By TERRY ALAN
Copyright 2006 KylGrafX

It's not often you hear of the Little Southwest Conference having all but one of its teams collecting losses to non-district opponents in any given week.  By the end of Friday night, every District 3-5A team found themselves on the short end of the scoreboard except for the Midland Bulldogs.

Midland High 41, San Angelo Central 10
The Bulldogs scored on each of their first five possessions en route to a 41-10 victory over the San Angelo Bobcats. Brandon Batch struck first on a 69-yard touchdown run for the Bulldogs.  Two Brandon O'Connor field goals gave MHS an early 13-0 lead.  John Burns connected with Nathan Petraitis on a 24-yard scoring strike and then found Steven Cobb on a 51-yd touchdown pass to put the Bulldogs up 27-0.  The Bobcats finally got on the board on a 1-yard run by Ryan Steinbrunner narrowing the gap to 27-7 at the half.  MHS added a Kyle Pearce 7-yd TD run and the defense recovered a San Angelo fumble in the end zone.  The Bobcats managed a 24-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.  Burns completed 9-of-17 passes for 127 yards and Batch had his third straight 100-yard rushing game with 105 yards on 10 carries.

Lubbock Monterey 24, Midland Lee 10
The Plainsmen got on the board first on a 32-yard touchdown run by Cody Hill and a 36-yard pass from quarterback Joel Lira to Michael Henderson to end the first quarter.  Lee's lone touchdown came in the second quarter on a 1-yard run from Jasper McKee.  Both teams added a field goal each and Lubbock Monterey held a 17-10 advantage at halftime.  The Rebels allowed Monterey to score another seven points in the third quarter, increasing the margin to 14 points.  Rebel quarterback Corey Petro finished 10 for 20 in the passing department for 150 yards and added another 25 yards rushing.

Euless Trinity 40, Odessa Permian 14
After the MojoLand site was hacked on Wednesday, this is a difficult summary to approach objectively.  But, I will give it a shot.  Permian's second road trip landed in Bedford's Pennington Field against returning state champion Euless Trinity.  The Trojans scored on their first four possessions and took a 26-0 halftime lead over the Panthers.  The second half told a different story.  Both teams scored 14 points and Permian refused to give up.  The score ended 40-14 with Trinity having 361 total yards to Mojo's 239 yards.  Trinity's Shannon Moore ran for 218 yards against Tyler Lee, but the PHS defense held Moore and Justise Campbell to 114 yards combined.

Mesquite 35, Abilene High 20
The Eagles took a 20-7 lead, but Mesquite scored four unanswered touchdowns and shut Abilene out in the second half to win 35-20.  AHS took control of the game early on a Brandon Williams two-yard touchdown run.  Spens Lackey scored on a two-yard run of his own to increase the score to 14-0. Mesquite got on the board on a Kelly Page 36-yard touchdown pass.  Each team traded touchdowns on their next series.  The Eagles appeared to be headed to the locker room with a 20-14 lead, but Mesquite’s Page found Krys Buerck in the end zone with 23 seconds remaining to give Mesquite a one-point lead at the break.  The Skeeters were able to score another touchdown near the end of the third quarter to go ahead 28-20.  With less than three minutes left in the game, Page broke a 57-yard touchdown run down the right sideline to put them game away.

Amarillo Tascosa 17, Odessa High 7
The Bronchos came out and scored on their opening possession, after David Camacho took a 6-yard option to paydirt.  Unfortunately for Odessa High, that would be the only points they would put on the scoreboard.  Amarillo Tascosa running back Anthony Scott found the end zone on a short run to tie the score early in the second quarter.  Jason Cunningham's 37-yard field goal would put the Rebels up 10-7 at the half.  Scott busted loose on a 26-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter to extend the Tascosa lead to 17-7.  Scott would finish the game with 118 yards on 24 carries for the Rebels.  Camacho led the Bronchos with 47 yards rushing and 60 yards through the air.

Temple 26, Abilene Cooper 14
Repeated penalties and turnovers cost Cooper a 26-14 loss to Temple in the first road game of the 2006 season.  Zach Stewart had 331 yards on 21 of 33 passes, including the two touchdowns.  The Coogs will now travel to San Angelo on a Thursday night game to face the Bobcats.