KFDM COOP Posted September 8, 2007 Report Posted September 8, 2007 O’Connell swims by the Sharks, 30-13LARRY BODIN The Port Arthur News Sabine Pass — SABINE PASS — Galveston O’Connell’s Corey Lee rambled for three touchdowns and scored on a pair of two point conversions to lead his team to a 30-13 victory over Sabine Pass here Friday night. The Sharks fall to 1-1 on the year, while O’Connell improves to 2-0.In rushing for 160 yards on just 14 carries, Lee scored on runs of six and 12 yards in the opening period to put the Sharks in a hole 12-0. Following Lee’s second TD run, quarterback Brandon Schattel ran across a two-point conversion to make it 14-0 lead with 4:22 left in the first.SP’s Brad Berg’s four-yard TD dash and Cody Almond’s PAT trimmed the visitors’ lead to 14-7 with 10:22 still to play in the half.But it was Lee again putting Sabine Pass into a deeper hole as he dashed seven yards for his third TD and then ran across his first of two two-point conversion runs with 8:31 left in the second to push O’Connell into a decisive 22-7 lead.Give the Sharks credit, though, as senior quarterback Aaron Clark rambled 15 yards for a score with 2:45 remaining in the third period cutting the O’Connell margin to 22-13.One of the bigger plays of the night came on a Clark fumble at the Galveston four-yard line late in the third period. A touchdown there would have given Sabine Pass new life and could have cut the lead to two or one point with the entire fourth quarter still remaining.John Garza sealed the win when he raced 40 yards on a reverse for an O’Connell touchdown, while Lee was running across another two-point conversion with 8:20 left in the contest making it a 30-13 final.Although the Sharks failed to complete a pass for the second straight contest, they did rush for 251 yards, with Charles Clark leading the way again with 170 yards on 13 carries.SP seeks to get back into its winning ways next Friday when it hosts Colmesneil.
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