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Ganders get wish with home playoff
By Dave Rogers
Coach Dick Olin’s coaching staff got its wish Saturday night when Humble’s 39-17 win over Port Arthur put Kingwood into the Division I playoffs against North Shore and pushed Lee into a Division II matchup with Pasadena Memorial.
Olin has said many times his teams historically play well against North Shore, which invariably enters the playoffs at 10-0, as is the case this year. But since last season’s 34-33 overtime loss to the Mustangs took place at Stallworth Stadium, by rule a repeat pairing would have had to be played in Galena Park’s showcase stadium.
“That place can be kind of intimidating when you’re not used to playing there,” a Lee coach said. “We’d rather just start at home.”
Lee and Memorial play at 7 p.m. Friday at Stallworth Stadium. It’s one of three bi-district games involving area teams.
Crosby (8-2) hosts Dayton (7-3) at 7 p.m. at Cougar Stadium Friday night while Baytown Christian (4-5) travels west to play Austin Regents (8-2) on its homefield at 7 p.m. Friday.
Lee (5-5) qualified as District 21-5A’s third-place team with a 44-7 win over Atascocita last Friday. Pasadena Memorial qualified for the playoffs with a 7-0 start to its season but finished the regular season 7-2 and third place in 22-5A after closing with losses to North Shore (52-31) and Deer Park (35-30), the district’s first- and second-place finishers.
The Mavericks battled North Shore tooth-and-nail for three quarters, trailing just 28-24 in the third quarter. Last Friday, Deer Park jumped out a 21-7 second-quarter lead on Pasadena Memorial and the Mavericks trailed 35-17 before a furious finish came up short.
Drama like that was missing from Lee’s final regular-season game.
The Ganders took a 37-0 halftime lead thanks to three TD passes by Octavio Torres and interception returns of 97 and 89 yards by Thomas Bates.
Lee’s running game, hurting since the Oct. 5 season-ending injury to Jarvis Moore, churned for 167 yards on 32 carries, with Paul Martinez’ second-half 56-yard TD run helping him lead that category with 64 yards on five carries.
Early on, it was Jesse Luna (13-52) and Kevin Craft (4-23) that got the Ganders started toward their converting the opening kickoff into seven points.
“We wanted to run the football and we did,” Olin said. “We tried to throw a few times when it presented itself. We didn’t have a whole lot of yardage, but it was a good offensive night.”
Lee’s receivers helped the Ganders finish with 127 passing yards on 8 of 17 accuracy.
Torres was just 6 of 15 passing for 105 yards, an off-night for him. Josh Jones played the final period at quarterback and completed both his passes for 22 yards.
Playing sparingly at receiver, Jones showed his knee injury that flared up Oct. 26 wasn’t that serious as he scored on an eight-yard play off an underneath route for Lee’s first touchdown. It was his only catch of the game.
Jahwran Goode led Gander receivers with three catches for 73 yards and two scores. The second, a 25-yarder, came when he broke loose from a pile-up near the line of scrimmage and picked his way to the end zone.
Goode’s first score, which, thanks to a surprise onsides kickoff, gave Lee a 14-0 lead before Atascocita’s offense took the field, came after a beautiful play fake by Torres left the receiver wide open on a post pattern and a 34-yard touchdown.
“Jahwran did a good job,” Olin said. “He can run.”
Torres, playing for the first time since an Oct. 26 concussion, also scored on a three-yard keeper.
Coach Dick Olin’s coaching staff got its wish Saturday night when Humble’s 39-17 win over Port Arthur put Kingwood into the Division I playoffs against North Shore and pushed Lee into a Division II matchup with Pasadena Memorial.
Olin has said many times his teams historically play well against North Shore, which invariably enters the playoffs at 10-0, as is the case this year. But since last season’s 34-33 overtime loss to the Mustangs took place at Stallworth Stadium, by rule a repeat pairing would have had to be played in Galena Park’s showcase stadium.
“That place can be kind of intimidating when you’re not used to playing there,” a Lee coach said. “We’d rather just start at home.”
Lee and Memorial play at 7 p.m. Friday at Stallworth Stadium. It’s one of three bi-district games involving area teams.
Crosby (8-2) hosts Dayton (7-3) at 7 p.m. at Cougar Stadium Friday night while Baytown Christian (4-5) travels west to play Austin Regents (8-2) on its homefield at 7 p.m. Friday.
Lee (5-5) qualified as District 21-5A’s third-place team with a 44-7 win over Atascocita last Friday. Pasadena Memorial qualified for the playoffs with a 7-0 start to its season but finished the regular season 7-2 and third place in 22-5A after closing with losses to North Shore (52-31) and Deer Park (35-30), the district’s first- and second-place finishers.
The Mavericks battled North Shore tooth-and-nail for three quarters, trailing just 28-24 in the third quarter. Last Friday, Deer Park jumped out a 21-7 second-quarter lead on Pasadena Memorial and the Mavericks trailed 35-17 before a furious finish came up short.
Drama like that was missing from Lee’s final regular-season game.
The Ganders took a 37-0 halftime lead thanks to three TD passes by Octavio Torres and interception returns of 97 and 89 yards by Thomas Bates.
Lee’s running game, hurting since the Oct. 5 season-ending injury to Jarvis Moore, churned for 167 yards on 32 carries, with Paul Martinez’ second-half 56-yard TD run helping him lead that category with 64 yards on five carries.
Early on, it was Jesse Luna (13-52) and Kevin Craft (4-23) that got the Ganders started toward their converting the opening kickoff into seven points.
“We wanted to run the football and we did,” Olin said. “We tried to throw a few times when it presented itself. We didn’t have a whole lot of yardage, but it was a good offensive night.”
Lee’s receivers helped the Ganders finish with 127 passing yards on 8 of 17 accuracy.
Torres was just 6 of 15 passing for 105 yards, an off-night for him. Josh Jones played the final period at quarterback and completed both his passes for 22 yards.
Playing sparingly at receiver, Jones showed his knee injury that flared up Oct. 26 wasn’t that serious as he scored on an eight-yard play off an underneath route for Lee’s first touchdown. It was his only catch of the game.
Jahwran Goode led Gander receivers with three catches for 73 yards and two scores. The second, a 25-yarder, came when he broke loose from a pile-up near the line of scrimmage and picked his way to the end zone.
Goode’s first score, which, thanks to a surprise onsides kickoff, gave Lee a 14-0 lead before Atascocita’s offense took the field, came after a beautiful play fake by Torres left the receiver wide open on a post pattern and a 34-yard touchdown.
“Jahwran did a good job,” Olin said. “He can run.”
Torres, playing for the first time since an Oct. 26 concussion, also scored on a three-yard keeper.