The 2014 La Porte Bulldogs season kicked off with a bang last Friday against the Clear Brook Wolverines. The Bulldogs impressed everyone in many different ways en route to a 40-14 win.
The Bulldogs would receive the opening kick with Senior Running Back Britt Grant getting a huge runback of 50 yards to the Clear Brook 33 yard line. This would open up a big advantage in the field position battle. The Bulldogs drive stalled after going for it on 4th and short. Two plays later the Bulldogs defense would make a big play with Junior Defensive End Zach Bowen causing a fumble in the backfield in which La Porte recovered. The Bulldogs drove down behind that big offensive line and scored their first touchdown of the season with Sophomore Terrel Bernard taking the ball in from 4 yards out. La Porte lead 7-0 with 8:41 left in the 1st quarter.
La Porte would continue the field position dominance as the ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Clear Brook, but they recovered deep in their own territory after Senior Safety Wyatt Stevenson flew down the field with the rest of the Bulldogs. A few plays later and the La Porte front seven were in the backfield sacking the Clear Brook quarterback for a safety. La Porte lead 9-0 with 6:32 left in the 1st.
A mistake on the punt team would set up Clear Brook for their first score. The Wolverines scored on a one yard QB keeper making the score La Porte 9 Clear Brook 7 with 4:18 left in the 1st.
La Porte wasted no time getting the ball back to the end zone. A 15 yard run from Sophomore Quarterback Austin Upshaw followed by a 38 yard gain from Britt Grant put the Bulldogs inside the Clear Brook 20. Terrel Bernard would get the carry again from 3 yards out for the touchdown. La Porte lead 16-7 with 2:51 left in the first.
The second quarter would start off with more dominance on the offensive line. Seniors Tyler Boudreaux and Tight End Jaron Dykstra along with Junior Logan Jackson and Sophomore Ryder Rae were just a few of the blockers controlling the line up front. Senior Running Back Kevin Busby would cash it in this time on a 24 yard sweep to the left side. Senior Wide Receiver Chris Green threw a huge open field block to open up the run. La Porte lead 23-7 with 10:13 left in the half.
Senior Kicker Cesar Silva, who was perfect on extra points on the night, would add a 19 yard field goal on the next possession making the Bulldog lead 26-7 with 4:50 left to halftime.
La Porte had their one lapse of the night on defense allowing the Wolverines to score on a 31 yard pass with 1:51 left in the half making it 26-14 LP.
The Bulldogs two minute drill looked easy to close the half. Starting with a 20 yard pass from Senior Quarterback Nick Brown to Senior Wide Receiver David Terrebonne. A 10 yard run from Britt Grant and a 21 yard pass from Brown to Terrebonne would get La Porte inside the 5. Grant would cap it off with 29 seconds left in the half. La Porte lead 33-14 in a very high scoring first half.
The second half would be a defensive battle. La Porte's defense lead by Senior Zach Love, Junior Linebackers Eric Kendzior and Nathan Redd and Sophomore Terrel Bernard sniffed out the Clear Brook option attack all night. The defensive line lead by Senior Denaus Ferguson, Bowen, Josh DeLeon lived in the Wolverine backfield. Bernard would add a interception off a tipped pass from Junior Cornerback DeVohn White. The secondary lead by White, Senior Safety Bryson Rogers and Junior Cornerback Vincent Chachere helped contain the outside run plays the Wolverines attacked them with. The defense would shut down Clear Brook the whole second half.
La Porte would cap the game in the fourth quarter with a Britt Grant 40 yard touchdown run and the backups would come in. La Porte won the season opener in a big way 40-14.
This week La Porte will take on Bellaire at Butler Stadium in Houston on Saturday at 6pm. This team is worth the watch and play exciting football.
Bellaire is coming off a 52-27 loss to Fort Bend Elkins. Bellaire runs a spread offense and will put out a challenge for the Bulldog defense.
Do you think they are as good as the 2011-2013 Teams?
ReplyDeleteIt all depends on the young defense. They played well against the run, but need to get better vs the pass.
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