The Hitchcock Bulldogs finished the year with a 5-6 record but they stayed close to the Longhorns until the third quarter. Hitchcock’s Devante Provost’s touchdown run pulled the Bulldogs within 28-20 just 1:04 into the second half. Undaunted the Longhorns scored twice in just under a minute to teach the Bulldogs how it should be done.
Joseph Lopez returned the opening kickoff 39-yards to the Hitchcock 41 and then scored from 11-yards out after seven plays to put the first 6 points of what would be 57 total points before the Longhorns were done.
Punter Zane Schorp put the Hitchcock team in a bind when he booted a 54-yard punt that placed them on their own 2-yard line. Rocha make an impressive interception to set up Shannon Taylor’s 5-yard run early in the second quarter. That score put the Longhorns back into the lead 12-7.
Cayleb Holt scored next on a 50-yard run and then ran in the conversion. The Longhorn lead increased to 20-7. Hitchcock then scored on a 63-yard pass and Tanner kicked the point after to put the score 20-14. With just little more that two minutes left in the half, Taylor scored and Gamez made the conversion to bring the score 28-14. Gamez made a big defensive play with 26 seconds left in the half when he picked off a Tuck pass at the George West 2-yard line.
Longhorn quarterback Albert Gamez scored after seven plays on a 7-yard run that began with a Hitchcock errant punt. A few plays later Dylan White caused a Hitchcock fumble that Riley Rocha recovered for the Longhorns. With only 46-yards to the endzone, Joseph Lopez broke loose and took the ball in for the score.
In 59 seconds the score went from 28-20 to 43-20. The Hitchcock team would only score one more time.
George West put the game away and took that next step to the state quarterfinals when Gamez scored on a 1-yard run and then Taylor scored on a 1 yard run that was set up by White’s fumble recovery at the Hitchcock 4 yard line.
To recap, George West Longhorn scoring in the first quarter was Lopez on an 11-yard. Second quarter Taylor on a 5-yard run, and Cayleb Holt on the 50-yard run and then Holt added 2 on the conversion run. Taylor scored again on a 1-yard run and Gamez added 2-points on the conversion run. Third quarter Gamez scored on a 7-yard run and Ty Jimmerson kicked the extra point. Lopez scored again on a 46-yard run followed by Gamez adding the conversion run. Fourth quarter Gamez with a 1-yard run and then a Jimmerson PAT. Taylor added the final touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run and Jimmerson kicked. Total yards rushing for the Longhorns was Taylor with 150-yards on 19 carries, Holt 9 carries for 89 yards, Lopez 77-yards on 9 carries, and Gamez with 6 carries for 25 yards.
Also having yards for the Longhorns’ was Ronnie Paiz 2-18, Lucas Yocum 1-2 and Phillip Alvarez 1-1. Ty Jimmerson and Jeffrey Hardwick had one carry each. Passing for Gamez was 1 attempt, 1 completion, 0 interceptions for 12 yards. Holt made one reception for 12 yards.
The Longhorns are 12-0 and will face Comfort (7-5) in the Division I quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 1:00 p.m. in San Antonio at North East ISD Heroes Stadium, off Wurzbach Parkway and Thousand Oaks.
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