Thompson, Carrillo spark Mustangs by Tigers

By Lew
October 16, 2004

Game of the Week: Thompson, Carrillo spark Mustangs by Tigers
October 16, 2004

SWEETWATER — Sparked by big plays from Jeremy Thompson and Kendall Carrillo and aided by three Snyder turnovers, the Sweetwater Mustangs remained in contention in District 4-3A after Friday’s 35-25 win over the Tigers.

"We’re right back in it (the district race)," head coach Kent Jackson said after his team built a 35-7 lead in the third quarter and held off a Snyder rally to improve to 6-2 for the season and 1-1 in district play.

Snyder, despite 201 yards passing from reserve quarterback Dustyn Williams and 129 yards rushing from Dee Walker, was left with identical 6-2 and 1-1 records after its loss.

Both teams, who were both ranked in the top 25 in at least one Class 3A state poll, now trail Wylie (2-0) in the standings with only two games still to play.

Thompson ran for 122 yards and scored twice, and Carrillo was a factor on both offense and defense for Sweetwater.

Three of his four punts backed Snyder inside its 10-yard line, and Carrillo also ran for 40 yards and one touchdown, intercepted a pass to set up a touchdown, recovered a fumble to set up another TD and turned in a quarterback sack.

"Big plays and taking advantage of turnovers were the keys for us," Jackson said. "And containing Dee (Walker) as long as we did was a big factor. I’m proud of our kids. They bounced back after a tough loss to Wylie last week."

Jackson said Thompson’s 70-yard run on Sweetwater’s second play from scrimmage for an early 7-0 lead and a turnover on Snyder’s third play of the second half gave his team momentum for each half.

In the second period, Thompson followed his 70-yarder with a 17-yard TD run for a 14-0 lead, and Carrillo made it 21-0 with a one-yard scoring run. Carrillo set up his own TD with an interception and 39-yard return.

Snyder did get on the scoreboard on the final play of the first half with Williams’ first TD pass, covering 24 yards to Lico Castillo. But the Tiger defense held Walker to 50 yards in the first half.

On the Tigers’ first possession of the third quarter, Brandon Fangman sacked Williams, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Garrett Clayton. That led to a 6-yard TD run by Joseph Banyard for a 28-7 margin for the Mustangs.

Carrillo recovered a fumble on Snyder’s next series, and Alan Copeland followed it with a 20-yard touchdown run for the 35-7 score with 0:24 to play in the third quarter.

Snyder’s rally behind Williams and Walker produced three touchdowns in the final 7:59 of the game. Walker scored on runs of seven and five yards, then Williams found Castillo again in the endzone from 12 yards out to end the scoring with less than two minutes to play.

Carrillo’s punts forced Snyder to start drives from its own 9 in the first quarter, its own 1 in the second quarter, and its own 1 again in the third quarter. "Field position was huge for us," Jackson added.

Center Lance Clark, guards Carl Cunnings and Zach Gilbert, and tackles Ty Palmer and Josh Camacho made the key blocks up front to help produce 325 yards rushing for Sweetwater, which faces Clyde next week while Snyder meets Merkel.

Snyder 0 7 0 18—25
Sweetwater 7 14 14 0—35

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Sweetwater — Jeremy Thompson 70 run (Parker Morrow kick)

Second Quarter

Sweetwater — Thompson 17 run (Morrow kick)
Sweetwater — Kendall Carrillo 1 run (Morrow kick)
Snyder — Lico Castillo 24 pass from Dustyn Williams (Castillo kick)

Third Quarter

Sweetwater — Joseph Banyard 6 run (Morrow kick)
Sweetwater — Alan Copeland 20 run (Morrow kick)

Fourth Quarter

Snyder — Dee Walker 7 run (pass failed)
Snyder — Walker 5 run (pass failed)
Snyder — Castillo 12 pass from Williams (pass failed)

Snyder Sweetwater

First Downs 19 18
Rushes-yards 38-154 51-325
Passing-yards 201 0
Comp-Att-Int 13-21-1 0-1-0
Punts 4-39 4-38
Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-1

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Snyder: Dustyn Williams 6-0, Matt Reigh 1-2, Dee Walker 26-129, Chad Brown 5-23. Sweetwater: Jeremy Thompson 11-122, Kendall Carrillo 9-40, Alan Copeland 8-41, Skye Green 10-76, Joseph Banyard 11-53, Justin Clowers 1-6, Duone Cunnings 1-(minus 13).

PASSING — Snyder: Reigh 0-5-1, Williams 13-16-0, 2 TDs, 201 yds. Sweetwater: Thompson 0-1-0.

RECEIVING — Snyder: Patrick Jones 2-15, Johnathan Gonzales 1-15, Lico Castillo 5-119, Chad Brown 2-23, Dee Walker 3-29.

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