Andrew Body has been remarkable throughout his high school career, making improbable plays and putting up gaudy numbers for the Corpus Christi Miller Buccaneers. However, he and his Miller teammates finally met their match in the Austin LBJ Jaguars. Body scored all four touchdowns for Miller in the first half, but the LBJ ground game proved to be a formidable counterpart as Daqwon Donaldson and Sedrick Alexander combined for three rushing touchdowns for the Jaguars as they led 38-32 at the half.
It was much the same story in the second half as Body alternated touchdowns with the LBJ rushing attack. Body broke a 59-yard run to tie the game at 38 before Alexander put LBJ back up 44-38 with a 46-yard touchdown run right up the middle. Body then scored on a 17-yard run to give Miller a 46-44 advantage thanks to his two-point conversion rush before Donaldson found a gap in the Miller defense and sprinted 60 yards for a touchdown as LBJ retook the lead, 52-46. After an LBJ stop on fourth down, Donaldson came up with the decisive play on the night as he squirted through a hole in the Miller defense into the open field for a 22-yard touchdown scamper, extending LBJ’s advantage to 59-46 with just over five minutes to go. The LBJ defense kept the momentum going with a fourth-down stop on the ensuing Miller possession, giving the Jaguar offense an opportunity to bleed the clock down.
The Buccaneers did get the ball back and impressively drove 91 yards for another touchdown as Body found the end zone yet again, this time from three yards out. However, their onside kick attempt was unsuccessful, sealing a 59-54 victory for LBJ. Body rushed for 301 yards on 52 carries and added 183 yards passing, but 176 rushing yards by Donaldson and 145 more by Sedrick Alexander proved to be enough to overcome Body’s exploits and send the Jaguars to their first-ever state semifinals. Expect LBJ’s state semifinal game against Lindale this Friday to be decided on the ground as well as the Jaguar run game will go head-to-head with star Lindale running back and Baylor commit Jordan Jenkins.
