running the ball better than anyone else and shoulda gave him some more carries. I also think we should find a way to have Willis ,Darius, Floyd and Broderick on offense together as much as possible. Floyd IMO is getting tired since he plays so hard on every down he is out there.

[Dub-C]

One more thing, I have a question, why were the d-backs playing 7 to 8 yards off the receivers?

[necks88]

Good point on the DB's to worried about getting burnt down field that they gave up the little 7 yard hook pass. Like I said before D coach did a poor job making adjustments. Columbia play tight coverage down field and there is very few teams that will out run Columbia's DB's down field they need to move up and tighten coverage off the line possibly set up some pick six's. I also agree Broderick was picking up big yards when he got touches but they were limited.

[Manso/V8]

If Wharton is that good, then that changes the District 25 dynamics. I hadn't heard much talk about them, but it sounds like they are a definite playoff spot contender.

[Saggy Aggie]

If Wharton is that good, then that changes the District 25 dynamics. I hadn't heard much talk about them, but it sounds like they are a definite playoff spot contender.

Wharton isn't THAT good, but they did make it to the 3rd round last year and gave Devine a decent game.

Wharton is just a solid team that played a good game. Necks aren't where they were the last 2 years (yet?) and didn't play well Friday.

Wharton came out motivated and just outplayed WC, plain and simple. Congratulations to the Tigers. We can only hope WC can get it straightened out because they have the personel to be very good, but they're not executing well enough at this point.

[Manso/V8]

Wharton isn't THAT good, but they did make it to the 3rd round last year and gave Devine a decent game.

Wharton is just a solid team that played a good game. Necks aren't where they were the last 2 years (yet?) and didn't play well Friday.

Wharton came out motivated and just outplayed WC, plain and simple. Congratulations to the Tigers. We can only hope WC can get it straightened out because they have the personel to be very good, but they're not executing well enough at this point.

Nothing seems to be going as expected this season.

Didn't you say last week that WC was better at this point than they were last year?

[Saggy Aggie]

Nothing seems to be going as expected this season.

Didn't you say last week that WC was better at this point than they were last year?

Well, I only saw their week 0 performance against Bport, and they looked sharp then.

These last 2 games have told a much different story though.

[yellaseeker]

One more thing, I have a question, why were the d-backs playing 7 to 8 yards off the receivers?

They have always done that. I asked someone that same question a couple years ago and was told that they don't allow them to play up and make that initial bump to mess up the short timing routes. They're too worried about them getting burnt after the contact. I think they should be physical with them. Not allowing that has burned us with a number of passing teams, especially the chapell hill game in 2010. I always thought having one safety over the top and keeping the corners tight on the receivers would help eliminate the short completions and give the safety a better chance to help out on the deep passes. That would enable him to make plays in front of him rather than seeing a receiver on each sideline burning down the field and by the time he figures out which one the QB is throwing to, he's running backwards at an angle instead of forward. Hell, maybe i'm seeing it all wrong but, i do know one thing, our pass defense has never been that great. When teams have beat us, most of the time it's been due to them having a respectable passing game. That's not to say we don't have other issues to work out. I don't agree with 3 d-lineman either. It might work if the linebackers were meeting the ball carrier in the hole but that's not happening near enough and "some" are trying to make shoulder tackles instead of cutting them in half. We've got to stop these folks at the line not once they get into the secondary. We definately need our passing game to improve. Like to see screen pass to backs. Hell, anything short including TE's cause i don't see us having a high percentage of success with completions on deep routes. Sure, if there's a blown coverage then make that throw but as an intended receiver, i don't see it. Most the time the line doesn't give the QB time to even get his feet set to step into the throw and we don't have 6'4 receivers with sticky hands either. O'line needs to get to work, period! It's still early but, i don't see the Roughnecks where they were last year at this time. I realize penalty's should be an easy fix and that sometimes is the difference in winning or losing the game but, I also think we have to change the way we play the game a little bit too. The level of play in High School is evolving all the time and you have to be willing and able to evolve with it.

[Dub-C]

Heard something interesting about the game the other night, the boys who were wearing visiors in their helmets, kept fogging up and they were having trouble seeing.

[regaleagle]

Who did Wharton play previously this season and what is their record now?

[Roughneck93]

Who did Wharton play previously this season and what is their record now?

Wharton is now at 2-1.
Lost to Cuero 20-19
Beat Houston Scarborough 70-8

[HEMOTOXIC]

Who did Wharton play previously this season and what is their record now?

2-1

Vs Cuero Loss 20-19
Vs Houston Scarborough Won 70-8
vs West Columbia Won 23-21

[HEMOTOXIC]

Wharton is now at 2-1.
Lost to Cuero 20-19
Beat Houston Scarborough 70-8

U beat me to it

[crabman]

Maybe Cuero is not really that far out of the mix. Looks like anybody can beat anybody on any given night in District 25 and 26.

[Lucky2Coach]

IMO Defensive Coach let this one slip away. He went to a 3-4 D trying to cover the outstanding passing game of wharton, but all that did was open up the run game for wharton. Columbia's strength is their stingy D against the run and they should always play off of that. The D-backs did a good job in coverage didn't get burnt on big plays but that is where we should have made adjustments they found some weak spots and took advantage of it. Some the kids are playing on friday nights for the first season and still have a few growing pains to go thru but there is alot of experience back there to help out. Columbia should have stayed with a 4-3 D and shut down the run and forced wharton to beat with pass, but like said at the beginning of this just my opinion.

Columbia does not run a 4-3, they run a split. Pancho knows what he is doing!

[Necked]

Columbia does not run a 4-3, they run a split. Pancho knows what he is doing!
Most people dont know what they're looking at. I thought the defense did well in the 2nd half considering how long they were out there, seeing as how they only gave up 6 points, & scored 6 themselves. They were worn out, hands on hips in the 4th, & still kept them out of the end zone. The offensive implosion in the 2nd half was the reason Columbia lost this game, plain & simple...

[Roughneck93]

Most people dont know what they're looking at. I thought the defense did well in the 2nd half considering how long they were out there, seeing as how they only gave up 6 points, & scored 6 themselves. They were worn out, hands on hips in the 4th, & still kept them out of the end zone. The offensive implosion in the 2nd half was the reason Columbia lost this game, plain & simple...

Defense was on the field way too much in that second half. Credit them for stopping Wharton twice on fourth down deep in our territory. Also intercepting a Wharton pass at our own 9-yard line. They just couldn't get any help from the offense. How many drives did Wharton start near the 50-yard line?

[Dub-C]

Defense was on the field way too much in that second half. Credit them for stopping Wharton twice on fourth down deep in our territory. Also intercepting a Wharton pass at our own 9-yard line. They just couldn't get any help from the offense. How many drives did Wharton start near the 50-yard line?

I agree defense did hold them in the 2nd half, it would been nice to swap down that interception pass since it was 4th down.

[MustangFootball]

Wharton is not a bad team, they eliminated Ingleside last year in the first round, Ingleside jump on them early with two quick scores but Wharton kept Coming back, Ingleside never trailed in that game until under two minutes left in the game when Wharton scored and went for two and beat us 36 to 35, the following week Wharton destroyed a weak Orange Grove team and coasted into the third round, where they gave Devine fits all night. Wharton is a good discipline team who plays 4 quarter who runs well and uses the pass effectively, Ingleside had a fast team last year but it wasn't as fast a Whartons defense, Whartons defense was the fastest Ingleside had seen all year. give credit where credit is due these were 2 really good teams and the out come could have gone either way. Good luck to both teams the rest of the season.

[Necks88Fan]

The tigers are a good team and well coached. Those coaches had a good game plan and the team executed pretty well. We lost too many yards to penalty's. Could our O'line do better, yes. Could our kicking be better, yes. We simply have to do better on controlling field position and eliminate all the nonsense penalty's which will in turn, help our defense have enough gas in the tank to finish stronger at the end. Never seen a receiver incur that many penalty's. I think three of them belonged to him. One thing i wish those boys would learn especially the interior lineman, is if the refs are not gonna call any holds on the other team then why the hell aren't we doing the same. It's harder for the ends to get by with it although they did in that game but on the inside is a different story. I think there was only two holding calls the whole night and i seen plenty all over the place when we were on defense and there were plenty that were blatant and in clear view. I seen a couple that the guys literally tackled our guy from behind. And yeah, i know you can find a hold on every play but there were a lot that were just rediculous not to call. Boys, if their gonna open the game up like that, play the damn game.

[Dub-C]

http://www.bcsportsnews.com/p1008165448/h431B6EB8


Look at the visior

[Saggy Aggie]

yeah, interesting that Floyd would be carrying the ball with his vision obviously screwed up from the fog on his visor. Could they not get him a new helmet?

I'm not going to blame that though. Wharton earned this victory. All the credit to the Tigers.

[txsportswriter]

District 25 and 26 will meet up in the first round of the playoffs and I do believe the winners of each of those bi-district games will make it to the regional finals. The two DII reps will face off in the regional final with the DI rep making it all the way to the state semifinals. Just remember--- you heard it here first :)

[hookandladder]

District 25 and 26 will meet up in the first round of the playoffs and I do believe the winners of each of those bi-district games will make it to the regional finals. The two DII reps will face off in the regional final with the DI rep making it all the way to the state semifinals. Just remember--- you heard it here first :)

Columbia is not in our Region however we will find out how good Wharton is come District time, Bellville,Sealy and El Campo may have their hands full with Wharton. Seems like that District may have gotten a lot stronger with the way Wharton is playing, we will find out soon.