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Longhorns 23 Clyde Bulldogs 6

By Tracy Ebarb
September 18, 2006

3A Clyde Bulldogs no match for ’06 Longhorns

The Early Longhorns gave a standing-room-only Homecoming crowd just what they expected – a convincing victory over the previously unbeaten Clyde Bulldogs. Final score: Longhorns 23 Bulldogs 6

Congratulations to Amy Martin, 2006 Homecoming Queen!

Josh Conley averaged 5.5 yds/carry on his way to 192 yards rushing and Eric Skaggs hit on 11of 14 passes for 128 yds and 2 TDs. While the first half was a bit of a defensive battle, it became clear early on that the Longhorn Defense was much more physical than the Bulldog offense. On the night, the ‘Horns Defense allowed just 192 yds. total offense. The Bulldogs “ball control” game plan was somewhat effective in the first half with the Longhorns really only having 2 possessions, in what was one of the quickest halves of football this fan has ever witnessed. The second half saw the Longhorns step things up a notch, and that step was just a little too high for the Clyde Bulldogs. Clyde came into the game with a 2 game win streak and left with their tails between their legs. Their next opponent will be the Bangs Dragons, with Bangs still looking for the first win of ’06.

This week the Longhorns will be working hard to prepare for the Jim Ned Indians – the beginning of District Play. The Indians were idle this past week and will play Eastland this Friday. They beat Merkel by 8 points in the season opener, and fell to Breckenridge 34-13 in week one.

It is interesting how many of our District opponents are playing common foes on the non-district schedule. Maybe it means something, maybe not, but still makes good conversation. Bangs lost to Comanche whom the Longhorns man-handled in a scrimmage, who also beat Brady, who the Longhorns also dominated in scrimmage play; Bangs also lost to Breckenridge, who soundly defeated Jim Ned. Bangs travels to Clyde this week to face the Bulldogs who where beaten by the Longhorns; Ballinger lost to Clyde 31-6 in week 0, then beat Brady(but,then again who hasn’t?), the Bearcats also beat Coahoma, who is expected to make the playoffs this year, but now stands at 0-3. After beating Brady, Coleman has beaten two 1A teams, Winters pretty soundly and Rotan just barely. Wall, surprisingly, lost to state-ranked 1A Goldthwaite, and Goldthwaite also defeated San Saba. Both Wall and Grape Creek have defeated Colorado City, who, in 3 games have only scored 6 points and have allowed 110 points. The Longhorns at 2-1, lost to Crawford with that game vaulting the Pirates to #1 in the AP Poll only to be brought low by Troy last Friday 25-3, the Troy team had it’s Field house burned by vandals early last week and were playing with incredible emotion according to local sources. What does all this mean? I don’t know, I just think it’s interesting to think about.

My prediction is that the Horns will move to #8 on the AP Poll and that Crawford will drop out, and that we’ll win over Jim Ned next week by at least 21 points. Also, I’m picking Coleman over Bangs, San Saba over Ballinger, and Wall over Grape Creek. This 8-team district is going to be fun, a lot of games and a lot of possibilities.

Enjoy the open week.

Tracy

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