Brazosport (1-4) at Columbia (5-0)

[Roughneck93]

False start....

Ball at the 46.

[Roughneck93]

Incomplete pass....

:03 left

[Roughneck93]

Ball game!

QB drilled as he threw the pass, fell incomplete.

21-14 Necks.

[Saggy Aggie]

I think the necks will win, but not in a blowout...

just sayin

[Roughneck93]

Boxscore

[Roughneck93]

’NECKS, SHIPS HALVE AT IT

Roughnecks, Ships go down to wire

By JOEL LUNA joel.luna@thefacts.com | Posted: Saturday, October 10, 2015 2:00 am

WEST COLUMBIA — There was an inkling that this game could turn out to be a barn burner. It took a second-half comeback, but the ending had everyone standing, as Columbia prevailed for a 21-14, District 28-4A-opening win Friday at Griggs Field.

“I tell you what, that was a great high school football game,” Columbia coach Randy Lynch said. “A lot of credit goes to Brazosport coach (Ben) Rudolph and his staff and his players. They played with a lot of emotion and intensity in the second half, and we didn’t match it. So that is a concern of mine, obviously.”

Sloppy play and penalties hurt Brazosport in the first 24 minutes of play, but that is why a football game is four quarters.

“I’m proud of these kids, we challenged them at the half,” Rudolph said. “We didn’t feel like we played a good first half, we were too inconsistent on offense and just couldn’t get anything going. We gave up some boneheaded plays on defense, kids trying to take care of other kids instead of doing their job. So we just told them, take it one play at a time.”

With a little more than nine minutes left in the contest, the Ships finally got a break when sophomore quarterback Jarvis Davis found Jeremiah Credit down field for an 80-yard touchdown. With 9:31 remaining and after David Luera’s extra point, the Ships were on the board, but were trailing, 21-7.

After the Exporters held Columbia on three downs, the Roughnecks started making some big mistakes. One happened on fourth down when punter Josh Jimenez was caught off guard as the ball was snapped with him looking the other way.

A 26-yard loss placed Brazosport on a short field to work with, taking over at the 27-yard line.

The Ships moved the ball to the 13-yard line on a Columbia pass interference. Then fullback Jaleal Myles (12 carries, 92 yards) bounced off several tacklers for a 13-yard gain to the 3-yard line.

Facing a fourth down with the ball at the 5-yard line, Davis scored on a keeper to cut the lead to seven points, 21-14, with 4:26 left.

Columbia’s offense needed about three first downs to end the game, but managed just one before the Ship defense stiffened.

With no timeouts remaining and 1:45 on the clock, Brazosport took over at its own 30-yard line. Penalties continued to plague the Exporters on their last drive, as a holding penalty erased an 11-yard gain by Myles. Ashton Dudley dropped a pass from Davis that could have gone for long yardage.

But Davis (8-for-17, 199 passing yards) also barely missed connecting with Credit downfield as the speedy back had a couple of steps on his defender but was underthrown.

“Ooooh, there were some very near misses there,” Rudolph said with a smile. “It’s been said before but worth repeating, it is a game of inches, and tonight we fell short of those inches, but we are getting close as a program.”

Time ran out with Davis being hit on his last attempt by Columbia defensive lineman Austin Martinez.

“I thought we played well in the first half, but like I told the kids, you have to play four quarters in this district because it is going to be competitive each and every week,” Lynch said. “But I am proud of the win and happy for the kids and we will enjoy it, but we are going to have to go back to work on Monday.”

In the first half, Columbia ran the ball for 159 yards but was held to just 67 in the second half. By the end of the first period, Saylaion Dunlap and Dakarius Bell each had seen the end zone on a pair of 2-yard runs.

Bell (29-151 yards) added a score in the second quarter, this time for 16 yards, to make it 21-0 with eight minutes left before halftime.

At the six-minute mark, Credit scored from the 31-yard line, but a holding penalty brought it back. Brazosport had eight penalties in the first half for 60 yards, with most stopping or interrupting drives.

In the third period, another touchdown was taken off the board for the Exporters after Navontae Darthard took it in from the 24-yard line because of another holding call.

Brazosport finished with 12 penalties for 120 yards in the game.

“Very undisciplined, and that is something that we are going to preach and harp on all next week,” Rudolph said. “That is not Exporter football.”

The Ships will continue district play by hosting Bay City next week, and Columbia will entertain Needville.

http://thefacts.com/sports/article_1...c768b49d5.html

[Roughneck93]

Game pics....



TRASK SMITH/Special to The Facts

Brazosport quarterback Jarvis Davis releases the ball while being tackled by Columbia’s James McLaren and pressured by Columbia’s Tranquail Harris during the third quarter of Friday night’s game at Griggs Field. Davis was called for intentional grounding on the play.

http://thefacts.com/sports/article_1...c768b49d5.html

[Saggy Aggie]

Not a fan of the jerseys lol

[Roughneck93]

TRASK SMITH/Special to The Facts

Columbia’s Dakarius Bell carries the ball in the first quarter Friday as the Roughnecks played the Brazosport Exporters at Griggs Field.

http://thefacts.com/sports/article_1...tml?TNNoMobile

[Roughneck93]

Not a fan of the jerseys lol

Yeah, same here.

[bird_fan]

Not a fan of the jerseys lol

Why the blue jersey?

[Roughneck93]

Why the blue jersey?

Adidas calls the color Onix.

I do like the new maroon home jerseys we got this year, need matching whites now.


TRASK SMITH/Special to The Facts

http://thefacts.com/sports/article_5...5cb26d803.html