The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 2003 Page: 5 of 8
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Buffalo blew past Kerens, 21-0
The Kerens Tribune • September 25, 2003 • Page 5
By: Dennis Priddy
Quarterback, Adrian Harris hit ball right back over to the Bisons.
Bobcat wide receiver, Fred Cumby It only took the Buffalo offense 8
for a 49 yard reception. plays to hit paydirt. The Bisons'
The Kerens Bobcats traveled to Kerens only completed 9 to 22 touchdown came just as the time
Buffalo this past week. The Bob- passes and had 3 interceptions, ran off the clock ending the first
cats would be playing in their The Cat's were pretty successful on quarter of play,
fourth game of the 2003-2004 sea- the short yardage pass routes. Out The Bobcats had the first pos-
son. Kerens went into the contest of the 9 completions, 8 of those session of the ball in the opening
with a record of (1-2). While there were short yardage. Kerens wide of the second quarter. Kerens
counterparts from Buffalo were receivers, Hagen Keele, Coy struck quick on their first play,
winless with a (0-3) record. The Lancaster, Fred Cumby and Quarterback, Adrian Harris hit
Tremaine Thompson took care of wide receiver Fred Cumby for a
catching the 8 of 9 pass receptions, long 49 yard pass reception.
Keele caught 3(6,7,15 yds.), Unfortunately for the Bobcats
Lancaster caught 2 (7,11 yds.), they had to turn the ball back over
Thompson caught 2 (4,7 yds.) and to Buffalo three plays later. On the
Cumby had one (3 yd) plus the one Bisons' second possession of the
long pass of 49 yards. second quarter the Bisons' hit
If the Bobcats offense would paydirt once again. This time Buf-
have run more of a power hard falo capped off a 7 play drive hit-
yardage smash-mouth type run- ting the endzone on a 2 yard run.
ning game combined with the With 4:19 left to play in the first
short yardage pass routes. Running half the Bisons' were carrying a
State Ranking System, Collier
Sharp had picked Kerens to win
the contest by 17 points.
Buffalo used their size and
muscle plus some of the best of-
fensive holding that you have ever
seen or should we say (that you
couldn't see) to run over the Bob-
cats 21-0. The Buffalo offensive
linemen looked like they had spent
a lot of time and maybe even train-
ing on how to hold their defensive
opponent without the officials no- the short pass routes six to 15 yards 14-0 lead. The Bobcats took ad-
ticing.
The Bobcat defensive front line
and linebackers struggled with the
Buffalo offensive line holding
them and not getting caught
throughout all three quarters of
pay. It wasn't until the opening of
the fourth quarter before the offi-
cials started throwing flags for
holding against the Bisons'.
The first holding flag came
when two offensive linemen actu-
ally tackled Kerens linebacker,
out across the middle and out to vantage of the 4:19 left before the
the sidelines. It makes you won- half. The Bobcat offense had their
der, would that kind of combina- longest drive of the night running
tion have worked for the offensive 13 consecutive plays. Unfortu-
attack a little bit better against their nately, the Bobcats 13 play drive
competition. ended with a Kerens fumble right
Buffalo had almost double the before the half,
first downs than Kerens with 21. The Bobcats opened the second
The Bobcats managed 11 first half of play with the first offen-
downs. Kerens led in the passing sive possession. Kerens was mov-
department with a total of 126 ing the ball steady down field go-
yards. Buffalo only managed 77 ing 8 plays before the Bobcats had
yards in the air. The Bisons led big a pass picked-off by a Buffalo de-
Brad Priddy. Once the officials time in the rushing department fender. The Bisons' took over and
caught on to the Bisons' holding with 269 yards on 46 carries, ate up just about all the time off of
Kerens came up on the short side the clock for the remainder of the
of the stick in the rushing depart- third quarter just as they did in the
ment with a total of 96 yards on first quarter of play. The Bisons'
29 carries. were able to keep the ball in their
Leading on the offensive side possession for 19 consecutive
of the ball for the Bobcats were: plays. Buffalo capped-off their 19
Austin Bell (10 carries for 54 play drive hitting the endzone on
yards) and Adrian Harris (14 car- a 23 yard pass reception. Hitting
ries for 47 yards). Harris com- their third extra point kick, the
pleted 3 of his 4 passes for a total Bisons' moved their lead up to 21-
of 58 yards. Bell competed 7 of 0.
his 18 passes for a total of 68 yards The fourth quarter of play
and threw 3 interceptions. Hagen ended without either team finding
Keele caught 3 passes for a total there way into the endzone. The
of 30 yards, Fred Cumby caught 2 Bobcats did dominate offensively
passes for a total of 48 yards, Coj over their counterparts from Buf-
Lancaster caught 3 passes for < falo during the fourth quarter of
total of 32 yards and Tremaine Th play. Kerens had their second
ompson caught 2 passes for a to longest offensive drives of the night
tal of 16 yards. going 12 plays straight. Unfortu-
Friday night contest began witl nately, the Bobcats fumbled on
Buffalo receiving the opening kicl their 12th play from scrimmage
off. Which gave them the first of and Buffalo recovered. The
fensive possession of the contest. Bisons' offense sat on the ball af-
The Bisons ran a long 14 play ter recovering the Bobcat fumble
drive that took care of most of the and watched the clock tick off the
playing time of the first auarter. final seconds of time remaining in
Buffalo's long time consuming the contest.
BOBCAT JAKE ANDERSON GETS OFF A PUNT DURING THE GAME IN BUFFALO LAST
FRIDAY Tony McMillan photo
talent. Buffalo had three holding
penalties in one offensive drive
that only went for five plays and
ended with the Kerens "Big D"
forcing a fumble and recovering
it at the Buffalo 45 yard line.
The Bison's next offensive drive
also had one holding call and their
offense could only manage four
plays. It was a sad situation for
Kerens and especially for the Bob-
cat "Big D". Being that it took so
long for those holding penalties to
come about. When you take in ac-
count the holding situation and un-
derstand that the Kerens defense
spent the majority of the game on
the field. Its understandable whey
the Bobcat defense performed the
way they did. Leading in the de-
fensive department for the Bobcats
were: Rolando Washington (8
tackles, 1 for a loss), Toran
Duncan (7 tackles, 1 QB press)
and Brad Priddy (6 tackles, 2 for a
loss).
The Bobcats offense sputtered
throughout most of the contest ________
Kerens kept trying the running drive ended on a fake punt attempt,
game, which was not very success- which would turn the ball over to
fill. The Cat's only managed a to- the Bobcats at their own 39 yard
tal of 96 yards on 29 carries. An- line. Kerens took over for their
other downfall for the Bobcats was first possession of the contest, but
all the deep pass attempts. Kerens came up short handed on a quick
only completed one deep pass. ^ee anfi out situation turning the
Support
the
Bobcats!
JUST ONE OF THE PILE-UPS DURING THE GAME AGAINST BUFFALO LAST FRIDAY.
Tony McMillan photo
JV BOBCAT DUSTY
NORRIS CLOSES IN ON A
BUFFALO RECEIVER.
>1 Tony McMillan photo
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wish the Kerens Bobcats
much success
during this football season.
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The Cheerleaders are
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stadium lights are on, coaches
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let's play FOOTBALL!
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GO, TEAM, GO!
GOOD LUCK!
Put the bite on 'em!
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903-39^-2708
We'll be banking on the
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and you can bank on us every day!
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We are proud to support
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Program and the Bobcats!
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J A D Contractors A
Double D Restaurant
wish the
2003 Kerens Bobcats
a successful season!
Layfield Construction
Hwy 31, Kerens 903-396-7491
says:
Get 'em up against the
guard rail...
AND HOLD 'EM
You are #1 Bobcats!
Go!
Bobcats!
Go!
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211 Park St. Trinidad
We are
proud to
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Kerens & Gifts
Bobcats, may you make all
your opponents hope they
have good coverage! .
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Phone: 903-872-6661
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Good Luck to Coach Loveless, his
assistants and Bobcats....
here's wishing you a winning season!
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We're proud of the
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Williams, Neal. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 2003, newspaper, September 25, 2003; Kerens, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591523/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Kerens Public Library.