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WFHS 49-14 at half
September 26, 2008And most of these statistics look like a complete game. Henderson already has a season high in rushing and A. Moore has his high in receiving yards.
Make it 56-14!
JoJo Cherry on the bomb, 47 yards and a score.
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Henderson shows speed
What was supposed to be a pass turned into Henderson's third TD in as many carries. 65 yards down the sideline with one very good block from a wide receiver.
Denton had one highlight as Denzel King took a pass in the flat, broke through about 5 tackles and outran everyone for a 91-yard score.
42-7
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Early and often
The Coyotes have scored four touchdowns in a quarter and a play.
Ben Henderson has run and passed for a score and Antwone Moore scored on a 54-yard catch-and-run, mostly a run with his sprinter's speed and also had a long punt return where he hurdled a Denton defender.
Kristian Shierry added a 39-yard interception return for a score and Eddie Aboussie has also scored.
It's a rout. Henderson scores again from 25 yards out. Two carries, two TDs in the second period for the senior.
The Coyotes probably needed confidence, but maybe a little more resistance, too.
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Denton vs. Old High
I'm at the lovely Collins complex in Denton waiting on Denton and Old High to open the District 5-4A season. Not a lot is expected out of this game, but that's not how it used to be.
I can remember as a teen watching some good Denton teams run all kinds of misdirection at the good Coyote teams of the mid 1980s.
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Cowboys good even when sputtering
September 21, 2008The Dallas passing game hasn't been in a rhythm at any point tonight. But the other parts -- run game, defense and special teams have been good enough to pull away from a decent team on the road.
That's the sign of a very good team that is good enough to compete for a Super Bowl
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Rider 10, SS 0
September 11, 2008Rider has had two pretty good drives, minus any real big plays, to go up 10-0.
Solid kick by Joey Neale, a 43-yarder that just had enough.
Sulphur Springs will just now get its 2nd chance. It had the ball for all of 62 seconds in first quarter.
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Nice place, Sulphur Springs
Friendly people, a good band, a nice crowd and the sun even came out for a while.
This does look like small-school Texas football.
Press box view reminds us from the Wichita Falls area of Burkburnett.
The field is grass and looks like its in good shape.
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Prime time for Raiders
September 10, 2008In addition to getting ready for a game, the Rider players all wanted to be sure someone in the family had a VCR going. Well, in this day and age, maybe that's a DVR, TIvo unit or DVD recorder they have to set up.
In my house, it's a DVR and I don't know what I'd do without it.
What a neat opportunity for Wichita Falls. I just hope the players on both teams can put aside their very natural nerves and play a clean game.
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Rider loses with 9 ticks left
September 5, 2008The last turnover got the Raiders and Cedar Hill escaped a wild second half with a 34-27 win.
What a wild start to the season.
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Tied again, 27-27
Jackson delivers a 15-yard touchdown strike to Laquan Harper on fourth down and 5 from the Rider 15.
RIder has 4:21 to do something about it.
Rider moving the ball to CH 37, then a fumbled exchange between Beaver and J. Thompson.
Cedar Hill ball on own 42.
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Rider takes the lead
Make it 27 consecutive points as Beaver finds Ward for a 44-yard touchdown. Ward found himself wide open on a flag route.
4:28 to go, Rider still clinging to 7-point lead.
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Amazing! 20-20
Beaver does his patented scramble drill and hooks up with Eric Ward for 35 yards. Beaver scores from the 1 to tie the score at 20-20.
James Chambers made a huge solo tackle on a stunt on a fourth-and-1 gamble by Cedar Hill.
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Rider starts strong in 2nd
A 55-yard kickoff return by Eric Ward to start the second half and moments later Shavodrick Beaver puts the Raiders on the scoreboard with a 37-yard TD run. Probably not best to showboat on the score, down 20-7, but it still counts.
Rider went for an onside kick and had a great chance, but the ball bounced over Eric Ward's head and out of bounds.
The next time we saw Ward he scored on an 80-yard TD run right up the middle of the field.
C Hill 20, RIder 13... about 7 minutes to go in 3rd
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Down 17-0
Rider turns it over as Shavodrick Beaver can't get the handle on a snap and fails to fall on it.
After two pre-snap penalties, Cedar Hill QB Driphus Jackson fires a 22-yard TD pass for a 17-0 lead.
Beaver throws INT on second play of next drive. A forced throw on 2nd and 1.
But Rider escapes this time as Deerinwater makes a third-down stop and Cedar Hill misses a FG attempt from 38.
Another FG for Cedar Hill and a late missed chance by Rider when it had a good two-minute drill going.
20-0 Cedar Hill at halftime. With Rider's mistakes, it could easily be 35-0 or worse.
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Rider down early
Cedar Hill converts an early third-and-9, and drives 73 for a touchdown on its first possession.
Rider goes three-and-out and gets off a poor punt.
An interference penalty helps the Longhorns move into position for a 26-yard field goal and 10-0 lead. Still more than 5 minutes to play in first quarter.
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