The La Porte Bulldogs started off the 2015 season with a bang Thursday night as they traveled to Veterans Stadium in Clear Lake to face the Clear Brook Wolverines. La Porte dominated the first three quarters in route to a 49-27 victory.
The Bulldogs were facing the unknown as Clear Brook changed coaches and offensive systems in the offseason bringing in former Pearland Dawson Defensive Coordinator Mike Allison.
La Porte started the game receiving and got the ball to midfield before being forced to punt. It took a series to get the jitters out, although the amount of penalties on holding and offsides calls will need to be fixed in the coming weeks. Clear Brook took over and had their best drive of the night against the first team defense moving the ball 30 yards into LP territory. However a bad exchange in the backfield put the ball on the ground and Junior Terrell Bernard was there to pounce on the ball for the Bulldogs.
La Porte made quick work on big runs from Senior Nathan Redd and Junior Cobra Jones. Redd took a sweep on the 26 yard line around the left side down to the one yard line. On the next play the ball slipped through the quarterback's hands, but Senior Fullback Jacob Edwards picked the ball up and plunged over the goaline for the first score of 2015. Edwards had a big game for La Porte, leading the way with his blocking and catching a touchdown pass later in the game where he made all kinds of jukes and spins, he is not a small human. La Porte lead 7-0 with 6:00 left in the 1st quarter.
The Bulldog defense would settle in nicely swarming to the ball over the next two quarters. Senior Linebacker Eric Kendzior was seemingly unblockable, affecting three plays in a row on the next series. Senior Safety Devohn White intercepted the third down throw to give the Bulldogs great field position. Holding and offsides and delay of game penalties and a missed field goal would slow La Porte's progress.
On Clear Brook's next possession Bernard would come up with his second fumble recovery of the half for the Bulldogs after a option pitch was mishandled. This would lead us to the second quarter where LP Junior Quarterback Austin Upshaw would begin his touchdown assault with three touchdown runs inside the five yard line to close out the half. La Porte lead at halftime 28-0.
The second half started with more great defense. On third and long Clear Brook went deep over the middle where Senior Cornerback Vincent Chachere picked it off for the Bulldog's second interception of the game. This lead to the aforementioned Edwards highlight reel play, catching the ball out of the backfield from Upshaw, juking, spinning and breaking tackles into the end zone. This was the last play of the night for Upshaw as Senior Quarterback Seth Murray got in for some playing time with La Porte leading 35-0 with 9:54 left in the 3rd quarter.
Murray made the most of his time on the field finishing the game with 146 yards rushing and two scores including putting the Bulldogs up 42-0 with a five yard run on his first drive and scoring on a 34 yard run on the next drive. La Porte lead 49-7 entering the 4th quarter.
Clear Brook would not let up, scoring three times in the fourth quarter to give their team hope for next week and the rest of the season by cutting the final score to 49-27.
La Porte will come home next Friday to face the Bellaire Cardinals at Bulldog Stadium. Come out and see the new video board in all it's glory. Bellaire will face Fort Bend Elkins tonight at Butler Stadium 7pm.
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