The big game had no shortage of excitement last Friday with La Porte pulling out the win 34-31 over Deer Park at Bulldog Stadium. The game featured three 14 point leads for the Bulldogs and the Deer came back each time and ultimately forced overtime.
Overtime started with Deer Park driving inside the La Porte 10 yard line and the Bulldogs held and forced a Deer field goal to make the score 31-28 Deer Park. La Porte took over and Senior Quarterback Josh Vidales threw a backwards pass to Sophomore Receiver Taejon Wearen who reversed to the other side of the field and stepped out of bounds at the Deer 5 yard line for a 20 yard gain. On the ensuing play Junior Running Back and star of the game Keith Whitely ran to the right and pushed a blocker out of the way, diving in for a 5 yard touchdown and La Porte victory.
The game started with Deer Park deferring to the second half and La Porte received. Sophomore Vic Holmes had a great return and La Porte started out near midfield. The Bulldogs proceeded to march down the field with the run and a wildcat package with Whitely taking charge. Senior Chad Sutherland punched in a one yard touchdown run to open up the scoring.
Two possessions later Deer Park took over at the 50 yard line and Senior Running Back Demetrius Banks took the hand off to the left side; La Porte's Senior Defensive End Tyrone Graves knocked the ball loose and Junior Cornerback Malik Graves picked up the fumble and returned it 40 yards for the touchdown. La Porte lead 14-0.
Just before halftime Deer Park took over near midfield and drove down the field with passing from Senior Quarterback Austin Rainer. On fourth and goal Rainer scored on the quarterback sneak to make the score La Porte 14 Deer Park 7.
Deer Park started the second half at their own 20 with Banks taking the snap to the left and Chad Sutherland knocking the ball out. Senior Defensive End Blake Turlington recovered at the Deer 10. A couple plays later Whitely took it in for the score and made it 21-7 Bulldogs with 11:07 left in the 3rd Quarter.
After trading quick possessions Deer Park took over at their own 23 and Rainer had two big passes down to the La Porte one yard line. Deer Park Senior Running Back Justin James carried the ball into the end zone making the score 21-14 La Porte.
In the 4th quarter Deer Park had the ball at their own 46 and La Porte Senior Linebacker Cameron Whilley intercepted and returned the ball to midfield with a Deer Park personal foul moving the ball inside Deer Park territory to the 36. La Porte responded with a flea flicker and Vidales throwing to Senior Receiver Aaron Nance-Garrett for a 36 yard touchdown. Deer Park had been putting 10 players at the line of scrimmage and La Porte made them pay for their aggressiveness. The Bulldogs lead 28-14 with 5:46 left.
Deer Park wasted no time driving down the field and Senior Fullback Clay De La Garza took a pass in for a long touchdown making the score La Porte 28 Deer Park 21.
La Porte was forced to punt and Deer Park took over at their own 20. Rainer drove the Deer down the field and completed a 11 yard touchdown tying the game at 28.
The nail biter ended in overtime with La Porte victory.
Deer Park made some good adjustments at halftime moving to quicker passes to keep the La Porte pressure off of them. La Porte's defense carried them causing three turnovers leading to 21 La Porte points despite Rainer throwing for 340 yards and two scores. Deer Park Senior Receiver Eric Luna torched the Bulldogs for 132 yards on 6 catches in a losing effort.
Keith Whitely willed the Bulldogs to victory with 103 yards and 2 scores. La Porte showed great discipline in staying away from the big personal foul penalties that have plagued them this season. Deer Park out-gained La Porte 408-201 in total yards, but the turnovers were the key to La Porte victory on this night. Deer Park moves to 4-1 on the season.
It was a complete team effort for the Bulldogs. The offensive line fought hard against the bigger Deer Park players and La Porte took advantage of field position and turnovers.
La Porte (4-1) takes on Channelview (4-1) and their awesome no huddle spread passing attack at Bulldog Stadium in two weeks after a bye week this week.
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