The La Porte Bulldogs battled the rain and the Brazoswood Buccaneers to a 45-14 victory last Friday night. Brazoswood made the drive from Southern Brazoria county to La Porte in one of the few games in the Houston area that was not cancelled or delayed.
The Bulldogs would get on the board first. Senior Linebacker Henry Garcia blocked a Brazoswood punt giving La Porte great field position. Penalties would hurt the LP drive and they faced a 4th and 16 at the 34 yard line. The Bulldogs would go for it and Senior Quarterback Jordan Jackson would not let them down, rolling to the right throwing a strike to Junior Wide Receiver David Terrebonne on a wheel route. The Bulldogs lead 7-0 with 6:56 left in the 1st quarter.
La Porte would again find the end zone early in the second quarter after a great punt by Junior Kyle Jobe. The Bulldogs defense dominated all night and this time it was Freshman Linebacker Terrell Bernard who has shown a great deal of promise early in the season for La Porte. Bernard picked off the Brazoswood pass in the flat and return it 11 yards for a touchdown. La Porte lead 14-0 going into halftime with a off and on heavy downpour making sloppy conditions in the first half. Before going into halftime the Bulldogs had one last play from the Buccaneers 32 yard line. Jackson took the snap and threw to Terrebonne on a crossing route from the right who then pitched to Junior Britt Grant who immediately pitched to Senior Fullback Trevor Nelson who made it all the way to the 5 yard line before being pushed out of bounds
The second half came with La Porte firing on all cylinders scoring 24 points and putting the game out of reach. Britt Grant would strike first from 33 yards out. He ran to the right and there was no hole, so he turned and switched fields running around the Brazoswood defense to the end zone.
The Bulldog defense would come up strong once again. On the ensuing punt Grant fielded the ball at the LP 20 and returned it to the Brazoswood 35 setting up La Porte again. After four strong runs with those big offensive lineman, Senior Tackle Michael Leagan, Juniors Clayton Calhoun and Tyler Boudreaux, Sophomores Logan Jackson and Luis Atilano opening up the holes, the Bulldogs drove to the seven yard line where Jackson would find the Fullback Nelson on a 7 yard pass in the flat. Boudreaux threw a great block to keep Jackson clean on the play. La Porte lead 28-0 with 7:49 left in the 3rd quarter.
The Bulldogs would catch the Buccaneers napping on the ensuing kickoff. Junior Cesar Silva kicked off into a hole in the middle of the return team where the ball bounced and Seniors Lane Albertson and John Nelson would recover. The rain was coming down hard now and La Porte would settle for a Silva 26 yard field goal. The score was 31-0 La Porte after a whirlwind 3rd quarter.
Brazoswood would get on the board twice in the 4th quarter against many Bulldog backups. Senior LP Safety Victor Holmes would take one of the kickoffs around the left side for 78 yard touchdown.
On the night the Bulldogs defense was smothering, holding the Buccaneers to 33% passing and less than 3 yards per carry until the fourth quarter. The La Porte fans showed that rain will not keep them away and also the student section was rowdy all night.
It was a dominant performance for the Bulldogs and a good step with district play coming up this Friday in Baytown against the Baytown Sterling Rangers at 7pm.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Final Clear Springs 55 La Porte 38
It was a close game entering the fourth quarter, as the La Porte Bulldogs rallied back from a 20-0 deficit early in the 2nd quarter to the Clear Springs Chargers, rallying to a 27-24 deficit. Things did not go the Bulldogs way in the 4th quarter with Clear Springs running back Matt Guidry running for over 200 yards and 4 touchdowns in the final 12 minutes.
Clear Springs came out strong, getting a field goal on their first drive. La Porte would then have a snap mix-up leading to a 24 yard fumble return for a touchdown (film would later show Clear Springs was offside on the play and the touchdown should have been called back). The Chargers would score again on a 22 yard pass from Senior Quarterback Zach Cripps. The first quarter ended with Clear Springs leading 17-0. Football teams cannot afford to be down by that margin after one quarter, but the Bulldogs would charge back.
In the 2nd quarter La Porte would start a steady comeback. Springs added another field goal at 9:23 in the 2nd quarter making the score 20-0. La Porte would then get on the board with a short pass from Senior Quarterback Jordan Jackson to Junior Wide Receiver David Terrebonne in which the Bulldog receiver turned and shot down the sideline running 73 yards for the score. La Porte Junior Kicker Cesar Silva would add a 24 yard field goal and the Bulldogs were down 20-10 at the half.
The third quarter started with the Chargers answering back. Cripps would again get a 12 yard touchdown pass. The Senior Quarterback is simply a load to bring down at 6'3" 210lbs and scrambled all night. La Porte's defense would begin to corral him in the third quarter forcing multiple punts. The Bulldogs would score twice on a 20 yard pass from Jackson to Junior Running Back Britt Grant and then a 40 yard run around the right side by Senior Running Back Johnathan Lewis. Lewis followed a convoy of Bulldog blockers around the end and raced to the end zone. At the end of the 3rd quarter La Porte had cut the Clear Springs lead to 27-24 and all the momentum was on the Bulldogs side.
As the fourth quarter started the Bulldogs were full of confidence and it would be short lived. Clear Springs recognized La Porte gaining momentum on defense against their base offense. Guidry would step into the wildcat formation quarterback role and run for a 72 yard touchdown, tip-toeing down the sideline to give the Chargers a 10 point lead. After a La Porte punt, Guidry would strike again out of the wildcat on the very next play with another long touchdown run, this time a 64 yard zig-zagging across the field making the score 41-24 Chargers. La Porte would answer back as it seemed this would be the most action packed quarter of football we've seen in years. Jackson would find Terrebonne on a 30 yard pass. The Bulldog defense could not adjust to the Chargers run game and Guidry would add two more touchdowns, a five yard run and a 44 yard run to put the game out of reach. Jackson would find Senior Victor Holmes for 12 yard touchdown pass, but it was too little too late. The Bulldogs fell 55-38.
Jordan Jackson had a big game for the Bulldogs with 260 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. David Terrebonne continued his early season run with 9 catches for 155 yards and two scores. On defense Seniors Garrison Zaborowski and John Nelson picked up their first interceptions of the year.
The Bulldogs have struggled to a 1-2 start on the year and will take on the 2-1 Brazoswood Buccaneers on Friday at 7pm at Bulldog Stadium.
Clear Springs came out strong, getting a field goal on their first drive. La Porte would then have a snap mix-up leading to a 24 yard fumble return for a touchdown (film would later show Clear Springs was offside on the play and the touchdown should have been called back). The Chargers would score again on a 22 yard pass from Senior Quarterback Zach Cripps. The first quarter ended with Clear Springs leading 17-0. Football teams cannot afford to be down by that margin after one quarter, but the Bulldogs would charge back.
In the 2nd quarter La Porte would start a steady comeback. Springs added another field goal at 9:23 in the 2nd quarter making the score 20-0. La Porte would then get on the board with a short pass from Senior Quarterback Jordan Jackson to Junior Wide Receiver David Terrebonne in which the Bulldog receiver turned and shot down the sideline running 73 yards for the score. La Porte Junior Kicker Cesar Silva would add a 24 yard field goal and the Bulldogs were down 20-10 at the half.
The third quarter started with the Chargers answering back. Cripps would again get a 12 yard touchdown pass. The Senior Quarterback is simply a load to bring down at 6'3" 210lbs and scrambled all night. La Porte's defense would begin to corral him in the third quarter forcing multiple punts. The Bulldogs would score twice on a 20 yard pass from Jackson to Junior Running Back Britt Grant and then a 40 yard run around the right side by Senior Running Back Johnathan Lewis. Lewis followed a convoy of Bulldog blockers around the end and raced to the end zone. At the end of the 3rd quarter La Porte had cut the Clear Springs lead to 27-24 and all the momentum was on the Bulldogs side.
As the fourth quarter started the Bulldogs were full of confidence and it would be short lived. Clear Springs recognized La Porte gaining momentum on defense against their base offense. Guidry would step into the wildcat formation quarterback role and run for a 72 yard touchdown, tip-toeing down the sideline to give the Chargers a 10 point lead. After a La Porte punt, Guidry would strike again out of the wildcat on the very next play with another long touchdown run, this time a 64 yard zig-zagging across the field making the score 41-24 Chargers. La Porte would answer back as it seemed this would be the most action packed quarter of football we've seen in years. Jackson would find Terrebonne on a 30 yard pass. The Bulldog defense could not adjust to the Chargers run game and Guidry would add two more touchdowns, a five yard run and a 44 yard run to put the game out of reach. Jackson would find Senior Victor Holmes for 12 yard touchdown pass, but it was too little too late. The Bulldogs fell 55-38.
Jordan Jackson had a big game for the Bulldogs with 260 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. David Terrebonne continued his early season run with 9 catches for 155 yards and two scores. On defense Seniors Garrison Zaborowski and John Nelson picked up their first interceptions of the year.
The Bulldogs have struggled to a 1-2 start on the year and will take on the 2-1 Brazoswood Buccaneers on Friday at 7pm at Bulldog Stadium.
La Porte 56 South Houston 13
Sorry I'm behind on things, I'll start by giving the Houston Chronicle's recap from the South Houston. http://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/scoreboard/?site=default&mkt=houston&Season=2013&tpl=Boxscore&Sport=1&ID=181445&TeamID=70&SearchType=Teams
La Porte outplayed the South Houston Trojans in the second game of the season using 6 straight touchdowns including 35 points in the 2nd quarter to put South Houston away.
La Porte outplayed the South Houston Trojans in the second game of the season using 6 straight touchdowns including 35 points in the 2nd quarter to put South Houston away.
| Pasadena South Houston | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| La Porte | 14 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| Scoring summary |
| LPT -- Johnathan Lewis 7-yard run (Ceasar Silva kick), 9:34, 1st. |
| SHT -- Elton Dyer 39-yard pass from James Davis (Uriel Cardenas kick), 2:49, 1st. |
| LPT -- David Terrebonne 18-yard pass from Jordan Jackson (Ceasar Silva kick), 0:54, 1st. |
| LPT -- Johnathan Lewis 5-yard run (Ceasar Silva kick), 11:44, 2nd. |
| LPT -- Victor Holmes 51-yard run (Ceasar Silva kick), 10:02, 2nd. |
| LPT -- Britt Grant 16-yard run (Ceasar Silva kick), 8:27, 2nd. |
| LPT -- David Terrebonne 46-yard pass from Jordan Jackson (Ceasar Silva kick), 4:51, 2nd. |
| LPT -- Victor Holmes 53-yard pass from Jordan Jackson (Ceasar Silva kick), 1:43, 2nd. |
| SHT -- Hector Flores 35-yard fumble return (kick failed), 9:20, 3rd. |
| LPT -- Britt Grant 35-yard run (Ceasar Silva kick), 7:12, 3rd. |
| Team Stats | ||
| Pasadena South Houston | La Porte | |
| Total yards | 150 | 429 |
| First downs | 8 | 15 |
| Rushes/Yds | 35/72 | 40/268 |
| Average rush | 2.06 | 6.7 |
| Comp/Atts | 8/25/1 | 10/20/0 |
| Pass yards | 78 | 161 |
| Comp pct | 32 | 50 |
| Punts | 6 | 5 |
| Punting Yards | 199 | 115 |
| Punting Average | 33.17 | 23 |
| Fumbles/Lost | 5/2 | 1/1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-30 | 7-70 |
| Pasadena South Houston |
| Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Davis | 5 | 12 | 41.67 | 52 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Fuselier | 3 | 13 | 23.08 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elton Dyer | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darius Durall | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tatum Girdy | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Rec | Yds | Yds/Catch | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elton Dyer | 2 | 46 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Stevens | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darius Durall | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Porte |
| Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jordan Jackson | 5 | 11 | 45.45 | 127 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Brown | 5 | 9 | 55.56 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Holmes | 1 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnathan Lewis | 11 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Britt Grant | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deven White | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Rec | Yds | Yds/Catch | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Holmes | 1 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joshua Marrujo | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Terrebonne | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tristian Shefflied | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday, September 5, 2013
La Porte Suffers Season Opening Loss To Clear Brook
The La Porte Bulldogs entered the 2013 season with high expectations, however traveling to Clear Creek ISD stadium last Friday, the Clear Brook Wolverines were set on shocking the pre-season favorites. Clear Brook would hand the Bulldogs a 25-21 opening season loss.
La Porte held a 21-11 lead entering the fourth quarter, but uncharacteristically the lead would fade away. Clear Brook Quarterback James Ramos would connect on two fourth quarter strikes, a 48-yarder to Corey Julks and a 32-yarder to Cody Williams with 1:39 left to give the Wolverines the lead. The Clear Brook defense held on from there on a furious final drive from La Porte to keep the Bulldogs out of the end zone.
La Porte had lead 7-3 at halftime on Senior Running Back Johnathan Lewis' 5 yard run.
In the third quarter it seemed the Bulldogs had found their groove. Lewis got on the board again with a one yard plunge, his second of the game to make the score 14-3 La Porte.
Clear Brook's D'Andre Jackson would answer three minutes later with a five yard run and a two point conversion. Jackson was Clear Brook's player of the game as he sliced up the Bulldogs defense on outside runs (12 carries, 103 yards). In fact La Porte's defense did a very good job stopping everyone else. The Wolverines only averaged 2.3 yards per carry despite Jackson's effort. La Porte lead 14-11 with 5:55 left in the 3rd quarter.
The Bulldogs answered right back with Junior Running Back Britt Grant running tough and elusive with some amazing spin moves. Grant (13 carries, 67 yards) would finish off the drive with a nine yard scoring run. The Bulldogs looked to have all the momentum entering the fourth quarter, but could not finish the game off.
Another standout performance for the Bulldogs was Junior Wide Receiver Karl Terrebonne (7 catches, 78 yards). On defense Junior Jaron Dykstra filled in at defensive end where he made several key stops in the backfield. Senior Safety Garrison Zaborowski made a few good tackles and couple of pass break ups in the defensive backfield. Senior Victor Holmes was all over the field as usual and had a huge kickoff return in the 3rd quarter.
La Porte will look to bounce back this week with their first home game of the season against the South Houston Trojans. South Houston is coming off a 78-13 loss to area number one 4a team Summer Creek.
La Porte held a 21-11 lead entering the fourth quarter, but uncharacteristically the lead would fade away. Clear Brook Quarterback James Ramos would connect on two fourth quarter strikes, a 48-yarder to Corey Julks and a 32-yarder to Cody Williams with 1:39 left to give the Wolverines the lead. The Clear Brook defense held on from there on a furious final drive from La Porte to keep the Bulldogs out of the end zone.
La Porte had lead 7-3 at halftime on Senior Running Back Johnathan Lewis' 5 yard run.
In the third quarter it seemed the Bulldogs had found their groove. Lewis got on the board again with a one yard plunge, his second of the game to make the score 14-3 La Porte.
Clear Brook's D'Andre Jackson would answer three minutes later with a five yard run and a two point conversion. Jackson was Clear Brook's player of the game as he sliced up the Bulldogs defense on outside runs (12 carries, 103 yards). In fact La Porte's defense did a very good job stopping everyone else. The Wolverines only averaged 2.3 yards per carry despite Jackson's effort. La Porte lead 14-11 with 5:55 left in the 3rd quarter.
The Bulldogs answered right back with Junior Running Back Britt Grant running tough and elusive with some amazing spin moves. Grant (13 carries, 67 yards) would finish off the drive with a nine yard scoring run. The Bulldogs looked to have all the momentum entering the fourth quarter, but could not finish the game off.
Another standout performance for the Bulldogs was Junior Wide Receiver Karl Terrebonne (7 catches, 78 yards). On defense Junior Jaron Dykstra filled in at defensive end where he made several key stops in the backfield. Senior Safety Garrison Zaborowski made a few good tackles and couple of pass break ups in the defensive backfield. Senior Victor Holmes was all over the field as usual and had a huge kickoff return in the 3rd quarter.
La Porte will look to bounce back this week with their first home game of the season against the South Houston Trojans. South Houston is coming off a 78-13 loss to area number one 4a team Summer Creek.
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