While Yoe was hammering away with running back James Wells in the first half, the Leopards relied on the big play.
Wells scored on runs of 7 and 25 yards in the first quarter. But Lorena built a 21-14 halftime lead on a 49-yard run by Evan Ward, a 1-yard dive by Jon Bennett and a 68-yard pass from running back Bennett to Taylor Robinson.
The Leopards threatened in the waning seconds of the first half, but the Yoe defense shut Lorena down at the 1.
Yoe tied the game in the third quarter on an 18-yard strike from Steven Townsend to Wells, then the defense came up with another goal-line stand to stymie the Leopards.
The Yoemen took the lead early in the fourth when Devin Hemphill hauled in a 15-yard pass from Townsend and Jason Sigler added the point after.
Less than a minute later, Bennett bounded to paydirt from 13 yards out to get within a point, but the pass for two fell incomplete.
Sigler sacked Lorena quarterback Casey Brewton in the end zone late in the game to seal Cameron’s victory.
Wells led all rushers with 128 yards on 20 carries. Townsend was red-hot, connecting on 12 of 15 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns.
Yoe improved to 3-2 on the season while Lorena dropped to 1-4.
CAMERON YOE 30, LORENA 27
Yoe 14 0 7 9 - 30
Lorena 13 8 0 6 - 27
Lor - Evan Ward 49 run (Ward kick)
Yoe - James Wells 7 run (Jason Sigler kick)
Yoe - Wells 25 run (Sigler kick)
Lor - Taylor Robinson 68 pass from Jon Bennett (run failed)
Lor - Bennett 1 run (Ward pass from Casey Brewton)
Yoe - Wells 18 pass from Steven Townsend (Siegler kick)
Yoe - Devin Hemphill 15 pas from Townsend (Sigler kick)
Lor - Bennett 13 run (pass failed)
Yoe - Safety, Sigler tackled in end zone
TEAM STATISTICS
Yoe Lor
First downs 20 16
Rushes-yards 36-228 41-241
Passing yards 154 200
Comp.-Att.-Int. 12-15-0 5-13-0
Punts-average 3-39 4-35.2
Fumbles-lost 3-3 0-0
Penalties-yards 10-86 9-100
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Yoe: Wells 20-128, Thomas Limmer 7-46; Lorena: Bennett 22-111, Ward 10-101.
PASSING - Yoe: Townsend 12-15-0-154; Lorena: Brweton 4-12-0-132, Bennett 1-1-0-68.
RECEIVING - Yoe: Brandon Freeman 5-60, hemphill 2-23, Wells 3-32; Lorena: Robinson 3-146.
-Reported by Bertie Shuemate
Granger 48, Milano 34
MILANO - Special teams proved to be the difference as Kenny Sifuentes scored on kickoff and punt returns to lead the Granger Lions over the Milano Eagles 48-34 in a District 27-A opener at Pruitt Field.
Sifuentes started the scoring with a 19-yard run and later had a 72-yard kickoff return and 35-yard punt return for touchdowns.
Milano (3-2) took a 15-7 lead in the second quarter after a 3-yard scoring pass from Chad Burgess to Jantzen Robinson and Ty Gordon’s 20-yard run. Granger responded with scoring runs of 3 and 46 yards by Clay Mazoch.
After Burgess knotted the score with an 8-yard run and PAT kick in the third quarter, Sifuentes returned the kickoff for a touchdown to give the momentum back to the Lions (4-1). Stephen Brosch added a defensive score for Granger with a 42-yard fumble return.
GRANGER 48, MILANO 34
Granger 7 8 21 12 - 48
Milano 8 7 13 6 - 34
Gra - Kenny Sifuentes 19 run (Gabriel Vences kick)
Mil - Jantzen Robinson 3 pass from Chad Burgess (Burgess run)
Mil - Ty Gordan 20 run (Burgess kick)
Gra - Clay Mazoch 3 run (Sifuentes run)
Gra - Mazoch 3 run (Sifuentes kick)
Mil - Burgess 8 run (Burgess kick)
Gra - Sifuentes 72 kickoff return (Vences kick)
Gra - Stephen Brosch 42 fumble return (Vences kick)
Mil - Burgess 14 run (run failed)
Gra - Sifuentes 35 punt return (kick failed)
Mil - Burgess 5 run (kick failed)
Gra - Mazoch 39 run (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Gra Mil
First downs 11 13
Rushes-yards 26-250 40-228
Passing yards 37 102
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-7-0 10-30-1
Punts-average 0-0 2-27
Fumbles-lost 5-4 2-1
Penalties-yards 8-53 8-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Granger: Mazoch 10-146, Bradley Sims 12-67; Milano: Burgess 24-156.
PASSING - Granger: Sifuentes 4-7-0-37; Milano: Burgess 10-30-1-102.
RECEIVING - Granger: Brosch 2-22; Milano: Paul Adrian 4-52.
-Reported by Jack Moore
No. 1 Copperas Cove 37, Tyler John Tyler 16
TYLER - The Tyler John Tyler Lions took a brief lead over Copperas Cove in Rose Stadium, but the Bulldawgs showed why they are the No. 1 team in Class 4A.
Trailing 10-7 in the second quarter, the Dawgs reeled off 21 straight points to take a 28-10 lead in the fourth quarter and breeze to a 37-16 victory to remain perfect on the season.
Copperas Cove (5-0) got two touchdowns each from Robert Griffin and Troy Vital. Chris Miller added another, and Chris Barrick added a 34-yard field goal. Griffin finished the night with 152 yards rushing on 16 carries.
John Tyler now stands at 1-4.
No. 1 COPPERAS COVE 37,
TYLER JOHN TYLER 16
Cove 7 7 7 16 - 37
Tyler 10 0 0 6 - 16
Cove - Robert Griffin 47 run (Chris Barrick kick)
Tyl - Carlos Manzano 28 field goal
Tyl - Derrick Choice 28 fumble return (Manzano kick)
Cove - Troy Vital 7 pass from Griffin (Barrick kick)
Cove - Chris Miller 29 pass from Griffin (Barrick kick)
Cove - Griffin 7 run (Barrick kick)
Tyl - Billy Thompkins 3 run (run failed)
Cove - Barrick 34 field goal
Cove - Vital 9 run (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Cove JT
First downs 15 13
Rushes-yards 36-268 37-161
Passing yards 78 58
Comp.-Att.-Int. 7-14-0 6-13-1
Punts-average 2-45.0 5-40.2
Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties-yards 6-55 11-105
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Cove: Griffin 16-152, Vital 16-89, Tommy McLeain 1-18, Brandin Byrd 1-5, Julian Torres 2-4; John Tyler: Thompkins 18-94, Romonte Hampton 15-56, Devin Dewberry 1-10, Charlie Jackson 1-4, JaCoby Sigler 1-2, Chris Ratcliff 1-(-5).
PASSING - Cove: Griffin 7-14-0-78; John Tyler: Thompkins 6-13-1-58.
RECEIVING - Cove: Josh Boyce 3-29, Chris Miller 1-29, Donral Roussell 1-17, Vital 2-3; John Tyler: Courtland Lindsey 2-22, Dewberry 2-20, De’Trich Morgan 1-12, Jackson 1-4.
Boerne 38, Killeen 33
BOERNE - The Boerne Greyhounds dashed to a 24-7 halftime lead then held off a furious Killeen charge Friday to take a 38-33 non-district victory.
Boerne improved to 2-3 on the season while the Kangaroos recorded their first loss.
Josh Wray led the Greyhounds’ first-half charge with touchdown runs of 5 and 2 yards. He also scored on a five-yard reception in the third quarter.
Alijawon White passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns - including two during the Kangaroos’ 19-point fourth-quarter rally - to lead the Killeen effort. White also ran for 101 yards on 19 carries.
BOERNE 38, KILLEEN 33
Killeen 7 0 7 19 - 33
Boerne 3 21 7 7 - 38
Kil - Marcus Tillman 13 run (Matt Funk kick)
Boe - Nathan Van Oort 49 FG
Boe - Josh Wray 5 run (Van Oort kick)
Boe - Chuck Thornally 1 run (Van Oort kick)
Boe - Wray 2 run (Van Ooart kick)
Boe - Wray 5 pass from Thornally (Van Oort kick)
Kil - Levi Fuson 36 pass from Alijawon White (Funk kick)
Boe - Drew Roumelis 30 interception return (Van Oort kick)
Kil - Tillman 2 run (pass failed)
Kil - JaCorie Baker 11 pass from White (Funk kick)
Kil - Justin Ross 53 pass from White (pass failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Kil Boe
First downs 16 13
Rushes-yards 26-132 39-218
Passing yards 329 71
Comp.-Att.-Int. 18-35-2 5-13-0
Punts-average 2-32.5 3-43.6
Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-0
Penalties-yards 10-72 1-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Killeen: Alijawon White 19-101, Marcus Tillman 7-31; Boerne: Josh Wray 17-69, Chuck Thornally 12-76, Kort Breaux 7-34, Austin Harder 3-39, Brandon Meckel 1-0.
PASSING - Killeen: White 18-35-2-329; Boerne: Thornally 5-13-0-71.
RECEIVING - Killeen: Levi Fuson 4-126, JaCorie Baker 4-64, Justin Ross 3-80, T.J. Hill 3-30, Khiry Hicks 2-23, Tillman 2-16; Boerne: Jay Kazen 2-36, Harder 2-28, Trevor Borgin 1-7.
Dublin 34, Moody 0
DUBLIN - The Dublin Lions rode four touchdown runs from DeWayne Keith to roll over the Moody Bearcats 34-0 at Memorial Stadium.
Keith scored on runs of 20, 25, 25 and nine yards to improve the Lions to 4-1 for the season. He also connected on 11 of 14 passes for 102 yards.
Moody fell to 1-4 and will have a bye week before starting district in two weeks.
Leading Moody’s efforts were Miguel Cortez, who rushed 21 times for 74 yards, and Justin Smith, who had a catch for 15 yards and an interception.
DUBLIN 34, MOODY 0
Moody 0 0 0 0 - 0
Dublin 14 7 7 6 - 34
Dub - DeWayne Keith 20 run (kick good)
Dub - DeWayne Keith 25 run (kick good)
Dub - DeWayne Keith 25 run (kick good)
Dub - DeWayne Keith 9 run (kick good)
Dub - Sammy Lopez 17 run (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Moo Dub
First downs 9 na
Rushes-yards 53-148 27-188
Passing yards 15 102
Comp.-Att.-Int. 1-4-2 11-14-2
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-55 4-50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Moody: Walter Hammond 19-38, Richard Leitz 5-21, Miguel Cortez 21-74, Nate Wilburn 8-15; Dublin: DeWayne Keith 14-125.
PASSING - Moody: Nate Wilburn 1-4-2-15; Dublin: DeWayne Keith 11-14-2-102.
RECEIVING - Moody: Justin Smith 1-15; Dublin: Sammy Lopez 5-40.
-Reported by Brandon Cummings
Fredericksburg Heritage 60, Central Texas Christian CTCS 30
FREDERICKSBURG - The Central Texas Christian Lions kept it close for a half, but Fredericksburg Heritage wore them down in the second, taking a 60-30 victory in non-district six-man action at Billie Stadium.
The Eagles jumped to a 22-8 lead, but the Lions closed it to 22-16 when Tyler Beechem scored on a 14-yard run late in the second quarter.
But the second half started bad for the Lions and finished worse, as the Eagles racked up five touchdowns to keep their record spotless at 5-0. The Lions drop to 3-2.
Beechem finished with 190 yards on 21 carries, while Brian Browder rushed five times for 125 yards.
FREDERICKSBURG HERITAGE 60, CENTRAL TEXAS CHRISTIAN 30
CTCS 0 16 8 6 - 30
Heritage 8 14 22 16 - 60
Her - Chad Hamm 9 run (Michael Mustard kick)
Her - Robert Ramsey 4 run (kick failed)
CTCS - Brian Browder 46 pass from Taylor Truitt (Truitt kick)
Her - Ramsey 4 run (Mustard kick)
CTCS - Tyler Beechem 14 run (Truitt kick)
Her - Kirk Kroger 70 pass from Ramsey (Mustard kick)
Her - Ramsey 57 interception return (Mustard kick)
CTCS - Browder 73 run (Truitt kick)
Her - Ramsey 27 run (kick failed)
Her - Kroger 27 pass from Ethan Beall (Mustard kick)
CTCS - Beechem 9 run (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
CTCS Her
First downs 11 12
Rushes-yards 32-314 29-230
Passing yards 28 154
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-18-2 4-12-0
Punts-average 4-21 3-26
Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties-yards 4-20 2-15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - CTCS: Beechem 21-190, Marshall Hugo 1-(-1), Truitt 5-30, Browder 5-125.
PASSING - CTCS: Truitt 3-14-0-31, Beechem 1-4-2-(-3).
RECEIVING - CTCS: Beechem 1-7, Isaac Cooper 2-24, Truitt 1-(-3).
-Reported by Don Palmer
Marble Falls 21, Lampasas 0
MARBLE FALLS - The rough road continued for the Lampasas Badgers, as they dropped a 21-0 District 25-4A match to Marble Falls at Mustang Stadium.
The Badgers (0-4) managed just 156 yards of total offense while giving up 274 yards to the Mustangs, who raised their mark to 3-1.
Aaron Reyna had 21 yards on two carries for the Badgers. Jarrod Bowen completed five of eight passes for 31 yards.
MARBLE FALLS 21, LAMPASAS 0
Lampasas 0 0 0 0 - 0
Marble Falls 7 7 0 7 - 21
MF - Sam Lewis 2 run (Ben Lane kick)
MF - Thor Woerner (Lane kick)
MF - Woerner 30 run (Lane)
TEAM STATISTICS
Lam MF
First downs 11 16
Rushes-yards 26-87 33-150
Passing yards 59 124
Comp.-Att.-Int. 8-18-0 8-18-0
Punts-average 5-35 na
Fumbles-lost 3-2 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-20 5-50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Lampasas: Brode DuBose 10-20, Aaron Reyna 2-21.
PASSING - Lampasas: Jarrod Bowen 5-8-0-31, Vann Millican 3-10-0-28.
RECEIVING - Lampasas: Jonathan Vanliew 3-20, Bowen 1-9, Seth Fry 1-16, Cole Ball 2-5.
-Reported by Clinton Burns
China Spring 43, Rockdale 18
CHINA SPRING - The Rockdale Tigers won the statistical battle except for the stat that matters most as the China Spring Cougars claimed a 43-18 non-district victory at Cougar Stadium.
The Tigers rolled to 477 yards total offense, including an 18-for-171 performance by running back Kortlin White. Mark Drake added 150 yards passing while completing 11 of 16 passes.
But the Rockdale (1-4) defense was powerless to stop the Cougar scoring machine. Jarred Welch scored three touchdowns and Mike Hicks caught scoring passes of 9 and 35 yards and finished with 163 yards on nine catches. China Spring finished with 373 yards total offense.
Mark Drake scored twice for the Tigers and also threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Joe Sanders.
The win keeps the Cougars perfect at 5-0.
CHINA SPRING 43, ROCKDALE 18
Rockdale 0 6 6 6 - 18
China Spring 15 21 7 0 - 43
CS - Jarred Welch 3 run (James French kick)
CS - Welch 20 run (Boston Blake pass from Brian Barrel)
CS - Mike Hicks 9 pass from Dustin Eskew (French kick)
CS - Welch 3 run (French kick)
Roc - Mark Drake 1 run (kick failed)
CS - Taylor Higgon 18 pass from Eskew (French kick)
Roc - Drake 6 run (pass failed)
CS - Hicks 35 pass from Brian Bell (French kick)
Roc - Joe Sanders 23 pass from Drake (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Roc CS
First downs 22 18
Rushes-yards 39-266 30-132
Passing yards 211 241
Comp.-Att.-Int. 17-26-2 16-22-1
Punts-average 2-25 2-37
Fumbles-lost 3-0 4-0
Penalties-yards 4-50 6-42
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Rockdale: Kortlin White 18-171, Cois Walker 10-59, Mark Drake 5-47, Joe Sanders 6-19; China Spring: Dustin Eskew 8-45.
PASSING - Rockdale: Drake 11-16-1-150; China Spring: Eskew 16-22-1-241.
RECEIVING - Rockdale: B.J. Stutts 4-67; China Spring: Mike Hicks 9-163.
-Reported by Ken Cooke
Thrall 37, Holland 6
THRALL - Tanner Newman and Brandon Beckerman were two lethal weapons for Thrall as the they accounted for four Tiger touchdowns in a 37-6 romp over Holland in the 27-A opener for both teams at Tiger Stadium.
Thrall built a 17-0 halftime lead on a 10-yard pass from Newman to Beckerman and a 6-yard Beckerman run. Aaron Norris kicked a 26-yard field goal with one second to go before the half.
Thrall scored twice in the third quarter on a 39-yard pass from Newman to Beckerman and a 22-yard Newman run.
Holland got on the board with 6:37 to go in the game on a 1-yard Clayton Ash run. Homer Jackson scored the final Thrall touchdown with 6:15.
Both teams are now 3-2 on the year. Thrall is 1-0 in 27-A. Holland is 0-1.
THRALL 37, HOLLAND 6
Holland 0 0 0 6 - 6
Thrall 0 17 14 6 - 37
Thr - Brandon Beckerman 10 pass from Tanner Newman (Aaron Norris kick)
Thr - Tanner Newman 6 run (Aaron Norris kick)
Thr - Aaron Norris 26 field goal
Thr - Brandon Beckerman 39 pass from Tanner Newman (Aaron Norris kick)
Thr - Tanner Newman 22 run (Aaron Norris kick)
Hol - Clayton Ash 1 run (kick failed)
Thr - Homer Jackson 21 run (kick blocked)
TEAM STATISTICS
Hol Thr
First downs 14 17
Rushes-yards 38-63 43-244
Passing yards 181 124
Comp.-Att.-Int. 12-25-2 6-9-0
Punts-average 3-30 3-24
Fumbles-lost 4-2 4-3
Penalties-yards 3-30 6-70
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Holland: Doug Murray 17-57, Clayton Ash 16-17; Thrall: Lamar Williams 18-107, Tanner Newman 9-87, Homer Jackson 11-41.
PASSING - Holland: Full Name Clayton Ash 12-25-2-181; Thrall: Tanner Newman 6-9-0-124.
RECEIVING - Holland: Ethan Stroud 5-89; Kyle Naize 3-58; Doug Murphy 2-29; Thrall: Brandon Beckerman 4-81.
-Reported by Shane Downing
Milford 55, Buckholts 7
MILFORD - The Milford Bulldogs raced to a 41-7 halftime lead and cruised the rest of the way, taking a 55-7 non-district six-man victory at Bulldog Field.
Robert Campos was the lone bright spot for the Badgers, scoring on a 38-yard run. Zach Gommert caught the conversion pass from Arik Yates to round out the Badger scoring.
The loss drops Buckholts to 1-3, while Milford is now 5-0.
