Question about 2003 Football Season

[Electus Unus]

What was the final score when Gilmer and Celina played?

Who were stand out players from that game?


Was Celina 2a?

[Buckeye80]

I left in the third quarter at 31-0 Gilmer. But I've heard that was the worst team Celina has ever had!

[Twirling Time]

Originally posted by Electus Unus
What was the final score when Gilmer and Celina played?

Who were stand out players from that game?


Was Celina 2a?

Area round of the 3A Division II playoffs in Richardson.

Stand out player? Are you kidding? Manny Johnson was unstoppable.

Final score was 45-22.

[charlesrixey]

Celina lost to Gilmer 45-22 in the area round in 2003.

Gilmer was a quarterfinalist that season, losing to Atlanta i believe. I know they won state the next season.

Gainesville was the other loss for Celina that season, 44-14. Gainesville won the D1 title that year.

Celina had John Clark at QB and Jacob Martin at running back, but both lines and the defense were not great (16.9 ppg allowed, worst since at least 1987). It was by no means the worst team the Bobcats have ever had, but it was the statisticly worst team in our current run.

Only 13 teams scored more than 24 points against Celina from 1995-2008, including both of those in 2003 and 3 times last year. No other season had more than 1, and only 5 times in 21 seasons from 1988 did Celina allow more than 12 ppg.

While Gilmer and Gainesville were considerably better than Celina that season, being so incredibly one sided (the Bobcat passing offense was quite weak in comparison to other seasons, with Clark being injured part of the season) made the offense way more predictable, as anyone who watched the Gainesville game in particular can attest to. Even if the game was closer, though, it was obvious Gilmer was going places.

Manuel Johnson was rediculous, and he just so happened to switch to QB the next season and pass for 4500+ yards

I have only seen gilmer in person once, but they were pretty darn good and i can only imagine that they are going to be rediculously good this season

[poisoned10]

I still have the Dallas and Longview Sports sections from that game.

A few notes/stats from the game:

Celina QB John Clark completed 13 of 29 pass attempts for 250 yards and 3 TD's.

Gilmer QB Derek McKenzie completed 16 of 29 pass attempts for 270 yards and 3 TD's. 225 yards came in the 1st half.

Gilmer WR Manuel Johnson had 10 catches for 172 yards and 1 TD.

Gilmer RB Andrew Hines had 12 rushing attempts for 213 yards and 3 TD's including TD runs of 61, 58 and 57 yards.

First Downs:
Gilmer - 26
Celina - 16

Rushing Yards:
Gilmer - 337
Celina - 61

Passing:
Gilmer - 16 of 29 for 270, 3 TD, 2 INT
Celina - 13 of 29 for 250, 3 TD, 1 INT

Punts and Average Yards:
Gilmer - 1 punt - 34 yards
Celina - 5 punts - 34.8 yards

Fumbles - Fumbles Lost:
Gilmer - 3-2
Celina - 2-2

Penalties and Yards:
Gilmer - 7 for 66
Celina - 8 for 47

Individual Leaders:
Rushing:
Gilmer: Andrew Hines - 12 for 213, Derek McKenzie - 18 for 70, Jeremy Skinner - 6 for 24, Tykemy Montgomery - 1 for 12, Kevin Hollis - 1 for 3, Michael Tucker - 1 for 3, Derell Moore - 1 for 2.

Celina: Brad Carey - 14 for 39, John Clark - 11 for 11, Zach Babb - 1 for 10, Chase Hall - 1 for 2

Receiving:
Gilmer: Manuel Johnson - 10 for 170, Tykemy Montgomery - 4 for 57, Chase Moore - 1 for 24, Michael Tucker - 1 for 6

Celina: Andy May - 6 for 117, Zach Babb - 2 for 71, Heath Herron - 1 for 25, Chase Hall - 1 for 12, Jacob Martin - 1 for 12, Chris Torbert - 1 for 6, Mark Lott - 1 for 1


Scoring by Quarter:

Celina - 0 - 0 - 14 - 8
Gilmer - 10 - 7 - 14 - 14

- Gilmer: Gerardo Cabrera 20 yard FG, Gilmer - 3, Celina - 0
- Gilmer: Manuel Johnson 46 yard catch (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 10, Celina - 0
- Gilmer: Chase Moore 33 yard catch (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 17, Celina - 0
- Gilmer: Andrew Hines 61 yard run (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 24, Celina - 0
- Gilmer: Tykemy Montgomery 9 yard catch (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 31, Celina - 0
- Celina: Zach Babb 47 yard catch (Jacob Martin Run), Gilmer - 31, Celina - 8
- Celina: Zach Babb 24 yard catch (run failed), Gilmer 31, Celina - 14
- Gilmer: Andrew Hines 58 yard run (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 38, Celina - 14
- Gilmer: Andrew Hines 57 yard run (Cabrera Kick), Gilmer - 45, Celina - 14
- Celina: Andy May 37 yard catch (Babb pass from Clark), Gilmer - 45, Celina - 22

Everything from this post was gathered from the Longview New-Journal by Phillip Williams dated Saturday, November 22, 2003 and the Dallas Morning News by Todd Wills dated Saturday, November 22, 2003