(Games of Nov. 10)
OFFENSIVE
Jamie Bunting, QB, Sr., Louisiana College
Louisiana College senior quarterback
Jamie Bunting (
Alexandria, La. / Alexandra Senior HS) was 31 of 39 passing for 408 yards and four touchdown passes to fuel a 45-37 home win over Hardin-Simmons that wrapped up a program-record eight wins in the regular season and kept the Wildcats in the discussion for a possible at-large berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs. All four of Bunting’s scoring passes went to different receivers and gave LC the lead at the time. Over the past four games – all wins – Bunting has thrown at least four TD passes.
DEFENSIVE
Javicz Jones, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor senior linebacker
Javicz Jones (
Katy, Texas / Morton Ranch HS) had 12 tackles – six solo, one for loss – an interception and a blocked field goal returned 77 yards for a touchdown to spearhead a 59-0 home win over Mississippi College that locked up the outright conference title and a perfect regular season. It was the first shutout this year for Jones and company, who allowed just 272 total yards of offense. Jones, who has won the league’s top weekly defensive award three times this season, has scored four touchdowns and recorded a safety over the last five weeks.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Josh Eppler, P, Sr., Howard Payne
Howard Payne senior punter
Josh Eppler (
Sachse, Texas / Garland Christian Academy) broke an all-time NCAA Division III record with a 92-yard punt in a 47-6 home loss to Texas Lutheran. Eppler’s boom came late in the second quarter as the Yellow Jackets were facing fourth-down and long on their own 8-yard line. His punt landed in the TLU end zone. The old record of 90 yards was accomplished by Redlands’ Sean Lipscomb in 2000 and Coe’s Dan Heeren in 1974. The former ASC record was 82 yards by East Texas Baptist’s Scott Verhalen in 2000. On the game, Eppler averaged 42.8 yards on nine punts and also made 11 tackles playing free safety.
OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
OFFENSE: Hardin-Simmons QB
Logan Turner passed for 524 yards and five TDs in a loss to Louisiana College. . . . Texas Lutheran QB
Brent Peavy threw for 237 yards and three TDs and also rushed seven times for 52 yards and another score in a win over Howard Payne. . . . Sul Ross State QB
A.J. Springer passed for 258 yards and a TD and also rushed for 142 yards on 16 carries and two more scores in a win over East Texas Baptist. . . .Mary Hardin-Baylor QB
LiDarral Bailey was 13 of 20 passing for 145 yards and a TD and ran for 84 yards and another score in a win over Mississippi College. . . . East Texas Baptist RB
John Gable ran for 100 yards and two TDs on 14 carries in a loss to SRSU.
DEFENSE: Mississippi College DB
Keith Villafranco had 10 tackles – eight solo, 2.5 for loss – and an interception in a loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor. . . . Texas Lutheran LB
Tri-Rice Van Buren had 12 tackles and a sack in a win over Howard Payne. . . . Hardin-Simmons DE
Ryne Lewis had 10 tackles – seven solo, three for loss – and a sack in a loss to Louisiana College. . . . East Texas Baptist LB
Jordan Hayes had 15 tackles and a sack in a loss to Sul Ross State.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Texas Lutheran K
Allen Cain had two field goals (26 and 33 yards) to bring his season total to 17, tying his own conference record. . . . Mississippi College P
Craig McCraney averaged 42 yards on seven punts. . . . Hardin-Simmons P
Brandon Abbott averaged 46 yards on three punts and made three tackles on kickoff coverage. . . .Louisiana College K
Adan Olivares had a program-record 47-yard FG and made all six extra-point attempts.
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2012 ASC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK REVIEW
OFFENSIVE
Week 1 (Sept. 1) Dominique Carson, RB, Sr., Sul Ross State
Week 2 (Sept. 8) Darius Wilson, RB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 3 (Sept. 14-15) (co) A.J. Springer, QB, Sr., Sul Ross State
(co) Logan Turner, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Week 4 (Sept. 22) LiDarral Bailey, QB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 5 (Sept. 29) LiDarral Bailey, QB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 6 (Oct. 6) Dominique Carson, RB, Sr., Sul Ross State
Week 7 (Oct. 13) Dominique Carson, RB, Sr., Sul Ross State
Week 8 (Oct. 20) (co) LiDarral Bailey, QB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
(co) Seth Hubbard, QB, Sr., East Texas Baptist
Week 9 (Oct. 27) Logan Turner, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Week 10 (Nov. 3) (co) D’Mario Parker, WR, Sr., Louisiana College
(co) Logan Turner, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Week 11 (Nov. 10) Jamie Bunting, QB, Sr., Louisiana College
DEFENSIVE
Week 1 (Sept. 1) Preston Thibeaux, DE, So., Louisiana College
Week 2 (Sept. 8) Keith Villafranco, DB, Jr., Mississippi College
Week 3 (Sept. 14-15) Silvio Diaz, DT, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 4 (Sept. 22) (co) Alex Kemp, DE, Fr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
(co) Shaquille Lewis, S, So., Louisiana College
Week 5 (Sept. 29) Ty Johnson, S, Fr., Texas Lutheran
Week 6 (Oct. 6) Peter Ford, LB, Jr., Louisiana College
Week 7 (Oct. 13) Bo Ross, LB, Jr., Howard Payne
Week 8 (Oct. 20) Javicz Jones, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 9 (Oct. 27) (co) Alex Cloudy, CB, Sr., East Texas Baptist
(co) Preston Thibeaux, DE, So., Louisiana College
Week 10 (Nov. 3) Javicz Jones, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 11 (Nov. 10) Javicz Jones, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
SPECIAL TEAMS
Week 1 (Sept. 1) Jessie Ramos, KR, Fr., Hardin-Simmons
Week 2 (Sept. 8) Dillon Koop, P, Sr., Texas Lutheran
Week 3 (Sept. 14-15) Chad Peevey, K/P, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 4 (Sept. 22) Allen Cain, K, Sr., Texas Lutheran
Week 5 (Sept. 29) (co) Casey Davis, KR, Fr., Texas Lutheran
(co) Jessie Ramos, KR, Fr., Hardin-Simmons
Week 6 (Oct. 6) Allen Cain, K, Sr., Texas Lutheran
Week 7 (Oct. 13) Javicz Jones, ST, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 8 (Oct. 20) Chad Peevey, K/P, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 9 (Oct. 27) Ira Jewitt, RET, So., Louisiana College
Week 10 (Nov. 3) Chad Peevey, K/P, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Week 11 (Nov. 10) Josh Eppler, P, Sr., Howard Payne
TEAM NOTES
(Submitted by conference Sports Information Directors)
LOUISIANA COLLEGE: With their 45-37 win over Hardin-Simmons, Louisiana College reached the 8 win mark for the first time in school history and put themselves in a position to clinch their first playoff spot in school history. RB Ryan Montague, with his 27 carry 124 yard rushing performance, set a new LC single season record for 100 yard rushing yard games with 6. CB Reggie Calhoun tied the LC career record for interceptions with 13 with his 3rd quarter interception.
MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR: The Cru wrapped up a third consecutive undefeated regular season with a 59-0 victory over Mississippi College. UMHB has won 34 straight regular season games, 26 consecutive ASC contests and at least a share of eight straight ASC titles.
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE: The Mississippi College football team wrapped up their 100th season of football with a loss at #2 Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday. The Choctaws went 2-8 after the 59-0 defeat against the ASC Champion Cru. Junior wide receiver Alex Archer had his best season as a Choctaw, catching 48 passes for 738 yards and five touchdowns. Junior defensive back Keith Villafranco led the team with 76 tackles, 9.0 TFL, five interceptions and 16 passes defended. He leads all of Division III with six forced fumbles on the season.
HOWARD PAYNE: The Yellow Jackets finish the regular season with fourth straight losses. Howard Payne falls at home 47-6 in their season finale. Late in the second quarter, TLU backed the Jackets to their own eight yard line. In a fourth and long situation, HPU punter Josh Eppler would then send a booming kick 92 yards down the field into the TLU yard endzone. The 92 yard punt broke an NCAA III record that previously was 90 yards set in 2002. Eppler finished with nine punts for 385 yards (42.8 average) and two touchbacks. He also had 11 tackles playing free safety for the Jackets. HPU linebacker J.D. King led all tacklers with a game high 14, 8 unassisted.
SUL ROSS STATE: Sul Ross State defeated ETBU 50-37 to get their fifth win of the season and finish 5-5 and 4-3 ASC on the season. This is the first time in four years that the Lobos have finished at .500.
HARDIN-SIMMONS: Turner completed 37-of-65 passes for 524 yards and five touchdowns. In the last four games of the year he completed 128-of-215 passes for 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns.Corey Jones (12-113), Lewis (7-127) and Colton Brewr (5-103) all had over 100 yards in the game. Turner finished the year with HSU single-season records for passing attempts (431), passing yards (4,116) and touchdowns (43). His 65 pass attempts on Saturday were also a school record. Brandon Abbott averaged 46 yards on three punts and set a school record with an average of 42.38 yards per kick. Undra Hendrix had two sacks and three tackles for loss in his final game. He finished with 11 sacks, which was an HSU record for defensive tackles. He also had 19 tackles for loss. He finished his career fifth at HSU with 15.5 sacks. HSU set the school record with 558.4 yards per game, 423.3 passing yards per game and 7.4 yards per play.
TEXAS LUTHERAN: TLU ended its final season in the American Southwest Conference with a 4-6 record overall and a 2-5 mark in the league...The Bulldogs ended the year with a 47-6 road win at Howard Payne...The Bulldogs' win in Brownwood was their third win on the road in 2012...Six TLU seniors - Allen Cain, Dillon Koop, Therron Jerome, Jacob Laubach, Klayton Smith and Matt Cannata - played in their final games as Bulldogs. Another senior - Sebastian Velasquez - missed all of 2012 due to injury, but he was recognized along with the seniors during Senior Day festivities last week...TLU has won no fewer than four games in each of Danny Padron's three years with the team...The Bulldogs snapped a five-game losing skid with Saturday's win. TLU lost the previous four games by a combined 22 points and dropped two of those contests in overtime.
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