Scoop27
10-30-2012, 02:37 PM
From the Palacios Beacon
The fighting Palacios Sharks
managed to corral the Edna
Cowboys for three quarters
last Friday night, but the
Cowboys used their home field
advantage and some highly
questionable officiating (or
as we say, Home Cookin’) to
drop the Sharks 35-14.
One of deciding factors in
the matchup, for the second
week in a row, was speed. Edna
had it, and the Sharks don’t.
“It’s tough to defend speed
when you don’t have it,” said
Shark coach Mike Treybig.
“I don’t think Edna was any
faster than Hempstead. We had
guys in position to make plays
and sometimes they didn’t get
made.”
The other deciding factor in
the game was the inconsistency
emanating from the officials.
All any coach asks for from
officials is consistency; whether
the officials are consistently
bad or consistently good. The
officials last Friday in Edna,
were about as consistent as an
irregular heartbeat.
Twice in the first half when
Palacios could have taken the
lead or tied, the Sharks made
the call to go for it on 4th down
and short. Each time the Sharks
appeared well past the first
down marker. Yet each time,
when the ball was marked on
the field, came up short each
time.
According to last Friday’s
officials, it’s legal for a quarterback
in the shotgun formation
to take two – three stutter steps
towards the line of scrimmage
and not be called for a false
start.
On Edna’s go ahead scoring
drive, egregious false starts by
the Cowboys were overlooked
and ignored by the officials.
The game officials even went
so far as to try and determine
a players intent on a late hit
on a Palacios player, and after
an officials powwow the refs
determined the player flagged
for the late hit, didn’t intend to
hit the Shark player late, but he
tripped over his own player and
couldn’t help but smack the
Shark player that had already
been whistled down and the
play over.
“I like to think officials don’t
have that type of impact,” said
Treybig, “but those were key
plays in the game that went
against us.”
Even with the deck stacked
against them, the Sharks
fought tooth and tail and left all
they had out on the field.
Shark QB Anthony Garcia
regained his pre-District form,
completing 12 of 20 passes for
161-yards and a touchdown,
and rushed for 92 yards on 13
carries.
Garcia’s favorite target on
the night, Kevin Brown caught
six passes for 37-yards and
scored Palacios’ first TD of
the night on a 10-yard catch
with under a minute before
the half.
Zach Garcia caught three
passes for 60-yards, and Dylan
Brune caught three balls for
64-yards.
The dim light of the playoffs
still flickers, but could
be extinguished this Friday
night @ 7:30 p.m. at Rice
Consolidated
The fighting Palacios Sharks
managed to corral the Edna
Cowboys for three quarters
last Friday night, but the
Cowboys used their home field
advantage and some highly
questionable officiating (or
as we say, Home Cookin’) to
drop the Sharks 35-14.
One of deciding factors in
the matchup, for the second
week in a row, was speed. Edna
had it, and the Sharks don’t.
“It’s tough to defend speed
when you don’t have it,” said
Shark coach Mike Treybig.
“I don’t think Edna was any
faster than Hempstead. We had
guys in position to make plays
and sometimes they didn’t get
made.”
The other deciding factor in
the game was the inconsistency
emanating from the officials.
All any coach asks for from
officials is consistency; whether
the officials are consistently
bad or consistently good. The
officials last Friday in Edna,
were about as consistent as an
irregular heartbeat.
Twice in the first half when
Palacios could have taken the
lead or tied, the Sharks made
the call to go for it on 4th down
and short. Each time the Sharks
appeared well past the first
down marker. Yet each time,
when the ball was marked on
the field, came up short each
time.
According to last Friday’s
officials, it’s legal for a quarterback
in the shotgun formation
to take two – three stutter steps
towards the line of scrimmage
and not be called for a false
start.
On Edna’s go ahead scoring
drive, egregious false starts by
the Cowboys were overlooked
and ignored by the officials.
The game officials even went
so far as to try and determine
a players intent on a late hit
on a Palacios player, and after
an officials powwow the refs
determined the player flagged
for the late hit, didn’t intend to
hit the Shark player late, but he
tripped over his own player and
couldn’t help but smack the
Shark player that had already
been whistled down and the
play over.
“I like to think officials don’t
have that type of impact,” said
Treybig, “but those were key
plays in the game that went
against us.”
Even with the deck stacked
against them, the Sharks
fought tooth and tail and left all
they had out on the field.
Shark QB Anthony Garcia
regained his pre-District form,
completing 12 of 20 passes for
161-yards and a touchdown,
and rushed for 92 yards on 13
carries.
Garcia’s favorite target on
the night, Kevin Brown caught
six passes for 37-yards and
scored Palacios’ first TD of
the night on a 10-yard catch
with under a minute before
the half.
Zach Garcia caught three
passes for 60-yards, and Dylan
Brune caught three balls for
64-yards.
The dim light of the playoffs
still flickers, but could
be extinguished this Friday
night @ 7:30 p.m. at Rice
Consolidated