It was no different Saturday night at Wildcat Stadium, but many of the hands the Wildcats showed had their share of aces.

The Wildcats’ annual closing of spring football practice was a glimpse at how much they have built upon last year’s turnaround season. There is a growing body of players from which to choose for key spots by August.

“We have great competition (for positions),” said Temple coach Bryce Monsen, whose 2007 Wildcats were perfect in District 13-5A and finished 7-4. “When you turn on the lights you draw a crowd and it’s a chance for these kids to play under these conditions. We looked good. The kids have a rhythm to them.”

Monsen, whose team will begin its 2008 season Sept. 5 at Cedar Park, said there will be no personnel decision made until August two-a-days.

“All of our kids really jumped up and were ready to play,” he said. “We’re building on momentum. What I was most impressed with is the effort and how hard the kids worked to get ready.”

The Blue offense - with at least five quarterback and other personnel changes - ran through 19 separate drives starting on either its 30- or 35-yard line. Six possessions resulted in touchdowns.

Junior-to-be Lache Seastrunk, who rushed for 1,532 yards and 19 touchdowns last fall, was used sparingly, but enough to let opposing scouts in attendance know that he’s very much around. He carried six times for 67 yards.

Senior quarterback Kevin Lock was primarily used with the first team. He snuck in from the 1 on fourth-and-goal for a touchdown on the game’s first possession, completing the 70-yard march in eight plays. Seastrunk erupted for 41 yards on the second play. Lock hit Tevin Reese for 8 yards and fullback Kane Thomas banged for 14 more to set up the score.

Lock completed two of six passes for 22 yards, the victim of a couple of drops. Reese left the scrimmage with a foot injury, but it’s not expected to be serious.

“The only thing I didn’t like was that we had a couple of dropped balls,” Monsen said. “But our defense played good base defense. Our offense executed our running scheme and play-action (passing game) very nicely.

“All of our quarterbacks handled it well,” he said. “There’s a lot on them.”

It was the first time Temple fans have seen former Rogers quarterback Jonathan Bane in a varsity Wildcat uniform. Bane was 4-of-5 for 49 yards and touchdown, with another TD called back. Bane hit Marcus Jones on a 6-yard flare for a score, finishing a 65-yard drive on the ninth play.

The Wildcats also used Alfredo Siller, Parker Brown and Isaac Matamoros as signal-callers.

Matamoros steered the latter half of a 12-play, 65-yard scoring drive by bootlegging to his right and hitting Chris Garcia for an 11-yard touchdown.

Siller snuck in from the 1 for a touchdown to climax a 65-yard march in 11 plays. Thomas stepped in from the 1 for another score after Major Lee went 19 yards around left end to set him up.

Newcomer Itai Meki added another touchdown with an impressive 40-yard burst in which he fought off going down twice before emerging from the pack to get to the end zone.

The scrimmage was void of the usual bevy of turnovers. One errant pitch led to the night’s only giveaway when the White team’s Nick Clarke pounced on the loose ball. Alfred Hill had his named called numerous times for defensive stops.

As is the case in most Temple Blue-White spring games, or any formal scrimmage for that matter, most of the cards are kept close to the vest.

It was no different Saturday night at Wildcat Stadium, but many of the hands the Wildcats showed had their share of aces.

The Wildcats’ annual closing of spring football practice was a glimpse at how much they have built upon last year’s turnaround season. There is a growing body of players from which to choose for key spots by August.

“We have great competition (for positions),” said Temple coach Bryce Monsen, whose 2007 Wildcats were perfect in District 13-5A and finished 7-4. “When you turn on the lights you draw a crowd and it’s a chance for these kids to play under these conditions. We looked good. The kids have a rhythm to them.”

Monsen, whose team will begin its 2008 season Sept. 5 at Cedar Park, said there will be no personnel decision made until August two-a-days.

“All of our kids really jumped up and were ready to play,” he said. “We’re building on momentum. What I was most impressed with is the effort and how hard the kids worked to get ready.”

The Blue offense - with at least five quarterback and other personnel changes - ran through 19 separate drives starting on either its 30- or 35-yard line. Six possessions resulted in touchdowns.

Junior-to-be Lache Seastrunk, who rushed for 1,532 yards and 19 touchdowns last fall, was used sparingly, but enough to let opposing scouts in attendance know that he’s very much around. He carried six times for 67 yards.

Senior quarterback Kevin Lock was primarily used with the first team. He snuck in from the 1 on fourth-and-goal for a touchdown on the game’s first possession, completing the 70-yard march in eight plays. Seastrunk erupted for 41 yards on the second play. Lock hit Tevin Reese for 8 yards and fullback Kane Thomas banged for 14 more to set up the score.

Lock completed two of six passes for 22 yards, the victim of a couple of drops. Reese left the scrimmage with a foot injury, but it’s not expected to be serious.

“The only thing I didn’t like was that we had a couple of dropped balls,” Monsen said. “But our defense played good base defense. Our offense executed our running scheme and play-action (passing game) very nicely.

“All of our quarterbacks handled it well,” he said. “There’s a lot on them.”

It was the first time Temple fans have seen former Rogers quarterback Jonathan Bane in a varsity Wildcat uniform. Bane was 4-of-5 for 49 yards and touchdown, with another TD called back. Bane hit Marcus Jones on a 6-yard flare for a score, finishing a 65-yard drive on the ninth play.

The Wildcats also used Alfredo Siller, Parker Brown and Isaac Matamoros as signal-callers.

Matamoros steered the latter half of a 12-play, 65-yard scoring drive by bootlegging to his right and hitting Chris Garcia for an 11-yard touchdown.

Siller snuck in from the 1 for a touchdown to climax a 65-yard march in 11 plays. Thomas stepped in from the 1 for another score after Major Lee went 19 yards around left end to set him up.

Newcomer Itai Meki added another touchdown with an impressive 40-yard burst in which he fought off going down twice before emerging from the pack to get to the end zone.

The scrimmage was void of the usual bevy of turnovers. One errant pitch led to the night’s only giveaway when the White team’s Nick Clarke pounced on the loose ball. Alfred Hill had his named called numerous times for defensive stops.

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