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Crosby, Dayton and Anahuac pick up wins

From staff reports

Baytown Sun 

Published September 8, 2007

The Baytown Sun

PORT NECHES — Crosby’s defense was put to the test Friday night and the Cougars passed with flying colors.

Coach Kevin Flanigan’s stoppers turned back Port Neches-Groves’ Jacob Hemmings on fourth-and-goal at the 4 with a minute and a half left in the game to preserve a tense 7-0 win over the Indians.

Crosby, now 2-0, had led since Chance Casey’s two-yard scoring run capped an 80-yard drive with the first Cougar offensive possession of the night.

But PN-G’s defense played bend-but-don’t-break for the rest of the night.

Crosby’s offense gained 315 total yards (177 rushing, 138 passing), but the Cougars only reached the red zone one time after their opening drive.

That second-quarter opportunity came a cropper after reaching the Indian 14 on a missed 31-yard field goal.

Casey, Crosby’s junior running back, rushed 22 times for 141 yards in all and senior Toris Doze added 31 yards on eight carries.

Coog quarterback Duran Starks completed 13 of 19 passes for 138 yards, but his biggest play probably came on his one pass that was intercepted.

The Indian defender had a clear path to the end zone, but Starks caught him from behind at the Cougar 20. PN-G could not take advantage, turning the ball over on downs.

Hemmings led PN-G with 65 yards rushing on 13 carries. Indian quarterback Harrison Tatum completed 7 of 22 passes for 62 yards as PN-G gained only 159 total yards.

Crosby will go for 3-0 next Friday when they play at Dickinson.

The Baytown Sun

SUGAR LAND — Quarterback Tristan Lewis ran for one touchdown and hooked up with Braxton Mayes for two more scores as Anahuac thumped Fort Bend Baptist 41-7 Friday night.

The Panthers improved to 1-1 on the season despite a 273-yard passing barrage by Eagles quarterback Steven Hamner.

Anahuac jumped to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and dominated the scoring column after Hamner finished the first period with a 45-yard scoring toss for the Eagles.

After Lewis and Ben Mayes opened the Panther scoring with TD runs of one and two yards, respectively, Lewis and Braxton Mayes connected for a TD pass in each of the second and third periods.

The first covered 36 yards and put the Panthers ahead 21-7 at half. The second covered 28 yards.

Anahuac wrapped up the scoring with a 70-yard punt return score by Pierre Russell and a six-yard TD pass from backup quarterback Jacob Pesina to Mitchell Douget.

Anahuac rushed for 226 total yards, with Demario Williams leading the way with 91 yards on 11 carries. Ben Mayes added 67 yards on the ground on 14 carries.

Lewis completed 3 of 5 passes for 81 yards, all to Braxton Mayes.

By JERRY MICHALSKY

The Baytown Sun

NACOGDOCHES — With Dayton’s offense struggling for most of the night, its defense came to the rescue Friday night.

Picking off five Dragon passes and returning one of those for a score, the Broncos went on for a 22-6 victory over Nacogdoches at Dragon stadium.

Both defenses dominated early as both teams managed only one first down in the opening quarter.

Gregory Charles ended the Dragons’ third possession of the night with an interception, giving the Broncos the ball at the Nacogdoches 38-yard line. Dayton could not do anything with the turnover to keep the game scoreless.

The Dragons then got an interception by De Andre Reeves and turned it into points.

Justin McAninch hit Carlos Downey from 29 yards out on the next play to make it 6-0 Dragons with 8:26 left in the second quarter.

That would be the only offense either team would get in the first half of play as they combined for six first downs.

Things looked bleak early on in the third quarter as Bronco quarterback Cody Green went down with an injury on the first series of the second half and did not return.

Dayton took over at its 32-yard line a few moments later with a new signal caller in A.J. Dugat. Looking as if he had been playing quarterback the whole game, the junior drove the Broncos 68 yards for a score.

The biggest play of the game came on this drive. With Dayton facing a third-and-24 at the Nacogdoches 43-yard line, Dugat hit Ronnie Powell for a 43-yard touchdown pass to tie things up at 6 apiece. Powell booted the PAT kick to give Dayton a 7-6 lead with 2:12 left in the third.

The next two Dragon possessions both were ended by Paul Fontenot interceptions. After the second Fontenot interception, it was Dugat again driving the Broncos down the field. Dayton reached the Dragons’ 29-yard line before Dugat was sacked on a fourth down play to keep the Dragons close.

Fontenot provided the back-breaker for Nacogdoches by picking off his third McAninch pass and returning it 43 yards for a score with 1:47 left in the game.

Ford Smesny nabbed the fifth Bronco pick of the night to set up the final score. Smesny returned his interception to the Dragons 33. Dugat scored three plays later from 15 yards out with less then a minute to go.

Dayton (1-1), finished the game with 203 yards of total offense

while holding Nacogdoches to just 152 yards of offense.

Dugat rushed for 54 yards while John Gable added 51 yards on 12

carries. Dugat finished 2 of 3 passing for 74 yards while Powell

led all receivers with three catches for 79 yards.

The Broncos will finally get to break in the new-look Bronco Stadium next Friday as Friendswood comes to town. Game time is 7 p.m.

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