Casey Stone – Sports Editor     ——     Shelly Stone – Sports Photographer


This past Friday night, the Bearcats hosted Perrin-Whitt for their third district game of the season. It didn’t take long for the Bearcats to take control of the game and dominate the Pirates by a final score of 42-14.

The Pirates won the toss and chose to receive the opening kick-off. In their third play from scrimmage, L.C. Williams stepped in front of a Pirate receiver and intercepted the ball. 30-yards later, Williams found the end-zone, and the Bearcats found themselves with an early 7-0 lead.

Perrin-Whitt was unable to move the ball on their next possession and had to punt the ball back to the Bearcats where DeLeon began their first offensive drive of the night at the Pirates 48-yard line.

It only took the Bearcats four plays before they were able to score again when M.J. Stewart ran a 30-yard touchdown run to give the Bearcats a 14-0.

The Pirates were able to move the ball a little better on their next possession as they were able to move the ball to mid-field before Pedro Calzada was able to intercept another pass for the Bearcats.

Seven plays and 48-yards later, Gustavo Calzada scored the third Bearcat touchdown of the first quarter as he was able to punch the ball into the end-zone from three yards out to give the Bearcats a 21-0 lead.

The Pirates were finally able to get their offense on track as they were able to take the first possession of the second quarter and drive 80-yards to score their first points of the game on a 35-yard touchdown pass.

The Perrin-Whitt score closed the lead to 21-7.

DeLeon was quick to answer the Pirates score as it only took the Bearcats three plays on their next possession to score.

On the third play from scrimmage, Williams busted loose for a 60-yard touchdown run to increase the Bearcats lead to 28-7.

The Bearcats put a stop to the Pirates next offensive possession just to see their punter boot a 55-yard punt. The punt was downed at the DeLeon 1-yard line.

Two plays later, the Bearcats would fumble the ball to the Pirates and give them first and goal on the Bearcat three yard line.

Perrin-Whitt would score on just one play and bring the score to 28-14.

Williams quickly answered the Pirate score again, but this time he would do it with a 75-yard touchdown run for the final score of the first half.

The Bearcats would go into the locker room with a commanding 35-14 lead.

The final score of the game would come on the Bearcat’s first possession of the second half.

Stewart would score on a tremendous 35-yard run as he was able to plow through three Pirate defenders on his way to the end-zone. His touchdown would finish the scoring at 42-14 in the Bearcat’s favor.

The Bearcats will be in action again this coming Friday. They will be playing in Santo with a starting time of 7:30 p.m.


Individual Leaders
Passing
Jeremy Lindley
15 of 46 for 298 yards, 8 interceptions and 3 touchdowns
Rushing
L.C. Williams
135 carries for 896 yards, 3 fumbles and 10 touchdowns
Receiving
Gary McClearen
8 catches for 190 yards and three touchdowns
Tackles
M.J. Stewart
62 tackles


Photo prints of pictures are available — Click Here

 

For all the De Leon news, articles and columns:

Subscribe to the De Leon Free Press