District play is here! We can put the pre-season behind us now and the La Porte Bulldogs enter district play 4-1 and looking to make noise in a very difficult 21-5A. While Deer Park may have exposed some weaknesses, La Porte is still off to one of their best starts in years.
The Bulldogs start district play with the Channelview Falcons. The Falcons have struggled to a 0-5 record with three of those losses to 4-A teams. This will be an important game for the La Porte running game to work on their blocking schemes with the tough district opponents still to come.
La Porte will have a big size advantage in this game and probably have a speed advantage as well.
Channelview on offense features Senior running back Justin Hicks (452 yards, 3tds) and Junior QB Averion Hurts (629 yards and 4tds). Hicks will try to get yards against a stout La Porte Defense who up until the second half last week had shut down every team they have faced. The Falcons only hope will be through the air with Hurts. He is the coaches son and has a respectable 55% completion percentage.
La Porte on offense will have the three headed running back monster Senior Anthony Webb (614yds, 8tds), Sophomore Keith Whitely and Freshman Hoza Scott featured most of the game. Senior QB Jeremy McNeal (448yds, 9tds passing; 309yds, 4tds rushing) adds the dual threat through the air and on the ground and he has been the team MVP up to this point. With the size advantage of La Porte's offensive line, I expect them to be pushing around the Falcons defense and pretty much doing what they want this week.
Channelview on defense has struggled this season. They have given up an average of 34 points per game through five weeks. They will be trying to put pressure on the Bulldogs offense any way they can.
La Porte's defense will have a chip on their shoulder this week after a lack of tackling in the second half against Deer Park. Statistically the Bulldog defense is still one of the best around. Their opponents have averaged 9.4 points per game even after the 21 point outburst from Deer Park. I expect the defense to get back on track in this one and gain their confidence back. They are going to need it in the coming weeks.
Keys to the Game:
-Establish the run to take the pressure off McNeal. I would like to see McNeal just handing it off this week and not rushing it himself. He will be an important part of the next 5 weeks.
-Get the defense going. Pressure the QB and stop the run like they did the first 18 quarters of the season.
Once again this game will be online at http://www.legacysportsnetwork.com/.
I will not be in attendance at this one. If anyone would like to contribute a post game report of what they saw while in attendance let me know. You can email me at lpbulldogblog@yahoo.com or hit me up on twitter at http://twitter.com/LPBulldogBlog. If not I can come up with a report, although it wont be as detailed. I will try to listen to the game online on my iPhone.
Lets get the real season started!
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