MUSTANGS MAKE IT 21 STRAIGHT (ARTICLE)

[tam2121]

Mustangs hit 21 straight 21-3A wins; beat Tigers, 17-6

Van Wade

The Orange Leader

WEST ORANGE — Sometimes you just have to grind one out.

The West Orange-Stark Mustangs were able to do just that Friday night against the Silsbee Tigers at Dan R. Hooks to extend their District 21-3A winning streak to 21 games.

The Mustangs ran 35 plays to Silsbee’s 10 in the second half and went on to defeat the Tigers 17-6 in a pivotal district battle.

Mustangs senior tailback DePauldrick Garrett zipped through the Tiger defense for 137 yards on 25 tough carries and scored a touchdown. Junior quarterback Ortavious Hypolite had 102 yards on 17 carries and scored a TD and sophomore kicker James Haynes booted his first field goal of the season late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

WO-S (6-1, 4-0) totaled 281 yards of offense while the Mustangs’ “Chain Gang†defense held the Tigers (3-4, 2-2) to 169 yards, just 30 in the second half.

“Our kids played hard-nosed football tonight against a tough Silsbee team,†said Mustangs head coach Dan Hooks. “Our running game hung in there and we controlled things up front, especially in the second half. When you get three, four and five yards a pop, you move the chains and we did that well.â€

The Mustangs matriculated the ball 68 yards in 11 hard-nosed plays to extend their 7-6 halftime edge to 14-6 on their first series of the second half.

Hypolite bruised his way to 50 yards on six carries on the march that ate 4:39 off the clock. He had two big gains of 19 and 12 yards and capped it off with a tough 4-yard touchdown keeper up the middle. Haynes’ booted the extra-point and the Mustangs went up by eight with 7:21 left in the third.

“I thought we made some nice adjustments at the half and the kids believe that they can get things done in the second half of games, they’ve done it all year long,†Hooks said. “Defensively, Silsbee just made one first down and had two three-and-outs. Coach (Cornel) Thompson did a great job slowing down those little screens that worked for Silsbee in the first half.â€

A 31-yard punt return gave the Mustangs the ball at the Tiger 37 with 4:43 left in the third. WO-S drove the ball to the Tiger 6 but Silsbee held when Hypolite’s pass fell off the hands of receiver Josh Gloston on fourth down from the 6 in the right side of the end zone with 11:52 remaining in the contest.

The Mustangs grabbed the ball back at the 50 with 9:08 remaining. They ran 12 plays, with Depauldrick Garrett gaining 37 yards on eight carries. WO-S made it as far as the Tigers 5 before the Tigers defense stiffened yet again.

Haynes entered to boot a 22-yard field goal and the Mustangs sophomore nailed it right down the middle to make it 17-6 with 2:59 left.

“I’m so happy for that kid,†Hooks said. “I said, ‘James, just go in there and drill it and don’t be nervous.’ He hit the ball right down the middle and we loved the big smile on his face as he came off the field. That sealed the deal for us.â€

The Mustangs were certainly in business on their first possession of the game when they marched 70 yards in just eight plays to get on the scoreboard first.

DePauldrick Garrett had a 32-yard swift run that got to the Tigers 15. Three plays later, DePauldrick Garrett busted through a hole off right tackle to score from 4 yards out. Haynes’ point-after attempt sailed through to give the Mustangs a 7-0 lead with 4:42 remaining in the first period.

Silsbee was able to zip from their own 38 all the way down to the Mustang 2 on the next series with the big play being a 34-yard strike from quarterback Jeremy Johnson to receiver Chris Rountree that got to the Mustangs 6. On third-and-goal from the 2, Johnson bobbled the next snap and was run down by a host of Mustangs back at the 14. On fourth down, Johnson tried to find Rountree in the back of the right side of the end zone but the Mustangs had him double covered and the ball fell incomplete.

Silsbee threatened again early in the second period after Johnson connected with running back Chris Castle on a 42-yard screen pass and Castle eluded a couple of Mustangs would-be tackles to get to the WO-S 23. However, the Mustangs defense bowed up as Castle was stuffed on a fourth-and-2 carry at the Mustangs 14 with 4:34 left in the half.

“Those two defensive stops went a long way for us,†Hooks said. “We never let Silsbee get much momentum.â€

The gate finally opened for Silsbee when tit took over at the Mustangs 32 with 3:26 left in the half. It took just two plays for the Tigers to hit pay dirt as Castle took a delayed draw and cut through the Mustangs defense on a 27-yard touchdown gallop to make it 7-6 with 2:40 in the half. The Tigers then tried to go up with a two-point conversion but the Mustangs stifled Castle at the 1 to maintain their lead going into the half.

Silsbee outgained the Mustangs 139-117 in the first 24 minutes. Johnson completed 7-of-10 passes for 102 yards while Castle had five carries for 30 yards. Johnson finished the night 12-of-19 for 120 yards and was picked off by Dennis late in the fourth. Castle finished with 44 yards on seven carries as the Tigers managed just 48 yards on 21 carries.

Hypolite completed f-of-7 passes for 21 yards for the Mustangs while DePauldrick Garrett had 61-yards on eight totes.

The Mustangs will head to Jasper to face the Bulldogs next week in another pivota 21-3A encounter.

Jasper (4-3. 3-1) defeated Hamshire-Fannett 37-16 to set up a big showdown.

“Jasper lost to Kirbyville to start district but they’ve made some nice changes since then,†Hooks said. “They changed quartertbacks and they have a little one that can flat-out go. It’s always a tough place to go and win. We’re going to have our hands full but it’s a game that the kids are certainly looking forward too.â€

WO-S 17

Silsbee 6

WO-S7 0 7 3 — 17

Sils 0 6 0 0 — 6

Scoring summary

WO-S — DePauldrick Garrett 4 run. James Haynes kick.

Silsbee — Chris Castle 27 run. Run failed.

WO-S — Ortavious Hypolite 4 run. Haynes kick.

WO-S - Haynes 22 field goal.

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WO-S Sils

First downs 16 7

Rushes-yards 48-255 21-48

Passing 26 121

Total yards 281 169

Comp-Att-Int 6-10-0 13-19-1

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0

Penalties-Yards 1-8 2-10

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—WO-S, DePauldrick Garrett 25-137, Hypolite 17-102, Quintavious Garrett 6-16; Silsbee, Castle 7-44, Jeremy Johnson 11-3, Chris Barnes 3-1.

PASSING— WO-S, Hypolite 6-10-0-26. Silsbee, Johnson 12-18-1 120, Castle 1-1-0 1.

RECEIVING—WO-S, Ronnie Dennis 2-13, DePauldrick Garrett 2-8, Rodferick Simmons 1-9, Adrian Steen 1-(-4); SIlsbee, Castle 6-45, Chris Rountree 2-36, Rakheem Bolton 1-27, Barnes 2-7, Josh James 1-6.

[k-villeballa]

That #15 Dominique Bailey was playing WR when Kirbyville played them. My boy Broderick came in on a blitz and put #1 Cameron Stubberfield out of the game. Then #8 (don't know his name) and Bailey played the QB position and still didn't do nothing. 

[Guest tigersvoice]

That #15 Dominique Bailey was playing WR when Kirbyville played them. My boy Broderick came in on a blitz and put #1 Cameron Stubberfield out of the game. Then #8 (don't know his name) and Bailey played the QB position and still didn't do nothing.   

Balla, you absolutely cannot post anything intelligent, can you?

[AggiesAreWe]

Balla, you absolutely cannot post anything intelligent, can you?

Exactly tigersvoice. What does balla's post have to do with this thread? An article about the Silsbee-WOS game and somehow he/she interprets a Jasper qb getting knocked out of the game by Kirbyville from the article.

Balla, you are lost.

[Guest JDiddy]

Well when you have never done anything beating Jasper IS their Championship, which is why they keep talking about it although it was several weeks ago.

[WOS87]

It's actually 24 straight...  why does everyone keep forgetting those last 3 games over LC-M, PNG and Silsbee we won to close out district in 2003??

And if you're going to argue that the article is talking about 21-3A... that is incorrect too, as last night's win was only 11 straight in 21-3A... we were in 24-3A in 2004-05

...sorry for being so OCD   

[WOS87]

Just a few WO-S Stats in regards to district games...

Since 1985, WO-S' record in district games is 123-15-0 (89.1% winning percentage)

Only 3 teams have won more than once against them

8 of those losses were by a margin of 5 points or less

Only 1 loss was to a school with a smaller enrollment at the time

Nederland has been the biggest thorn in WOS' side by far

5 to Nederland (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) scores: 12-34, 7-35, 0-35, 21-42, 14-18

2 to PN-G (1992, 1996) scores: 13-14, 7-35

2 to Vidor (1996, 1999) scores: 19-20, 17-22

1 to Jasper (1986) score: 8-21

1 to LC-M (1994) score: 6-37

1 to PA Lincoln (1999) score: 6-10

1 to PA Jefferson (2001) score: 3-7

1 to Beaumont Ozen (2002) score: 6-7

1 to Beaumont Central (2003)  score: 14-16

[Hupernikomen]

Just a few WO-S Stats in regards to district games...

Since 1985, WO-S' record in district games is 123-15-0 (89.1% winning percentage)

Only 3 teams have won more than once against them

8 of those losses were by a margin of 5 points or less

Only 1 loss was to a school with a smaller enrollment at the time

Nederland has been the biggest thorn in WOS' side by far

5 to Nederland (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) scores: 12-34, 7-35, 0-35, 21-42, 14-18

2 to PN-G (1992, 1996) scores: 13-14, 7-35

2 to Vidor (1996, 1999) scores: 19-20, 17-22

1 to Jasper (1986) score: 8-21

1 to LC-M (1994) score: 6-37

1 to PA Lincoln (1999) score: 6-10

1 to PA Jefferson (2001) score: 3-7

1 to Beaumont Ozen (2002) score: 6-7

1 to Beaumont Central (2003)  score: 14-16

Those are amazing numbers considering the districts that they have played in through those years. Has WO-S every had a losing record in district?

[WOS87]

Those are amazing numbers considering the districts that they have played in through those years. Has WO-S every had a losing record in district?

1982 (3-4-0)  and 1983 (2-5-0)