There were 2 games played at City Bank Stadium Friday night. Game 1 was won by Wylie 28 - 0. Game 2 was won by Forney 14 to 0. In the first half of the Wylie - Forney contest the Jackrabbits could not overcome both the powerful Wylie Pirates and themselves. The Jackrabbits drove down inside the Pirates 20 yard line twice in the 1st half but turned the ball over, once on an interception and the second on a fumble. The Jackrabbits fumbled 4 times in the first half, losing 2 and suffered 2 interceptions. Both Tony Trotter and Bobby Lind were just a fingertip away from scoring touchdowns. Trotter was wide open on a post but the ball was just an inch too long. Later Bobby Lind who was in the back of the end zone had the ball on his finger tips but couldn't pull it down.
In the second half the character of the Jackrabbit Team was very evident over coming their first half mistakes and totally dominated the Pirates scoring 2 touchdowns while allowing just 61 yards of offense and 3 first downs. The domination started on the kick off when Ted Spillman made a bone jarring tackle that could be heard in the stands. The Jackrabbits held all-world high school wide receiver Jeremy Brubaker to just 2 receptions for 29 yards.
The Jackrabbits had to revamp their offense and defense late in the week after losing their star running back Mekelle Webb and defensive back Quentin Decuir. Tony Trotter playing with a broken thumb played with a cast on his hand and caught 2 passes for 32 yards. Andre Derosier carried the ball 18 times for 84 yards and a touchdown. Bobby Lind caught 5 passes for 55 yards. Landon Hartwick rushed 8 times for 25 yards and a touchdown and completed 11 of 19 passes for 117 yards.
Wylie - 28
Forney - 14
FORNEY – Zack Abbott tossed for 158 yards and three scores to lead Wylie (6-1, 2-0) to a District 11-4A Forney (1-6, 0-2).
Wylie marched 53 yards on its opening drive and took a 7-0 lead on a ten yard pass form Abbott to Max Boe. Following Mallory Woodall's interception Wylie scored one play later and took a 14-0 lead. Wylie led 21-0 after the first quarter and 28-0 after the half.
Wylie amassed 229 first half yards and 12 first downs and capitalized on four Forney turnovers.
Forney scored its first touchdown with 8:14 remining in the third quarter with a one yard quater back keeper by Landon Hartwick. Forney defense held Wylie to only 61 total yards in the second half and three first downs.
Andre Derosier led Foreny with 84 yards rushing and a score. Forney was never able to overcome five turnovers.
Wylie
21
7
0
0
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28
Forney
0
0
7
7
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14
WYL - Max Boe 10 pass from Zak Abbott (Brice Reusink kick)
WYL - Boe 44 pass from Abbot (Reusink kick)
WYL - Abbott 19 run (Reusink kick)
WYL - Tyler O'Quin 16 pass from Abbott (Reusink kick)
FOR - Landon Hartwick 1 run (Thomas Moreland kick)
FOR - Andre Derosier 1 run (Moreland kick)
Statistic
WYL
FOR
First downs
15
15
Rushing yards
27-127
35-111
Passing yards
163
117
Comp-att-int
14-21-0
11-19-3
Punts-avg
4-29.5
4-35.8
Penalties-yards
7-51
3-30
Fumbles-lost
2-1
5-2
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – WYL: Curry Daniel 15-93, Zack Abbott 9-27, Max Boe 3-7. FOR: Andre Derosier 18-84, Landon Hartwick 8-25, Matt McEuen 6-9, Josh Pope 1-8, Tyler Monroe 3-(-15).
