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09-19-2015, 10:53 AM
By BILLY LOVELESS sports@thefacts.com | 0 comments
SWEENY — When the Columbia Roughnecks’ rushing attack is hitting on all cylinders, a long night is usually ahead for opponents. Such was the case Friday night for the Sweeny Bulldogs.
Columbia’s powerful running game pounded out 250 first-half yards to grab a big lead on the way to a 27-14 victory over rival Sweeny at Bulldog Stadium.
The Roughnecks (4-0) scored on three consecutive first-half possessions, building a 21-0 lead. Columbia upped its advantage to 27-0 in the third stanza before Sweeny (1-3) scored twice in the game’s final three minutes to cut the deficit.
Columbia senior running back Dakarius Bell was almost impossible to stop most of the evening, rumbling for three touchdowns and 173 yards. Sophomore Keithan Taylor added 119 yards and a score on only three carries.
“I thought we executed really well,” Columbia head coach Randy Lynch said. “Our offensive line came off the ball pretty well and we ran hard.”
Bell and Taylor made their presence felt early in the game, as Columbia scored on its second possession of the game and continued rolling for the rest of the first half.
Taylor got it started when he sprinted around the end and sped 72 yards for the contest’s first score with 1:41 left in the first quarter. After Austin LaPointe’s extra-point kick, the Roughnecks were up 7-0.
Taylor keyed Columbia’s next possession with a 47-yard run to the Sweeny 14-yard line in the second quarter. Bell capped the drive on the next play with a 14-yard scoring run to up the advantage to 14-0.
The Roughnecks found the end zone once more before the first half ended, as Bell scored his second touchdown of the game, this time from 1 yard out to take a 21-0 lead at the half.
“We knew their running game was their strong suit, and they do it well” Sweeny head coach Joseph Olguin said. “Coach Lynch and his staff do a good job with those kids. They just came off the ball hard.”
Sweeny had a strong scoring opportunity on its first possession of the game, as the Bulldogs’ surprised the Roughnecks and recovered an onside kick to open the game. Helped along by a holding call on the Bulldogs, the Roughnecks’ defense held and forced Sweeny to punt.
The Roughnecks added another score on a 1-yard Bell run late in the third quarter, but missed the two-point conversion, extending the lead to 27-0.
Columbia had a final scoring chance in the fourth quarter, but Sweeny’s defense came up with a goal-line stand to prevent more points.
The Bulldogs finished with two late touchdowns, including a 21-yard Evan Green-to-Clayton Gilbert scoring pass with 2:16 left. After recovering their second onside kick of the game, the Bulldogs added a final touchdown when Green hit Patrick Haynes on a 15-yard pass with 1:31 left.
Columbia finished with 426 yards of offense, 377 of which came on the ground. Sweeny finished with 240 yards, with Green completing 16 of 30 passes for 240 yards.
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SWEENY — When the Columbia Roughnecks’ rushing attack is hitting on all cylinders, a long night is usually ahead for opponents. Such was the case Friday night for the Sweeny Bulldogs.
Columbia’s powerful running game pounded out 250 first-half yards to grab a big lead on the way to a 27-14 victory over rival Sweeny at Bulldog Stadium.
The Roughnecks (4-0) scored on three consecutive first-half possessions, building a 21-0 lead. Columbia upped its advantage to 27-0 in the third stanza before Sweeny (1-3) scored twice in the game’s final three minutes to cut the deficit.
Columbia senior running back Dakarius Bell was almost impossible to stop most of the evening, rumbling for three touchdowns and 173 yards. Sophomore Keithan Taylor added 119 yards and a score on only three carries.
“I thought we executed really well,” Columbia head coach Randy Lynch said. “Our offensive line came off the ball pretty well and we ran hard.”
Bell and Taylor made their presence felt early in the game, as Columbia scored on its second possession of the game and continued rolling for the rest of the first half.
Taylor got it started when he sprinted around the end and sped 72 yards for the contest’s first score with 1:41 left in the first quarter. After Austin LaPointe’s extra-point kick, the Roughnecks were up 7-0.
Taylor keyed Columbia’s next possession with a 47-yard run to the Sweeny 14-yard line in the second quarter. Bell capped the drive on the next play with a 14-yard scoring run to up the advantage to 14-0.
The Roughnecks found the end zone once more before the first half ended, as Bell scored his second touchdown of the game, this time from 1 yard out to take a 21-0 lead at the half.
“We knew their running game was their strong suit, and they do it well” Sweeny head coach Joseph Olguin said. “Coach Lynch and his staff do a good job with those kids. They just came off the ball hard.”
Sweeny had a strong scoring opportunity on its first possession of the game, as the Bulldogs’ surprised the Roughnecks and recovered an onside kick to open the game. Helped along by a holding call on the Bulldogs, the Roughnecks’ defense held and forced Sweeny to punt.
The Roughnecks added another score on a 1-yard Bell run late in the third quarter, but missed the two-point conversion, extending the lead to 27-0.
Columbia had a final scoring chance in the fourth quarter, but Sweeny’s defense came up with a goal-line stand to prevent more points.
The Bulldogs finished with two late touchdowns, including a 21-yard Evan Green-to-Clayton Gilbert scoring pass with 2:16 left. After recovering their second onside kick of the game, the Bulldogs added a final touchdown when Green hit Patrick Haynes on a 15-yard pass with 1:31 left.
Columbia finished with 426 yards of offense, 377 of which came on the ground. Sweeny finished with 240 yards, with Green completing 16 of 30 passes for 240 yards.
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