After a blistering 38-7 loss last week against Union (Tulsa, OK), the Euless Trinity Trojans turned the tables quite literally and triumphed in a 39-6 win against the Montgomery Bears at home.
To no avail, the Bears desperately tried to stop the Trojans spectacular run game, which included a whopping total of eight running backs touching the ball. Penalties also aided Trinity as the Bears went 4-for-42 yards in fouls, including an unsportsmanlike conduct on Bears head coach John Bolfing early in the fourth quarter. This combined with several turnovers, missed kicks, a lone safety, and lack of discipline on both sides of the trenches did not help an already injured and physically small Bears team.
“We made too many mistakes,” said Coach Bolfing when asked what hurt the Bears in their 39-6 loss Friday night.
After a failed three-and-out opening drive by Montgomery, Euless Trinity quickly covered a short field and designated running back Courage Keihn trounced over the Bears defensive line on a 9-yard scoring touchdown. Surprisingly, a missed PAT made the score 6-0. This would prove to be the only score of the first quarter.
After a field goal from Montgomery Bears kicker Luke Coleman made it 6-3 in the beginning of the second quarter, things started to look up for the Bears. Pinning the Trojans against their own end-zone, it seemed Montgomery would be in great scoring position after a failed third down conversion made it fourth and long for the Trojans. However, a late shove by Bears defensive back Conner Wilson after the end of the play resulted in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. This would happen to be the pivotal turning point in the game, in which the Bears, had they not been penalized, would’ve most likely capitalized on the beneficial field position and scored, swaying momentum their way.
The scoring spree for Euless Trinity began after that costly mistake, making it a 95-yard scoring drive after quarterback Laki Ellis completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to wideout Keanu Hill, making it 13-3 Trojans. Later, backup running back JaLon Wilson would streak to the endzone after bouncing it on a swing toss 64-yards to the house for the score. Kicker Brice Honaker would then end the first half with a 27-yard field goal; 23-6 Trojans at the end of the second quarter.
The second half would end up being a mirror image of the second quarter of play, with Euless Trinity absolutely dominating the pace of play and physicality at the line of scrimmage. Albeit noble efforts from the Montgomery offense, every drive in the second half seemed to end in disappointment. A missed 40-yard field goal at the end of one drive resulting in a turnover on downs and a fumble after a rare and rather successful drive summed up the offensive woes the Bears offense suffered Friday night.
“We got back to the basics of ball control: moving the chains, controlling the clock, and limiting them to field goal attempts rather than six-points,” is what Euless Trinity head coach Chris Jensen had to say about his team dominating the tempo of the game.
The Trojans were able to rush for 321 yards, tacking on another 147 yards in the air; whereas the Bears only managed to gain 189 total yards of offense, nearly half of the rushing yards accounted for by Euless Trinity. Through and through this game was lopsided, as the stats clearly show. Euless Trinity had 24 first downs where Montgomery only managed to acquire 11 of them. Backup running back Katerian Lewis would add two more touchdowns in the second half, in what would essentially put the game to rest for good.
When asked about what areas of the game that were weak for Montgomery Friday night, Coach Bolfing went on to say, “There’s blame to go all around. We made mistakes in all three phases of the game and we have to get better at being disciplined.”
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