KFDM COOP Posted October 14, 2008 Report Posted October 14, 2008 Bobcats look to bounce back vs. H-J Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader ORANGEFIELD — Any district loss is a tough loss to get over in a week. Try losing in overtime in the first District 21-3A game of the year after leading 13-0 at halftime. The Orangefield Bobcats (1-3, 0-1) will try to overcome last week’s loss to Hamshire-Fannett (3-2, 1-0) with a homecoming game Friday against Hardin-Jefferson (2-3, 1-0) “We took a rough one last week,†Orangefield Coach Blake Morrison said. “One of the deals after a loss like that, with a team who is supposed to be one of the top dogs, is it shows we can win football games. If we continue to practice and play hard, good things will happen the rest of the way.†One of the bad things to come out of the loss to the Longhorns was an ankle injury to senior running back Zach Peevey. Peevey rushed the ball 28 times in the contest for 107 yards and a touchdown. Peevey is on a day-to-day basis to play on Friday. The Bobcats had a great first half on defense, limiting the Longhorns to 30 yards of offense before the break. Hamshire-Fannett put up 145 in the second half and overtime period. Now the Bobcats must deal with the Hawks who put up 368 yards, 312 on the ground, against the Bridge City Cardinals. Morrison said his defense will keep an eye on running backs Jacoby Turner and Trey Burrell while also watching quarterback Blake Venable. “H-J right now is playing well,†Morrison said. “They are playing with a lot of confidence and a lot of that stems from that comeback win over Anahuac. Burrell, Turner and that quarterback post a lot of threats on the field.†Turner had 187 yards and three touchdowns against the Cardinals while Venable finished with 71 yards rushign and a score and Burrell had 31 yards on four carries. “Defensively we they just come get you,†Morrison said. “We are going to have to controlt the ball on offense and we cannot have any busted assignments on defense. It is our homecoming night so I hope we get a big crowd. We have not had a home game since the hurricane so hopefully we pack the house.†Peevey leads the Bobcats’ offese with 350 yards rushing on 84 carries and two touchdowns. Steven Stone has been a touchdown-machine with four scores and 140 yards on the ground. Quarterback Jace Statum has rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown. The Bobcats offense averages 198.8 yards and 15.5 points a game while the defense is allowing 276.8 yards and 20 points a conest.
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