Klein Oak vs. Cy Creek

JV Gold

September 4, 2008

JV Gold Prevails over Cy Creek, 12-7

 By Don Porter

The defense played takeaway, the special teams played hide & seek and the offense played the Hokey Pokey to give the JV Gold a solid win over the Cy Creek Cougars.

It was 90 degrees on the field and 900 degrees in the stands when the Cougars in blue jerseys and legible numbers kicked off to the Panthers in the road whites with illegible numbers.  The Panther captains for the game were Jason Williams and Ryan Emerson. The JV Gold apparently doesn’t like the football early in a game and for the second week in a row, promptly fumbled the ball.  The Cougars took advantage of their good fortune and scored 4 plays later to go up 0 - 7.  The offense settled down and grinded out a 12 play, 85 yard drive behind the O-line of Tanner Grebe, Jeffrey Dalton, James “Too Tall” Fuentez,  Eric Sanchez and Plinio Reyes.  Holes were opened up on both sides of center Too Tall, going up against a blue house that he demolished through the afternoon, Cougar #75 was very large.  Captain Jason scurried for nice yardage and QB Alex Sisson ran the option to the outside with impunity.  Dustin Scott delivered a downfield block for a 15 yard Sisson run before Alex airmailed a delivery to Nicholas Bradley who loped into the end zone, 6 – 7.  Marcel Guillory, Matt Garland, Bryce Vaughan and Marcus Green hustled for the kick-off team and Keith Williams blasted the return man to hide the Cougars inside their 20.  The D-line of Samuel Porter, Brandon Vong and Dakota Thompson lived up to last week’s reputation of shutting down the run.  A long pass gave the Cougars hope before Travis Arthur began the takeaway game by recovering the first of many Cougar fumbles to end the quarter.

The second quarter opened with Khaleeq Little, #3, channeling memories of Oak’s best ever #3, now University of Texas wide receiver DeSean Hales, by running a nifty 34 yard sweep.  Sisson launched the end zone fade route and Travis Arthur got the catch, 12 – 7.  Keith Williams played seek and destroy with the kick-off returner.  The Oak defense absolutely stuffed the Cougars for a “3 and out”, tackles by Dakota Thompson, Samuel Porter, Sean McGowan and Captain Emerson.  The punt was short and Oak had great field position.  An errant pass, a sack and a few busted plays, the Panthers wasted the short field.  The Cougars opened with a play that looked like intentional grounding to everyone but the guys in stripes and only their opinion matters.  Trevor Dickerson got a tackle for loss before the Cougars launched a long pass with a tremendous catch off the back of the Oak defender.  On a second and short, an Oak defender punched the ball into the air and Samuel Porter snatched the ball from the front of his face mask.  The Cougars showed some home field pride by playing some very stout defense and Nicholas Bradley got to perform his first career punt, kicking long and high to the delight of his nervous Momma, never a doubt to his Daddy.  Jonathan Mair, Zaim Mohd-Zamri and Trevor Dickerson blasted the Cougars to end their hopes for scoring before half.

Half time was spent enjoying the northerly breeze which dropped the temperature to 89 on the field and 890 in the aluminum bleachers.

In the second half, the offense chose to play the Hokey Pokey on several drives (“you do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around”).  Most fortunately, the defense continued with their own game of takeaway.  The Cougars opened with a nice kick-off return, tackle by Darius Butler and Marcel Guillory.  After a few vicious Brandon Vong hits, Samuel Porter got his second fumble recovery of the hot afternoon.  The offense drew a penalty, called a time-out, fumbled afterwards and we’re all pretty sure that wasn’t the play called by the Coaches.  Drew Latham and Tanner Grebe shut down a Cougar run before Ethan Burgh absolutely blasted a sweep from his corner position.  The Cougars executed the nice quick-kick deep into Oak territory.  Again, Khaleeq ran a great outside sprint with lead blocking by Travis Arthur.  Oak went into a power formation, stacking backs behind the guard/tackle hole and powering up the middle.  Yardage was gained and time run off the clock in methodical fashion all the way to the Cougar 15 yard line.  Alas, the Hokey Pokey music started playing and the ball went over on downs.  Erin Burgh and Travis Arthur shut-down the swing pass when the Cougar coaches called the screen pass for long yardage.  Keith Williams ended the quarter with a tackle on the run play.

First play of the fourth quarter was a great display of defensive teamwork, Samuel Porter hitting the QB on his throw and Dillon May snagging the interception.  Oak pushed the ball across mid-field when the music started and the fumble went to Creek.  No matter, a few plays into the Cougar push, Travis Arthur separated the ball from the ball carrier to earn the “slobber-knocker” award for best hit.  Oak offense heard the music and the Cougars had a “3 and out”, fortunately Nicholas Bradley hit the punt and the punt returner, each very hard, to hide the Cougars deep in their territory.  Two plays later, Dillon had his second interception of the half.  The music played again and Oak turned the ball back over to Creek.  Will Hoffmans put a stop to any hope the Cougars had with his interception to run out the game.