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12-01-2007, 01:27 AM
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McKinney Boyd can't keep up
11:58 PM CST on Friday, November 30, 2007
By DAVID HINOJOSA / The Dallas Morning News
dhinojosa@dallasnews.com
WACO – McKinney Boyd simply couldn't catch Copperas Cove Friday night at Floyd Casey Stadium.
Carried by a speed advantage, Copperas Cove ran away with a 48-26 victory in the Class 4A Division I Region II final on Baylor's home turf. Copperas Cove (11-2) plays Wolfforth Frenship or Aledo in next week's state semifinals.
Senior running back Troy Vital rushed 19 times for 325 yards and four touchdowns for Copperas Cove. Boyd barely laid a hand on him on each of his scores. He and the rest of his teammates proved to be hard to catch for most of the night.
"It was huge," McKinney Boyd coach Don Drake said of the Copperas Cove's speed advantage. "You could tell when they broke in the open field that we had a hard time running them down. We knew we had to contain them at the line of scrimmage, and we couldn't do that."
Copperas Cove established the tone on its second play from scrimmage as Vital raced 57 yards for the game's opening score. Copperas Cove followed on the next drive with a 47-yard score by Josh Boyce off a screen in which he outran Boyd's defenders.
Vital had three second-half touchdowns. His 18-yard run through the middle that capped the first drive of the second half came on fourth-and-5. He added scoring runs of 69 and 26 yards.
McKinney Boyd (9-4) dominated time of possession, but it was deceiving because Copperas Cove scored quickly. Boyd had 25 first downs, and quarterback Daryn Alves had 38 carries for 226 yards and two rushing scores.
Boyd took advantage of two Copperas Cove mishaps to get back in the game in the first half. Alves hit A.J. Jones on a 23-yard screen that pulled Boyd to within 14-7 at the 7:24 mark of the second quarter. The score came off a failed fake punt by Copperas Cove.
Boyd's Cameron Maser recovered a fumble forced by Keith Owens on the next drive that led to Alves' 1-yard touchdown run with 1:55 remaining. Copperas Cove blocked the extra point try to keep it in the lead, 14-13.
Copperas Cove regained the momentum on the ensuing possession. Tommy Mcleain took a screen pass 43 yards to Boyd's 20. Two plays later, quarterback Robert Griffin scored on a 7-yard draw, giving Copperas Cove a 21-13 halftime lead.
Vital broke a 57-yard run on the second play of the second half that led to his 18-yard score. His 69-yard touchdown run came on the next possession and put Copperas Cove up, 34-20, in the third.
McKinney Boyd can't keep up
11:58 PM CST on Friday, November 30, 2007
By DAVID HINOJOSA / The Dallas Morning News
dhinojosa@dallasnews.com
WACO – McKinney Boyd simply couldn't catch Copperas Cove Friday night at Floyd Casey Stadium.
Carried by a speed advantage, Copperas Cove ran away with a 48-26 victory in the Class 4A Division I Region II final on Baylor's home turf. Copperas Cove (11-2) plays Wolfforth Frenship or Aledo in next week's state semifinals.
Senior running back Troy Vital rushed 19 times for 325 yards and four touchdowns for Copperas Cove. Boyd barely laid a hand on him on each of his scores. He and the rest of his teammates proved to be hard to catch for most of the night.
"It was huge," McKinney Boyd coach Don Drake said of the Copperas Cove's speed advantage. "You could tell when they broke in the open field that we had a hard time running them down. We knew we had to contain them at the line of scrimmage, and we couldn't do that."
Copperas Cove established the tone on its second play from scrimmage as Vital raced 57 yards for the game's opening score. Copperas Cove followed on the next drive with a 47-yard score by Josh Boyce off a screen in which he outran Boyd's defenders.
Vital had three second-half touchdowns. His 18-yard run through the middle that capped the first drive of the second half came on fourth-and-5. He added scoring runs of 69 and 26 yards.
McKinney Boyd (9-4) dominated time of possession, but it was deceiving because Copperas Cove scored quickly. Boyd had 25 first downs, and quarterback Daryn Alves had 38 carries for 226 yards and two rushing scores.
Boyd took advantage of two Copperas Cove mishaps to get back in the game in the first half. Alves hit A.J. Jones on a 23-yard screen that pulled Boyd to within 14-7 at the 7:24 mark of the second quarter. The score came off a failed fake punt by Copperas Cove.
Boyd's Cameron Maser recovered a fumble forced by Keith Owens on the next drive that led to Alves' 1-yard touchdown run with 1:55 remaining. Copperas Cove blocked the extra point try to keep it in the lead, 14-13.
Copperas Cove regained the momentum on the ensuing possession. Tommy Mcleain took a screen pass 43 yards to Boyd's 20. Two plays later, quarterback Robert Griffin scored on a 7-yard draw, giving Copperas Cove a 21-13 halftime lead.
Vital broke a 57-yard run on the second play of the second half that led to his 18-yard score. His 69-yard touchdown run came on the next possession and put Copperas Cove up, 34-20, in the third.