Bobcats seeking road win in Sour Lake

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Bobcats seeking road win in Sour Lake

Gabriel Pruett

The Orange Leader

SOUR LAKE — Another week and another difficult challenge awaits the Orangefield Bobcats in District 21-3A.

Last week the Bobcats (4-2, 1-0) had no problems with the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns. This week the Bobcats travel to Sour Lake to face the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks who come in 2-4 and 0-1 after a loss to Bridge City.

“After the first week of district, all over the state half the teams are 1-0 and half the teams are 0-1,†Orangefield coach Brian Huckabay said. “We always want to be one of those teams which starts 1-0. I truly believe this team will always take it one game at a time and not look at what is past us. Our kids were concentrated on Hamshire-Fannett and soon after the win we were focused on the Hawks.â€

The Hawks present a new problem for the Bobcats.

Quarterback Blake Venable and running back Jacoby Turner team up for one of the best backfields in the area.

Venable has thrown for 447 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 422 yards and six scores.

Turner is one of the best runners in the district with 549 yards on 75 carries with five touchdowns.

“They are certainly a difficult challenge,†Huckabay said. “Hardin-Jefferson is very good on defense and has tons of weapons all over the field. After losing last week their kids are going to know it is a big game for them to stay alive. We might be walking into a hornet’s nest. We will have to keep an eye on Venable and Turner. Those two really stand out.â€

The Bobcats will also be looking to keep one of the area’s most prolific offenses in tune.

Orangefield comes into tonight’s contest averaging 419.7 yards a game. The Bobcats’ 2,250 rushing yards are more yards than Bridge City, West Orange-Stark and Little Cypress-Mauriceville each have total on the season.

Leading the attack is senior quarterback Corey Huckabay who has rushed for 661 yards on 89 carries with a district-high 10 touchdowns on the ground.

Evan Guidry has 442 yards and six touchdowns while Derrick Evans has 336 yards and four scores.

Chase Parker has rushed for 247 yards and two touchdowns, Josh Shores has 186 yards and one touchdown while Quinton Evans has 186 yards and five touchdowns. Rylan Cook is the seventh running back with at least 100 yards. He has 120 yards and three touchdowns.

Corey Huckabay has 268 yards in the air on 12-for-25 passing with three touchdowns.

“We want to keep the football out of their hands,†Huckabay said. “We have done a great job of that so far this year and it is always our game plan. We don’t really keep up with time of possession in high school football but we count first downs. We figure if we make first downs we are keeping them off the field.â€

Orangefield has 122 first downs on the season and has given up 86 to their opponents.