Week 0 La Porte vs Fort Bend Clements Preview

Football season is back!

La Porte will face off with Fort Bend Clements Rangers at Hall Stadium in Missouri City on Saturday at 7pm. 3335 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX 77459-6353

Last season's opener ended in a 37-7 blowout with La Porte controlling the game from the start.  Clements will be looking for revenge this year at their home stadium. Recap from last year:
http://lpbulldogs.blogspot.com/2010/08/la-porte-vs-clements-postgame-report.html
http://lpbulldogs.blogspot.com/2010/08/highlight-video-of-la-porte-vs-clements.html


Clements returns their leading defensive player in Senior middle linebacker Alec Davison.  Davison is one of five returning starters on a improved Rangers defensive side of the ball.


On offense the Rangers return only 3 starters and replace all of their skill position players.  Clements features a I-formation run-heavy offense.  Junior RB  Demarcus Cobb  is listed as their starting RB and averaged over 5 yards a carry in limited playing time.  Expect run on 2/3 of their plays Saturday.  They will have a very tough time matching up with the La Porte defense.  Their offense struggled in their scrimmage with 4A Richmond Foster.


The "Dark Side" La Porte Bulldog defense returns 6 starters and looked very strong in their scrimmage with Dickinson.  Senior MLB Chad Sutherland returns for his 4th varsity season and will be the teams middle linebacker.  He is joined in a very strong linebacker group including Seniors Cameron Whilley and Tyron Graves as well as sophomore OLB Hoza Scott. Junior nose tackle Core Lee returns to anchor the defensive line with Senior Safety Aaron Nance-Garrett patrolling the secondary.  The Bulldogs will have good depth and rotate Cornerbacks with Junior starting RB Keith Whitely getting some snaps at the other safety position.  This should be a very exciting year to watch the Bulldog defense!


On offense La Porte will be very young and feature two Quarterbacks in Senior Josh Vidales and Sophomore Vic Holmes.  Vidales features a mix of passing and running while Holmes is more of a running quarterback.  At running back returning from last season will be Junior Keith Whitely and Sophomore Hoza Scott along with a plethora of fast sophomore athletes that will spread the defense.  Senior WR Aaron Nance-Garrett returns as a very physical receiver that creates major matchup problems for opposing defenses. The offensive line is very young, but has shown very well in the preseason and will be lead by Juniors Maurice Morris and Tony Briones.


How quickly will the offense jell together?  They looked good wearing down the Dickinson defense last Friday and broke a bunch of big runs.  Luckily the Bulldogs will be able to rely on their defense early in the season and hopefully be ready for the tough district schedule at the end of the season. 


Who is going to the game this week?  Let me know and I'll see you out there.


For those that cannot make it out, the game will be broadcast online at http://www.legacysportsnetwork.com/

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