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2011 Cleburne FootballSunday, August 28, 2011 Page 3

By Zack cunningham

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After Cleburnes 6-4 run in2009, the Yellow Jackets had highhopes entering 2010

Those high hopes were dashedas Cleburne struggled to a 1-9 re-

cord in its first season of play inDistrict 7-4AThe secondary was suspect and

routinely exploited for big plays bymore athletic teams such as DallasMadison, Everman and MansfieldSummit

Cleburnes lone victory in 2010came over Joshua, 56-28 TheOwls ended up 0-10

A silver lining was the emer-gence of Quade Coward as the

quarterback of Cleburnes futureAs a sophomore, he split playingtime with junior Chaston Cuffee inthe backfield His accuracy anddecision-making along with hismobility have made him the starterfor Cleburne in 2011 as it tries tomove forward from last years dis-appointment

Head Coach Phil Young said histeam is further along this year aftertwo scrimmages instead of one andan extra week of practice

Were definitely further along just because weve had that extraweek with pads, Young saidWere also a little more dinged upbecause of it

Cleburne returns eight starters,four on each side of the ball Se-nior receiver Cooper Walls, wholed 7-4A last year in receptions, re-turns along with tight end Pete

Black, a three-year lettermanIn the backfield, Coward hasseveral options including seniorPatrick Morgan, Zach Haler andjunior Khalil Hall

Hall is the speediest of thethreeOn defense, Cuffee is thesafet and And Anderson returns

for his senior season as an outsidelinebacker Connor Martyniuk, asenior, will play inside linebackeralong with Brock Sanders Both areundersized at around 170 pounds

On the defensive line is whereCleburnes strength may lie ChazArmistead, Clayton McLaurin (aRio Vista move-in), German Her-nandez, Eduardo Cassio and Aaron

Perez are all available for duty inthe trenches James Thornburg re-turns at the linebacker slot andTanner Marchel is back on the lineafter missing last season with a leginjury

Cleburne will operate out of amultiple-front look on both offense

and defense The Jackets usuallygo with a 4-3 defensive front, butthey were exploited in the second-ary last year With Cuffee playingpredominantly in the safety posi-tion this season, Young said thehope is he can prevent big playsfrom happening

On offense, Cleburne has been amore run-centered team lately, but

with the departure of speedy run-ning back LJ Holmes, a first-teamall-district selection last year, theJackets may be forced to rely moreon the passing game until the run-ning backs develop

Young said he feels good aboutthe extra practice Cleburne has got-

ten this yearWere good when we stick to

our assignments, he said Whenwe start to peak and look around onthe offensive line, were not asgood

Andy [Anderson] has turnedinto a fantastic football playerHes improved the most of anyoneand hes going to be fantastic this

yearYoung mentioned Black andWalls will be key again for Cle-burne

Those guys caught the major-ity of our balls last year, he saidThey can catch the ball in a lot ofdifferent situations Theyve both

got a lot of speed and are very fastin their positions They might bethe fastest at their positions in thedistrict

Walls might be the most danger-ous offensive weapon Cleburnepossesses, Young said

I think his expectations are tocatch every ball that comes hisway, he said Theyll put their

best guy on him every game Get-ting off the line, hell have to showup every game and understand hesgoing to get the best kid and prob-ably be double-teamed

Hes a very unselfish kid andthats his best attribute along withbeing very athletic

preview

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Th Clburn offns will fatur diffrnt looks at th running back position with playrs lik Tuckr Nolan (11) and Patrick Morgan along with Zach

Halr and Khalil Hall. Andy Andrson will also s tim at running back.

Jackets want to erase taste of last years 1-9 campaign

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Jackets relying on youth, speed, intuition on offenseoffensivepreview

By Zack cunningham

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Cleburne Offensive Coordina-tor Tommy Webb said theresplenty to be excited about con-cerning the 2011 edition of theYellow Jacket o ffense

This is as good a group of

skill kids weve had since wevebeen here, Webb said Thisyears senior class is a differentgroup and they incorporate ev-erything

Were way ahead of wherewe were this time last year

Cleburne had an extra scrim-mage in the preseason because ofspring football drills The Jack-ets scrimmaged Grapevine athome on Aug 13 and Arlington

Heights at home on Aug 19Returning on offense are se-

nior receiver Cooper Walls, wholed District 7-4A in receptionslast year, along with both Cle-burne quarterbacks in juniorQuade Coward and senior Chas-ton Cuffee

Coward will start this yearwith Cuffee as the backup Webbsaid Cuffee, a University of Mis-souri commit, will play more onthe defensive end, but added hesthe kind of dynamic athlete whocan be used anywhere on thefield and on both sides of theball

Also returning are senior run-ning back Patrick Morgan andsenior tight end Pete Black

Ive got some guys on theoffensive line whove gottensome experience last year,

Webb said Cooper and Pete arethe only true returning startersfrom last year, but when you fi-nally have a system the kids havegone through, I feel comfortablewith this team

Webb said the Jackets will

sport a lot of new faces, includ-ing the shifty junior Khalil Hallat running back along with AndyAnderson, who impressed in theGrapevine scrimmage

Hes going to make an im-pact, Webb said of AndersonHes a starter on defense andwe know hes going to be a bigimpact player on offense

Other new faces include ZackHaler at running back and seniorConnor Martyniuk ClaytonMcLauren is a senior move-in

from Rio Vista and Webb said hewill fill in nicelyPatrick has trimmed down

and come in in really goodshape, Webb added Hes got asenior moxi about him and hehasnt been going down easyKameron Pickett is a sophomore,and hell see some snaps at run-ning back

Webb said Coward has pro-gressed a lot during the summer

after visiting a lot of throwingcamps He said quarterbackcoach Ky Kelm has also helpedwith his progression

Were going to have tospread it out a lot more, he saidQuade took a lot of reps lastyear and during the last fivegames of the season we wereswitching him in and out On dayfive of practice this year, he wasstill humming balls in there

Hes a big, fast kid with a lotof passion for the game and hewants to do well We want him tobe more of a leader in the hud-dle, but that will come with timeOverall, he has the whole pack-age and a very strong arm Hisaccuracy is starting to come on

On the line, Cleburne willplay senior Clayton Harris at lefttackle Harris has played the po-sition two of the last three years

Senior guards Alec Swisherand Philip Vasquez will also re-turn for the Jackets and juniorTori Endricht and sophomoreHunter Hicks will battle for thestarting center spot

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cooper walls - pete Black

By Zack cunningham

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Two seniors, CooperWalls and Pete Black, are go-ing to be two of junior quar-terback Quade Cowards big-gest weapons on the field

The two players are dif-ferent in terms of demeanor

Pete talks A lot But the talk-ing he does on the footballfield, whether hes injured orrunning across the middle, isa benefit to his team

Cooper is more with-drawn Not shy, but he pos-sesses a confidence in his tal-ent and athletic abilities thatspeaks for itself

Walls was a stud quarter-back in middle school, but

didnt play varsity footballuntil last year

His goal, he said, waspretty simple

I was just trying not toget killed, he said I waspretty clueless

Walls played wide re-ceiver for the Yellow Jacketsand was a target of bothCoward and Chaston Cuffee

Under the tutelage of for-mer Jacket Logan Nunn,Walls said he was able tolearn the basics of being awideout

I was just trying to makemyself a part of the team, hesaid I expected to be goodbut I didnt think Id have theseason I had Logan Nunnwas always there showing methe basics

Coach [Brent] Burtonhelped to teach me routes be-cause I was pretty clueless

It all worked out prettywell for Walls as he estab-lished himself as a legitimatedeep threat with his speed

and hands He finished as

District 7-4As leading re-ceiverTowards the end of the

season, I felt great, he saidThis year, my confidence isa lot higher My goals are tomake myself a better receiver

and to make those around me

betterHell have to deal with thebullseye thats been placedon his back That happenswhen you have a breakoutyear

Ive talked about that a

lot with my coaches, he

said Im going to need tolearn how to get off blocksIm going to be jammed andfacing double-teams Every-one is going to know who Iam I need to find a way toget open and make plays

Walls said he feels he can

run with the best 7-4A has toofferI feel like I can run with

the Evermans out there, hesaid But Ive also got to beable to outsmart them

Black said he played

backup quarterback behindWalls in middle school, butwas moved to the tight endspot his sophomore year

His talkative demeanorand fearlessness serve himwell, he said

I hope Im one of themore vocal seniors, he said,laughing I guess I call my-

self a leader I do talk a lotA lot of the talking is donein the form of encouragementand advice to the youngerJackets, Black said He paysit forward after being men-tored by former Jacket BubbaOakes during his sophomoreseason

He was really good aboutshowing me how to makesure I did everything right as

a tight end, he said I washis backup but last year wasreally the signature yearwhen I had my starting posi-tion I never really came offthe field

Bubba would come backand tell me I was doing thingsthe right way I catch myselfall the time telling that to thesophomores and being morelike a coach

Black, who also plays bas-ketball, said football is moreof his feature spot Alongwith Walls, he said he consid-ers the two a great one-twopunch for any quarterback

Im one of those kidswho is never going to bescared of anything, and if Iam then Im not going to tellyou, he said I think Im a

pretty good threat across themiddle and with Cooperplaying the deep ball, thats apretty good threat

Head coach Phil Youngsaid the two will catch themajority of our balls

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By Zack cunningham

[email protected]

Last year, Cleburnes de-fense was a big reason theYellow Jackets struggled to a1-9 record

The unit surrendered morethan 450 points and allowed50 or more points three dif-ferent occasions (to Ever-man, Dallas Madison andCrowley)

With returning talent onthe line and in the secondary,along with new co-defensivecoordinators Ross Taylor andCurtis James, Cleburne hasreason to hope the holes fromlast year are patched

Or they soon will beWere a multiple-front

defense, James said Welike to give ourselves someoptions from week to week

We want to give the peoplewere going to play a coupleof different looks

The main weakness rightnow is guys seeing the termi-nology for the first time andtrying to get it down

The most notable returneron the defensive unit is se-nior Chaston Cuffee, a Uni-versity of Missouri commitand one of the fastest playerson the team

Hes our center fielder,Taylor said His job is tomake sure hes always thedeepest man on the field andthat were not going to giveup the big play

Cuffee has been hurt offand on through the preseasonand saw limited action inCleburnes two scrimmages

He played six plays duringthe Jackets scrimmageagainst Arlington Heights

James said Cleburnesstrength will be up front

Theyre all juniors andseniors up there, he said

Thats probably the strengthof our defense

That front is composed ofChaz Armistead, Jarvis

Thompson, Aaron Perez andRio Vista move-in ClaytonMcLaurin All are multi-yearlettermen

Senior Connor Martyniukwill help out as an insidelinebacker and sophomore

Kameron Pickett will alsoplay in the secondary, Jamessaid

Andy Anderson and

Brock Sanders are two morelinebackers for Cleburne An-derson played linebacker lastyear and will also see time atrunning back this season

Andy has a really toughrole, he said Those guys

have to know when to be onthe edge and when their timeis to bounce and to cover thepass

They need to read thekey and get to where they be-long One bounce or a mo-ment of hesitation is the dif-ference sometimes between a

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By Zack cunningham

[email protected]

For Cleburne junior quarterbackQuade Coward, the 2011 season isall about opportunity

The tall, lanky gunslinger sawshared action with Chaston Cuffeeduring last seasons 1-9 campaignand played more minutes as theseason progressed

By the end of the season, Cuffeeand Coward were switching out ev-ery series

This year, the starting job be-longs to Coward Cuffee is thebackup and will focus on being adefensive specialist

Coward showed promise in hisappearances last year and possessesboth the mobility and arm strengththat could be the key to getting Cle-burne on the right track offensively

Coward said he has to remaineven-keel about the situation

Its pretty exciting, he said

Youve got to come out there andbe a leader Youve got the rest ofthe team looking up to you becauseyoure the big guy

Coward plays three sports atCleburne High School but admitsfootball is his favorite

Over the summer, he attendedseveral throwing camps and hasworked hard with quarterbackcoach Ky Kelm from the beginning

of this summers practicesHe also put in a lot of time in thespring

He manages the game verywell, said Head Coach Phil YoungHes very strong with a lot of ath-letic ability Hes a smart, toughfootball player

Coward will have plenty ofweapons to work with this season,and a lot of them will be familiarfaces from last year

The districts leading receiver inCooper Walls returns as a senior,along with running backs PatrickMorgan and Zach Haler Scott Bacais also an option

You have to stay even-keel,Coward said You have to keep

your head on straight and keepthings moving no matter what

Two years ago, Coward wasdominant on Cleburnes freshmanblack team It was a common sightto see Coward running for long

gains against an outmatched defen-sive unitHe said hes improved vastly

since those daysI feel like my mechanics have

completely changed since I was afreshman, he said The skill level

of the varsity competition, thatswhat you have to make yourchanges based on I feel like Iveadvanced

Coward did experience a fewlearning hiccups while facing that

varsity speed for the first time in2010He recalls one instance against

eventual 7-4A champion EvermanThere was one play where all

of my receivers were covered, hesaid One of their guys was flying

at me so I just chunked the ball andgot hit It was their left defensiveend, but they all looked huge

It happened a few times, actu-ally

What will the junior do this year

with an Owl, an Elk or a Bulldogbearing down fast?SimpleIll basically roll out of it and

stay focused in the pocket, Cow-ard said

Because of his height and

awareness, Coward is able to scanthe defense for blitzes better thanhis predecessors

My vision is my biggeststrength, he said Im good atseeing what the defense is doing

Coward said he had a feelingafter his freshman year that hecould compete for a varsity posi-tion as a sophomore

I knew Id be able to fight for

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it, he said I just tried to be a leader and keep the momen-tum going I think Ive accepted my role better than I didlast year

Last year, I didnt start out as the quarterback, butknowing that Im the No 1 guy, I know Ive got to be theleader and I have guys looking up to me

Being the starting quarterback will mean Coward has a

bigger bullseye on his back than ever beforeThat means rivals like Joshua and Burleson will be tar-

geting him, specificallyI cant wait, Coward said I dont really like either of

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completed pass and six, seven or eight yardsTaylor praised his linebacker corps and said even though

they are small they will be effectiveTheyre both quick guys, Taylor said Weve got to cover

them up front as well as we can We cant let the offensive line-men mash on our linebackers Theyre only 170 pounds each

Brock Sanders and Zach Haler will see time at the linebackerposition James said Haler may be closer to 180 pounds

Taylor added Cleburne has a heavier and a lighter set of de-fensive linemen it can rotate in and out

Weve got a mixture of both with McLaurin and Perez, he

said They can start on both sides of the ball McLaurin runswell for a big kid Hes probably the second-biggest linemanweve got at 245 pounds

Weve also got Eduardo Cassio for size and Trenton Homesand Tory Endtricht Those guys are our light defensive line-men

Both coordinators expressed mixed feelings on Cleburnesdefensive performance in the Arlington Heights scrimmage, butboth had high praise for the Jackets performance in the firstscrimmage against Grapevine

[Against Grapevine], we saw people flying around theball, Taylor said But then on Friday, on one series they kindof mashed on us and we didnt handle it well But we needed tosee that

We adjusted to the next series and understood what weneeded to play well

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By Zack cunningham

[email protected]

Phil Young is entering his fifthyear at the helm of the Yellow Jack-ets

Its safe to assume that he, as aformer Cleburne High School grad-uate, knows which player representsYellow Jacket pride

When asked what senior line-backer and running back Andy An-derson represents, Young didnt hes-itate with his answer

He loves the Jackets, Youngsaid He has a desire inside him tosee us do well and succeed Hes de-veloped into a quiet leader but heloves his teammates and his team

Anderson played outside line-backer for the Jackets last year in hisfirst year on the varsity In 2009,Anderson was the quarterback of theJV team and was no stranger tomaking big plays

When asked to move to the de-fensive side his junior year, Ander-son said he didnt hesitate with hisresponse

I think I like playing defensebetter because I love to be able todefend well and to be tacklingguys, he said I love chasing peo-

ple downThe Jackets found themselves inchase mode a lot last year With An-derson returning to the secondaryalong with several other speedy de-fensive backs, the hope for Cleburneis he wont have to try to catch play-ers from behind

I feel like Ive progressed a lot,he said When youre younger, thegame feels fast But when youre asenior, something clicks and things

start slowing down a lotYou start seeing things better

and you get a feel for whats goingon

Young agrees with Andersonsassertion that hes progressed

Hes probably improved more

than anyone on our team, he saidHes going to be a fantastic playerfor us this year Hes going to playrunning back for us

Playing both sides of the fieldwas something Anderson said hewas willing to do

I thought it was awesome whenthey told me I could be the runningback, he said Its exciting andlike a dream to be able to play on the

varsity and startAnderson said there are several

keys for his success this seasonIm the main guy when it comes

to the outside containment, he saidI need to remember to stay disci-plined and do what Im supposed todo in practice

If you do that every game andevery play and remember to knowyour keys and get to the ball, then

youre doing what youre supposedto be doing

Despite the praises of his headcoach, Anderson said he isnt com-

pletely satisfied with the effort hesgiven the last two years

He may be the only oneIve done all right, he said

But not the best that I can, butmaybe thats a good thing

Id like to see more sacrifice

from myself in any way I can for usto get the wins as a team that wewant Ill do whatever I can

That, Young said, is what exem-

plifies being a model Cleburne Yel-low Jacket

I do love the team and I love theatmosphere and I love Cleburne,Anderson said I love being a Yel-low Jacket and thats all the motiva-tion I need

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Cleburne struggled during 2010 seasonBy Zack cunningham

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The Cleburne Yellow Jack-

ets struggled to a 1-9 seasonone year after going 6-4 intheir final stint in District 16-4A

A suspect secondary didthe Jackets in during the rig-ors of District 7-4A play Cle-burnes lone win came overJoshua, 56-28 Heres a lookback at last year

Game 1

Dallas Madison 62Cleburne 9

Fresh off a 6-4 seasonwhich nearly resulted in theschools first playoff berth ina decade, Cleburnes hopesfor a similar success story in2010 hit a major road bump inthe home opener againstDallas Madison Thespeedy Trojans used bigplay after big play to burythe Yellow Jackets, 62-9

Madison had four scor-ing plays of 85 yards ormore in the rout, and threeof those came through theair

Trojan quarterbackBryce Pearson broke freeon an 85-yard yard touch-down run with 4:25 left in

the first quarter to giveMadison a 6-0 lead after afailed two-point conversionattempt

Cleburne had threechances inside the Trojan10 in the first half to keeppace with Madison, butnetted only three points ona 38-yard field goal by Ja-cob Vasquez

On the Jackets first trip

downfield, Cleburne ad-vanced all the way to the 6,but penalties and stiff Mad-ison defense drove theJackets back to the 41where a fake field goal at-


Clburns Chaston Cuff (2) runs for a gain during a gam last sason for th YllowJackts. Cuff saw tim at quartrback during th 2010 sason.

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tempt failed to net Cleburneany points

Later in the half, the Jack-ets drove down to the 3, onlyto turn the ball over on a fum-ble

Big plays ruled the day forMadison as the Trojans had

five scoring plays of 70 yardsor more

After Pearsons big run inthe middle of the first quarter,he found Ronald Wilcot twominutes later for an 18-yardtouchdown strike

Vasquezs field goal madeit 12-3 with 9:37 left in thesecond, but Pearson tossedanother touchdown pass, thisone from 13 yards out, to Wil-

cot to make it 20-3Three minutes later,

pinned deep in their own terri-tory, the Trojans showcasedtheir speed

Backup quarterback TerryRoss lofted a high pass toMarquise Smith who hauled itin and raced downfield for a97-yard touchdown Madisonled 28-3 at the half

LJ Holmes, who finishedwith 107 rushing yards on 20carries, finally got Cleburneits first touchdown later in thethird quarter with a 24-yardrun

Game 2Frisco Centennial 24

Cleburne 10

The Cleburne Yellow Jack-

ets may have fallen, 24-10, toFrisco Centennial on Fridaynight at Pizza Hut Park, buthead coach Phil Young saidhis team improved leaps andbounds following last weeks62-9 home loss to DallasMadison, another spread-based team

Centennial featured quar-terback Nick Foster, a playerwho Young termed one of

the better quarterbacks in theMetroplex before Fridayscontest Foster dazzled with a21-of-27 performance for 280yards and two touchdowns,but Young said the Jacketsada ted to Centennials uick

offense after some early jit-tersI think in the first half, we

were real big-eyed, Youngsaid We were scared of whatthey were doing because theywere so quick and aggressive[Foster] is good Hes verycomposed in that pocket Wegave them a short field andthey scored

After Cleburnes opening

drive stalled, the Titansmarched down the field andFoster found Zach McCownfor a 12-yard scoring strike togive Centennial a quick 7-0lead

Cleburne entered the Ti-tans red zone once more inthe first half, but managed tocome away with just threepoints on Coy Womacks 32-yard field goal

Young said his defense so-lidified after the first quarter

We stayed in the gameplan, Young said Weplayed a very strong threequarters, but we didnt tacklewell at times At other times,

we tackled real well Theydidnt get many first downs inthree quarters

Centennial finished with16 first downs to Cleburnes14, and the Jackets held theTitans to negative yardage onthe ground while racking up160 yards on 31 carries

Cleburnes defense contin-ued to hold in the third quarteras Centennial managed just

three points on a Clay Willia-ford 44-yard field goal with2:08 left in the period

The Jackets had chances tonarrow the gap in the fourthquarter, but Fosters 31-yardtouchdown pass to a leapingMark Stewart with 2:09 left inthe game all but did Cleburnein

Cuffee helped the Jacketsrespond on the next play from

scrimmage by hitting CooperWalls for a 60-yard scoringstrike up the sideline, but itwasnt enough

Game 3Waco University 49

Cleburne 32

A close game got awayfrom the Cleburne YellowJackets in the fourth quarteras they fell to former District16-4A foe Waco University,49-32, at home on Fridaynight

The game was delayed formore than an hour because oflightning, but both teams in-

creased the length of the con-test by combining for 29 pen-alties throughout the contest

Cleburne (0-3) was profi-cient on offense to the tune of420 total yards, but commit-ted 17 penalties in the processtotaling 100 penalty yards

Head coach Phil Youngsaid the repeated miscuesthrew his team out of sync

We were really hitting

hard and making plays,Young said But we just hadso many little penalties andkept shooting ourselves in thefoot Its a lot harder to con-vert first-and-15 than it isfirst-and-10

We kept lining up off-sides and flinching Our de-fense played well at times, butwere just not tackling wellright now Well correct that

University piled up 517yards of total offense, butmost of those came on bigplays

The Trojans had six playsof 30 yards or more in thecontest including touchdown

runs of 65 and 51 yards byTerrance Majors and Demar-cus Halliburton, respectively

Cleburne looked like itwas going to set the paceearly when LJ Holmes, whofinished with 230 yards rush-ing on 33 carries and threescores, bolted in from sixyards out just 1:52 into thegame

University answered back

with 9:14 to go when Majorsscored his first of three touch-downs, this one also from sixyards away

With 5:35 left in the sec-ond quarter, Holmes struckagain from eight yards out to

give Cleburne a 14-7 leadUniversity answered on thenext play from scrimmagewhen quarterback GerrellGriffin found Anthony Tis-dale for a 63-yard scoringstrike

Majors added a 35-yard

touchdown run with 2:21 leftin the second to give Univer-sity a 21-14 halftime lead

Holmes added a 2-yardscoring run with 6:25 left inthe third, but a two-point con-version attempt failed, leavingCleburne behind, 21-20

Majors added another runwith 10:12 remaining in thefourth to extend the Trojanslead to 28-20, but Cleburne

had a chance to tie it on itsnext drive

Chaston Cuffee capped offan 8-play, 48-yard drive witha 1-yard touchdown run to putthe Jackets within 28-26, butthe two-point conversion at-tempt was again unsuccessful

The points kept coming forUniversity, which put up 28 inthe final frame to pull awayfrom Cleburne

Game 4Granbury 33Cleburne 7

The Cleburne YellowJackets (0-4, 0-1) fell, 33-7,to upstart Granbury (3-1,1-0) in the District 7-4Aopener for both teams onFriday night at Pirate Sta-

diumThe Pirates, who havetripled their win total fromlast seasons 1-9 campaign,blitzed to a 33-0 first-halflead behind big plays fromrunning back Brandon Da-vis and receiver TravisWright

Wright hauled in fourpasses for 149 yards, in-cluding a 47-yard touch-

down from quarterback Ty-ler Dixson, who finished10-of-15 for 197 yards andan interception

The score was part of a27-point second quarterwhere Granbury took con-


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trol of the gameDavis started the contest off with an 8-yard

scoring scamper, and a failed extra-point at-tempt put Granbury up, 6-0

He added runs of 6 and 51 yards in the sec-ond quarter to help the Pirates build the biglead

Dixson added a scoring plunge from a yard

out to cap off the scoring explosionCleburne head coach Phil Young said the

Yellow Jackets need to continue focusing ontackling and rebuilding their defense

The kids are playing hard and they want towin, Young said The effort is there Werejust going to have to find the right mixture

Were going to be hiring and firing peo-ple We need to get this right

A week after amassing 420 yards of offenseagainst Waco University, the Jackets were lim-

ited to 220 total yards, with most of that com-ing in the second halfGranbury churned out 306 yards of total of-

fense, with most of that coming in the first twoquarters

LJ Holmes, who rushed for 230 yards on33 carries and three touchdowns last week,was limited to less than 100 yards for the firsttime all season

He finished with 53 yards on 15 carries andno scores

Chaston Cuffee, who accounted for Cle-

burnes only touchdown of the game with a3-yard plunge in the fourth quarter, finished9-of-27 for 92 yards and an interception

Game 5Burleson 36Cleburne 14

The Silver Spike trophy went to Burlesonfor the next year after the Elks posted a 36-14win over Cleburne on Friday night at Yellow

Jacket StadiumBurleson quarterback Corey Bailey scored

on runs of 58 and 80 yards in the win, andteammate Corey Bailey added touchdown runsof 2 and 19 yards as the Elks (3-2, 1-1) movedback into the District 7-4A playoff race

Cleburne (0-5, 0-2) is left still searching forits first win of the season

The Elks opened up a close game withback-to-back scoring drives spanning the endof the second quarter and the beginning of thethird period

Burlesons Amery Duncan punched in a2-yard touchdown run with four seconds leftin the first half to give the Elks a 17-7 leadBurleson then capitalized on its opening driveof the second half with a 4-yard touchdownpass from Bailey to Collin Seago

Cleburne head coach Phil Young said thathurt the Jackets momentum

That score with four seconds left in thehalf really hurt us, Young said Our kidscame in at halftime and they were ready, butthen they scored to open up the second half

That was tough to recover fromCleburnes LJ Holmes, who finished with

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brought the Jackets to within 10-7 inthe second quarter on a spectaculartwisting 15-yard run that brought thecrowd to its feet

In the third quarter, Bailey brokeoff his 58-yard scoring run, andDuncan followed with his secondtouchdown of the evening in the

fourthBailey added his longest run in

the final quarter before Holmesadded another 5-yard touchdown runfor Cleburne as the game wounddown

Game 6Summit 38

Cleburne 14

In a game similar to last weeksWar on 174, the Cleburne YellowJackets fell, 38-14, to first-placeMansfield Summit on Friday night atRL Anderson stadium

Cleburne (0-6, 0-3 in District7-4A play) had a chance to take thelead in the second quarter, but an in-terception by sophomore quarter-back Quade Coward helped lead to atouchdown drive by Summit (5-1,

3-0), which opened up the 13-7 ad-vantageThe Jaguars Donovan Ellis, who

finished with five catches for 89yards and two touchdowns caughthis first score with 7:41 left in thefirst quarter to give Summit a 7-0lead

With 38 seconds remaining in theperiod, the Jaguars extended thatlead as running back Lewis Wash-ington barrelled in from a yard out to

make it 13-0With 11:10 left in the second

quarter, Cleburne quarterback Chas-ton Cuffee hit a streaking CooperWalls in stride down the middle ofthe field for a 65-yard touchdownpass that brought Cleburne to within13-7

The Jackets forced a punt onSummits next drive and advanced totheir own 38 before Cowards waspicked off at the line of scrimmageby Jacolby Robinson, who tipped theball to himself and hauled in the in-terception

Summit went on to score on thedrive with 1:38 left before halftimewhen quarterback Xavier Williamsfound Washin ton in the end zone

from 16 yards outThe Jaguars began to pull awayin the third period when they scoredon their opening drive when Ellishauled in an 18-yard strike fromWilliams to make it 25-7

In the fourth quarter, Cleburnepulled to within 11 at 25-14 whenCoward found tight end Pete Blackfrom 10 yards out on fourth-and-goal But that was as close as theJackets would get the rest of the

night

Game 7Crowley 56Cleburne 35

They say speed kills That wascertainly the case on Friday night atEagle Stadium when Crowley dis-patched Cleburne, 56-35, in a Dis-trict 7-4A battle that gave the Eagles

(3-4, 2-2 in 7-4A) new playoff life,and left the winless Yellow Jackets(0-7, 0-4 in 7-4A) still looking foranswers

After taking an initial 7-0 lead ona Chaston Cuffee 4-yard run with6:10 left in the o enin uarter Cle-

burne gave up 13 points in the nexttwo minutes as LaBradford Haroldcaught a 68-yard touchdown passfrom Sean Flynn, and Larry Cheekshauled in a 31-yard strike fromFlynn 28 seconds later as Crowleytook its first advantage

The fireworks were just begin-ning

In the second quarter, the teamscombined for 43 points with Crow-ley scoring 29 of those

Flynn fired four touchdownpasses in the opening half and was11-of-18 for 244 yards in the firsttwo periods

After James Harper caught a 23-yard touchdown from Flynn, the Ea-gles led, 20-7, but Cleburne wasntfinished yet

Quade Coward rushed in from 10yards out with 10:09 remaining inthe second quarter, and LJ Holmesadded a 2-yard run with 5:49 left to

give the Jackets a 21-20 advantageCrowley scored three more times

before halftime as Cheeks scored ona 21-yard scamper and Harperhauled in scoring passes of 24 and36 yards, respectively as the Eaglestook control

Cleburne head coach Phil Youngsaid the problems were the same asthey have been all season on the de-fense end as the Jackets surrendered545 yards of total offense whilemanaging 301

Its hard to come back from be-ing down three scores at halftime,Young said I shouldve run the ballwith less than two minutes to go be-fore halftime Ive said it before andIm not making excuses, but there is

a reason behind everythingOn defense, we blew coverages,

but were not very fast and were nottackling guys Theyre running freeand they ran by us in the secondaryIts the same old thing

Game 8Cleburne 56Joshua 28

The Cleburne Yellow Jacketstook out seven games of frustrationon the rival Joshua Owls on Fridaynight in a 56-28 win that left Joshuawinless at 0-8 and 0-5 in District7-4A, and gave Cleburne (1-7, 1-4 in7-4A) its first win of the season

On its second possession of thegame, the Jackets 78 yards andcapped off the scoring drive with a25-yard touchdown run by LJ Hol-mes, one of five on the night for thespeedy back

That was all the scoring that hap-pened in the opening period, but Cle-

burne opened the floodgates in thesecond quarter

Holmes capped off another scor-ing drive with a 24-yard touchdownrun, and the Jackets recovered theensuing kickoff after the Owlsmuffed the recovery

Cleburne responded with a7-play, 63-yard drive which endedwith Holmes third touchdown of thehalf, this time from five yards out

Joshua again failed to get on top

of the ensuing kickoff, and this timeCleburne followed with a touch-down on the next play with Holmesscored from 31 yards out to make it28-0

The Owls couldnt respond andwere forced to punt on their nextdrive, and three plays later, Cleburnequarterback Quade Coward found astreaking Cooper Walls down themiddle of the field for a 47-yardtouchdown to make it 35-0

That remained the score at half-time, and the Jackets continued topile on points after intermissionWith 10:23 left in the third, Holmesscored his final touchdown of thenight, this one from 50 yards out Hefinished with 196 yards on 17 carriesand caught four passes for 63 yards

Three minutes later, Cowardmade Joshua pay with his feet on a23-yard touchdown run He fin-

ished 9-of-10 for 148 yards and ascore, and rushed nine times for 46yards

Joshua finally got on the boardwith 4:27 remaining when quarter-back Riley Davis found GarrettRhoades for a 6-yard touchdownreception

The Owls scored again with1:18 left when Davis broke severaltackles on a 50-yard scoring run tomake it 49-14

With 10:01 left in the final pe-riod, Joshuas Clayton Smithblocked a 30-yard field goal at-tempt and returned it for the scoreto make it 49-21

Cleburne added one more scorewhen Mark Jones took it in from 3


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yards out with 6:25 left, and Joshua rounded out the scoringwhen Dylan Byrd twisted and churned his way into the endzone from 17 yards out with 4:57 left

The Jackets tallied 363 rushing yards and 518 total offensiveyards in the win, both season highs

Joshua finished with 234 rushing yards Davis led the Owlswith 147 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown Rhoades caughtsix passes for 31 yards

Game 9Everman 63Cleburne 29

The Cleburne Yellow Jackets (1-8, 1-5) hung with the cham-pions of District 7-4A for a half on Friday at JE Marr Stadiumbefore the powerful Everman Bulldogs (7-2, 6-0) pulled awayin the final two periods for a 63-29 win

Everman rushed for 524 yards on 48 carries, and TexasChristian University commit James Bailey accounted for 257 ofthose on 19 carries and four rushing touchdowns He also

caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from quarterback DevynnBirdow, who finished 3-of-6 for 86 yards and an interception

Each of Birdows completions went for touchdowns withRobert Davis hauling in the other two after Baileys scoringcatch

The Jackets started the game fast when Andy Anderson tookthe opening kickoff 65 yards up the sideline for a touchdown togive Cleburne a 7-0 lead

Less than eight minutes later, the Bulldogs tied the game upwhen Bailey ran in his first score, this one from 15 yards away

Everman didnt take the lead for good until the 9:24 mark ofthe second quarter when Bailey scored from two yards out He

added a 60-yard run 34 seconds laster to give the Bulldogs a22-7 lead

Cleburne didnt back down, and LJ Holmes brought theJackets to within nine at 22-13 when he scored from six yardsout

Everman responded when Davis caught his first touchdownpass, this one from 15 yards out, with 47 seconds left beforehalftime

Not to be outdone, Cleburne responded with one more scor-ing drive which was fueled by a 57-yard gain from Holmes

Pete Black capped off the scoring drive on a 2-yard touch-down reception from Quade Coward with 11 seconds left tobring the Jackets to within 29-20 at halftime

Everman went on to outscore Cleburne, 34-9, in the secondhalf despite another solid performance from Coward at quarter-back His two interceptions proved costly, but he finished 13-of-19 for 147 yards and a score He also rushed seven times for18 yards

Game 10Seguin 51

Cleburne 24

The Cleburne Yellow Jackets 2010 season came to a closeon Friday against Arlington Seguin at Yellow Jacket Stadium

The speedy Cougars (5-5, 3-4 in 7-4A play) emerged victo-rious, 51-24, behind six touchdowns from Will Martin whoadded five rushing touchdowns after returning a first-half kick-off 84 yards for the score

Cleburne (1-9, 1-6) drew first blood after a muffed punt

bounced into the end zone, and Collin Finnell fell on it for theJackets to give them a 7-0 lead

On the ensuing kickoff, Martin ran it back to bring Seguin towithin 7-6, but a failed extra-point attempt kept Cleburne atopby a slim margin

The Cougars Darius Stewart put Seguin atop, 12-7, in thesecond quarter with a 2-yard touchdown run, but the Jackets cutthe lead to two when Coy Womacks 23-yard field goal split theuprights to make it 12-10

Seguin began to assert itself later in the second period withits speed, something that was showcased as Martin broke offlong run after long runThe Cougars finished with 272 yards

rushing on 35 carries, and Martin had 151 of those on nine car-riesMartin accounted for Seguins next five touchdowns withruns of 25, 5, 50, 8 and 37 yards to give the Cougars a 45-10lead in the fourth quarter

The Jackets managed to put in a few offensive touchdownsof their own in the final period when sophomore quarterbackQuade Coward scored on a 5-yard run, and senior running backLJ Holmes added a 5-yard score of his own to round out thescoring Austen Parker accounted for Seguins final touchdownwith a 27-yard scoring run Cleburne head coach Phil Youngsaid the defensive problems for the Jackets on Friday nightwere the same ones theyve faced all season

That old saying about how speed kills is true, Young saidI give Seguin a lot of credit Theyre a very athletic team andthat was one of the reasons we thought going into the seasonthat they might be the district leader

Our men did the things we wanted them to all year longand they never quit We never quit coaching and we gave agreat effort



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Everman remains favorite in 7-4ADistrict 7-4a overview

By Zack cunningham

[email protected]

Johnson County has three teams in Dis-trict 7-4A with Cleburne, Burleson andJoshua Nearby Crowley and Granbury arealso in the league along with Everman,Mansfield Summit and Arlington Seguin

Burleson returns four starters with threeon offense and one on defense

Big Derek Baldeschwiler is the focalpoint on both lines and he was an all-dis-trict selection last year in his first year on

varsityBarrett Cain will lead the Elks multiple-look offense at quarterback Chris Ayles-worth returns at running back and Luke Ja-kobbson is back for his senior season in thetrenches Colin Seago will also see time atrunning back

The Elks went 5-5 last year with a 3-4mark in District 7-4A

Cleburne returns eight starters with fourcoming back on each side of the ball TheYellow Jackets took a sharp turn downwardafter 2009s 6-4 season and ended up 1-9with a 1-6 record in District 7-4A last year

The Jackets return the districts leadingreceiver in senior Cooper Walls along withjunior quarterback Quade Coward

Crowley qualified for the playoffs in thefirst year under head coach Chris James,but lost a lot of talent heading into this sea-son

The Eagles were 5-5 last year and theyreturn nine starters this season LarryCheeks is a junior and was the districtsleading running back last year with 1,121

yards and 11 touchdownsDefensive end Xavier Jones and tackleTramon Gladman will be big or Crowleyalong with safety Jaquon Gee and wide re-ceiver Connor Green Kyron Minter had133 tackles for Crowley last year and he re-turns for the Eagles

Everman won the district last year witha 7-0 record and fended off a stiff challengefrom upstart Mansfield Summit

The Bulldogs look to defend their 7-4Atitle with 15 returning starters but will haveto do so without James Bailey, the sensa-tional Bulldog who is now at Texas Chris-

tian UniversityGranbury broke through and made the

playoffs for the first time since 1977 lastyear with a 6-4 record before falling in thebidistrict round The drought had been oneof the longest droughts in the state

Arlington seguin had a fast start in 2010,but faded with a 5-5 record and missed theplayoffs The Cougars return six startersfrom last years team Free safety StevenAikens and running back Will Martin will

be key on defense and offense, respec-tivelySummit finished in second place in 7-4A

last year and returns 10 starters for 2011Jaylon Singleton figures to be the top targetfor quarterback Ryan Cuevas and BryanOhene, Cortez Harris and Devante Robin-

Burleson, Joshua, Cleburneaiming for playoffs in 2011

Burlson - Went 5-5 last year and 3-4 in Dis-trict 7-4A play. Missed the playoffs by onegame. Returns four starters, three on offenseand one on defense.

Clburn - Went 1-9 last year and 1-6 in7-4A play. The Jackets return nine starters for2011.

Joshua - The Owls didnt win a game lastyear, but return 12 starters for 2011. Joshuaslosing streak is at 18 games.

Granbury - The Pirates went 6-4 and madethe playoffs for the first time in 33 years lastseason. Granbury returns 11 starters includ-ing seven on offense.

evrman - The Bulldogs won the district titlelast year and return 15 starters including 8 ondefense.

Sguin - The Cougars went 5-5 but finished3-4 in 7-4A play. Seguin will return six start-ers.

Summit - The Jaguars finished in second

place in 7-4A last year and return 10 starters.Summit advanced to the second round of theplayoffs and finished with a 9-4 record.

Crowly - The Eagles made the playoffs lastyear with a 5-5 record and a 4-3 mark in 7-4Aplay. Crowley returns nine starters.

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