STORY BY: TIM SCHNETTLER – GIDDINGS - It is often said that in games between two solid teams special teams can make the difference. Friday night in the Navasota Rattlers’ regular-season finale, the saying rang true. The Rattlers used a 70-yard return by Solomon McGinty of a bad snap on a field goal attempt to put [...]
STORY BY: CHACE MURPHY – TEMPLE - A 23-point Temple first quarter set the tone for the game as the Bryan Vikings wrapped up the 2011 season with a 0-37 loss to the Wildcats Friday night at Wildcat Stadium. The Vikings’ first possession got off to a strong start before the Wildcats (6-4, 5-2) forced a [...]
STORY BY: JORDAN MESEROLE – BRYAN – The Rudder Rangers take the field Friday night in Bryan with the hopes of one thing – sending the seniors off on a positive note. The Rangers (1-7-1. 0-5) will face the Elgin Wildcats (5-4, 1-4) at Merrill Green Stadium in the final game of the regular season [...]
STORY BY: CHACE MURPHY – BRYAN - The Bryan Vikings will wrap up the 2011 season on the road at Temple Friday night. Bryan (4-5, 2-4) looks to snap a four-game losing streak as they take on the playoff-bound Wildcats. Temple (5-4, 4-2) is coming off a 20-12 win last week over Killeen Ellison. Bryan lost [...]
STORY BY: BOB WRIGHT – COLLEGE STATION – The A&M Consolidated Tigers end their regular season schedule Friday night at 7:30, facing another group of Tigers at Belton. The Tigers, Consolidated variety, are playoff-bound with a 5-4 season mark, wrapped around a 5-1 District 12-5A record as they go against Belton, with a 7-2 mark [...]
STORY BY: BOB WRIGHT – COLLEGE STATION - It was a wounded Tiger early on Friday night at Tigerland. A&M Consolidated suffered three interceptions and a fumble, which was returned for a touchdown, but overcame those turnovers against the Harker Heights Knights to push its record to 5-4 and 5-1 in District 12-5A. Despite the turnovers [...]
STORY BY: CHACE MURPHY – BRYAN - The term coined in sports is “trickeration.” It was fitting, then, on the Friday before Halloween that the Belton Tigers used second quarter “trickeration” to distance themselves from the Bryan Vikings en route to a 39-17 win at Merrill Green Stadium. Down 3-0 after one quarter, Belton (7-2, 4-2) [...]
STORY BY: TIM SCHNETTLER – NAVASOTA – The battle for the District 23-3A lead Friday night was expected to be physical and it lived up to that expectation. It was also expected to be close, but the Navasota Rattlers made sure it was anything but. The Rattlers built a 26-point halftime lead, en route to [...]
STORY BY: BOB WRIGHT – COLLEGE STATION - The A&M Consolidated Tigers are looking to bounce back Friday night against the Harker Heights Knights after a classic game a week ago in which Consol absorbed its first District 12-5A loss at Copperas Cove. Despite losing by a narrow margin (23-21), a defeat isn’t pleasant, and that’s [...]
STORY BY: JORDAN MESEROLE – BRYAN – For the second week in a row, the Rudder Rangers will face a Pflugerville ISD football team, this time squaring off against the Connally Cougars on Friday night in Pflugerville. And the Rangers’ (1-6-1, 0-4) task of getting back into the win column will be just as tough [...]
