Upset special

By Lew
August 31, 2005

I know this is going to sound very convenient for me to say this, but Snyder will have it's hands full Friday night when they travel to Lubbock to play Lubbock Estacado. Why? Because no one gives the Matadors any respect.

Lubbock Estacado hasn't won a game in two years. The last time Lubbock Estacado won a game was the last game of the season in 2002. So how can yours truly make such a claim, especially against the #4 ranked team in the state in class 4A?

Last week Estacado lost to Hereford 33-32 on a blocked extra point in overtime. Here were the keys in the game.

Estacado led the Whitefaces 12-10 at halftime and scored first in the second half to go ahead 19-10. Hereford countered with a third-quarter touchdown of its own and converted a two-point conversion to cut the Estacado lead to 19-18.

The Matadors scored first in the fourth quarter to go ahead 26-18, but Hereford matched that touchdown late in the quarter and converted another two-point conversion to tie the game at 26.

Hereford got the ball first in overtime and took a seven-point lead on a 16-yard touchdown run. Estacado matched that score with a 25-yard touchdown pass, but the extra point to send the game to a second overtime was blocked. Hereford won the game 33-32.

''We played well enough to win,'' Estacado coach Buster Leaf said. ''That one didn't go our way, but some will before the season is over.''

In the game, Estacado rushed for 303 yards and passed for 104. Junior Rashad Sherif scored three touchdowns for the Matadors, including an 84-yard run in the fourth quarter. Running back Tony Glynn, a state-qualifier in the 200-meter dash last spring, also scored on an 18-yard run in the first quarter.

''We have some speed and experience,'' Leaf said. ''Both of those things should get us a few wins this season.''

This ought to be one heck of a great game up in Lubbock.

Lew


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