Four ASC Teams Get a "W" on Saturday

East Texas Baptist senior running back Kendall Roberson led the Tigers to their second straight win rushing for a career-high 214 yards in the win over Southwestern (Texas).

9/20/2015 1:53:15 PM

East Texas Baptist 46, Southwestern (Texas) 37 - Box Score
GEORGETOWN, Texas – Clawing their way all the way to the end of the game the East Texas Baptist sealed a 46-37 win over Southwestern late in the fourth quarter.

Kendall Roberson put the game away on a 31-yard touchdown run with 2:30 left in the game after Southwestern pulled within two. It is the third straight year under Joshua Eargle that ETBU has started 2-1.

ETBU’s defense came up with a big stop at the 2:41 mark when Southwestern attempted a two-point conversion after scoring a touchdown. Hardy Hill intercepted a pass in the end zone on the ensuing two-point conversion to deny Southwestern from tying the game. Just over 10 seconds later Roberson galloped 31-yards for the insurance touchdown giving ETBU their second win in 2015.

Finishing with two interceptions, three sacks, and on fumble recovery the defense continued to grow and mature in week three. Dylan Bowman and Marcus Harris each recorded an interception and Daylon Tarkington led the team in tackling with 10 tackles.

Tyler Bates and Roberson were the highlights on offense once again showing their talent. Bates’ first three catches of the game all were for touchdowns from 24 yards, three yards, and 23 yards. He finished with 66 yards receiving on five catches. Roberson collected a career-high 214 yards rushing and two touchdowns. The 214 yards rushing is the fifth-best in ETBU program history and is the second week in a row for two rushing touchdowns by Roberson. Josh Warbington threw for 208 yards and four touchdowns.

ETBU dominated the first quarter scoring 19 points on three touchdowns to Bates from Warbington. About the time you thought ETBU was going to run away with the game Southwestern shot right back. In the second quarter Southwestern pulled to with 22-14 as ETBU’s only score came on a Ryan Travis 27-yard field goal.

It was the third quarter where Southwestern came charging back taking the lead, 31-29, on a safety at the 6:09 mark. ETBU responded three minutes later on a Chase Sojka 33-yard touchdown reception that put ETBU up for good, 36-31.

At the 11:17 mark in the fourth quarter, Travis hit a 38-yard field goal that gave ETBU a 39-31 lead. His field goal put ETBU ahead by a comfortable eight points. Southwestern did attack and score but was denied the tie after failing on the two-point attempt.

Both teams were even on the board offensively as ETBU had 407 yards of total offense and Southwestern posted 437 yards. The defense came up big stopping Southwestern on fourth downs four of the five times they attempted and also on third downs as they were only 4-of-18.

East Texas Baptist opens up American Southwest Conference play next Saturday as they host Louisiana College at 6:00 p.m.

No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 43, Wisconsin-La Crosse 10 - Box Score
BELTON, Texas – Mary Hardin-Baylor started slowly but controlled the final three quarters as the No. 4 Cru rolled to a 43-10 victory over Wisconsin-La Crosse Saturday night in Belton. UMHB improves to 3-0 on the season with its 57th consecutive regular season win. The loss drops the Eagles to 1-2 on the season.

UMHB forced a three-and-out on the opening possession and took a 3-0 lead on Jacob O'Neill's 27-yard field goal. Wisconsin-La Crosse answered with a 43-yard field goal from Joshua Fischer to even it at 3-3 with 4:10 left in the first quarter.

UMHB had a 13-yard touchdown run from Malcolm Miller wiped out by a penalty on the next drive and O'Neill missed a field goal to leave it 3-3 going into the second quarter. Blake Jackson's 16-yard scoring run gave the Cru a 10-3 lead and Duane Thompson raced 31 yards for another score to push it to 17-3. Michael Carpenter added a two-yard touchdown plunge on the next possession and O'Neill connected on a 46-yard field goal to make it 27-3 UMHB at halftime.

Zach Anderson scored on a three-yard run on the opening possession of the second half and Miller added a two-yard scoring run as the Cru stretched the lead to 40-3. John Tackett hit Joel Oxton for an acrobatic catch in the end zone as the Eagles pulled to within 40-10 with 2:20 remaining in the third quarter. John Mowery would hit a 23-yard field goal for UMHB with 10:04 left to play for the only scoring of the fourth quarter to provide the final margin.

The Cru rolled up 586 yards of total offense in the game with 298 of those coming through the air. UMHB went 23-30 passing in the game. Wisconsin-La Crosse was held to 75 yards rushing and 223 yards of total offense with almost half of that production coming in the fourth quarter.

Anderson was 14-of-18 passing for 162 yards and he ran for 25 yards and a score. Miller had 88 rushing yards and a score and Marcus Wimby caught six passes for 85 yards. Trey Thedford led the Cru defense with eight tackles and Raylon Hickey added six more stops.

Tackett was 7-of-13 for 98 yards and a score for the Eagles and Oxton caught two of those passes for 62 yards and a score. Ryan Weber had 13 tackles to lead the UWL defense and Jake Perner and Michael Garvey had eight tackles apiece.

The Cru will now have an open week next Saturday. UMHB will return to action with a home game against Belhaven University on Saturday, October 3rd at 1:00 p.m.

No. 21 Hardin-Simmons 49, Wayland Baptist 7 - Box Score
ABILENE, Texas – Hardin-Simmons won the “West Texas Baptist Bowl” with a 49-7 win over Wayland Baptist on Saturday after at Shelton Stadium.

HSU took control on the opening possession of the game. Wayland Baptist took the opening kickoff but Kylon Mills stuck his head in the first play of the game and forced a fumble. HSU cashed it in for a touchdown four plays later when Weston Garner avoided a rush and found Reese Childress for a seven-yard touchdown pass.

Mills was at it again in the second possession as he picked off a Payson Bain pass. The Cowboys missed a field goal however. HSU forced a quick three-and-out then went 51 yards in eight plays and Garner rushed in from two yards out.

The Cowboys forced a third turnover of the first quarter on the next rive when Tavish Leffall knocked the ball away from V.J. Gomez and Korey Zavala recovered it.

Garner then hit Jessie Ramos on a 42-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-0 in the first quarter.

After Ryne Lewis picked up a sack on a fourth-down try for WBU, HSU took over again and went 51 yards in nine plays and Jeremy Harris capped the drive with an eight-yard touchdown run.

HSU forced another punt and the Cowboys went 61 yards in nine plays and Ryan Breton found Alex Bell for a seven-yard touchdown to make it 35-0 and it stayed that way through halftime.

The Cowboys went up top to Ramos for a 66-yard touchdown pass from Garner on the first play of the second half and that ended the day for the Cowboy offensive starters with a 42-0 lead.

WBU lined up for a 59-yard field goal on the next drive but the snap got away and HSU recorded a tackle for loss at midfield. Breton scored on a two-yard touchdown run and it was 49-0 with 4:59 to play in the third.

WBU scored the only other points in the game on a 69-yard touchdown pass from Bain to Devonte Hayden.

The Cowboys rolled up 600 yards of offense with 426 through the air and another 174 on the ground. HSU forced three turnovers, all in the first quarter, and held the Pioneers to 270 yards of offense on 73 plays, just 3.7 yards per play.

Garner completed 13-of-18 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns. Ryan Breton was 9-of-13 for 109 yards and Luke Bishop was 7-of-10 for 49 yards. Jeremy Harris had 91 yards on the ground and Kerry Sloan had 70 yards on 11 carries.

Ramos caught 10 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns. He also broke the HSU career all-purpose yardage record of Collin McCormick. He now has 4,706 career all-purpose yards.

Bain completed 16-of-32 passes for 175 yards and Hatden had three catches for 78 yards to lead the Pioneers.

The Cowboys had an all-around good defensive effort with 11 different Cowboys recording between four and six tackles. Ryne Lewis and Trent Walker each had two sacks. Mills had six tackles, forced a fumble, had an interception and broke up three passes. HSU had seven sacks in the game.

HSU is now 3-0 on the year and will be off next week before traveling to Trinity (Texas) Oct. 3. Wayland Baptist fell to 2-1 on the year.

McMurry 40, Texas College 0 - Box Score
TYLER, Texas – McMurry senior running back Paxton Grayer ran for a career-high 216 rushing yards to lead a 40-0 rout over Texas College at Rose Stadium. The win improved the War Hawks to 2-1 on the year, while the Steers fell to 0-3.

It also marked the third time - in as many meetings in the series between the schools – that McMurry has pitched a shutout at TC. McMurry has out-scored the Steers by a 157-0 margin (with the first two meetings taking place in 2010 and 2012).

But it was the powerful running of Grayer – averaging 10.3 yards per carry in the game – which propelled McMurry's win. It marked Grayer's first 200-yard rushing game and was the 10th 100-plus yard rushing game of his McMurry career. The big game also pushed his career-rushing total to 2,285 yards, moving into the No. 6 spot on McMurry's all-time rushing list and climbing past both No. 7 Sal Andrade (2,084 yards/1970-73) and No. 6 Billy Shelby (2,150 yards/1974, 76-78) during the game.

After misfiring on its first series of the afternoon, the War Hawks hit pay dirt on their second possession. Following a TC punt, McMurry began matters on its own 46 yard line, first-and-ten. A 35-yard run by Grayer, as well as a one-yard gainer, moved the ball to the Steers' 18.

McMurry quarterback Matthew McHugh found Emmanuel Mulumba with a touchdown aerial that capped the 54-yard drive. Joey Silva's extra point kick made it 7-0 with 10:09 left in the first quarter.

The War Hawks' second score of the period came by way of special teams. On fourth-and-12 from its own 45, TC punted the ball away and – after a couple bounces – it was picked up by Charles Agugua at the McMurry five yard line. After a couple of nifty moves, Agugua found himself in the clear for a 95-yard return for a TD, breaking the previous school record of 90 yards (set by arguably McMurry's greatest football player, Brad Rowland, in 1947). Silva's PAT made it 14-0 with 7:51 left in the first.

In the waning second of the second quarter, McHugh hit Agugua who made a one-handed grab - that could only be described as "Odell Beckham-esque" - moving the ball from midfield to the TC 26. Orrin Peterman ripped off another 10 yards on a run down to the Steers' 16 yard line. That was followed by an incompletion with six tics left on the clock until intermission.

McMurry head coach Lance Hinson called on the sophomore Silva for the 33-yard field goal try. Silva, who had already missed on attempt earlier in the game, split the uprights for what was his first field goal made as a War Hawk as the clock hit 00:00, sending his team into the locker room with a 17-0 cushion.

The second half was more dominance by the War Hawks' offense, as Grayer tallied both of his touchdowns in the third quarter on runs of 70 and 4 yards. In the fourth stanza, Silva nailed his second field goal – this one from 32 yards – and sophomore Caleb Cross caught a 10-yard aerial from reserve QB Cy Ward for his first collegiate touchdown and making it the final 40-0 score.

Three McMurry quarterbacks combined for a 17-31 passing day, good for 174 yards. McHugh was 12-for-23 (111 yards), Xavier Alexander 2-for-4 (41 yards) and Ward 3-for-3 (22 yards). Agugua caught four balls for 63 yards and Mulumba had three receptions for 55 yards.

For the second straight week, the War Hawks' defense was dominating, as well. Defensive Coordinator Kendall Roberson's unit allowed the Steers to garner just 113 yards of total offense in holding TC scoreless. TC managed just 10 first downs (three by penalty), averaging just 2.1 yards per play.

McMurry linebacker tandem of Chase Franklin and Marlon Jackson had a big day. Franklin had a team-best nine tackles with 4.0 for losses of 21 yards. Franklin had 2.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry. Jackson added eight total stops.

Defensive back Ryan Williams contributed six tackles and had his team-leading third interception, which he returned 40 yards, as well).

Texas College's quarterbacks likely know exactly what groceries feel like, after having been sacked a total of eight times by McMurry's swarming defense. In addition to Franklin's totals, William Simpson, Jordan Washington, Jamir Bowser, Calvin Middlebrooks and Aston Campbell each had 1.0 sacks, with Andrew Sanchez getting credit for ½ sack.

The War Hawks will play their second-consecutive road game next Saturday (Sept. 26) at Langston College. The game will be played at Douglas High School in Oklahoma City, Okla., with a 4:00 p.m. kickoff.

Texas Lutheran 38, Louisiana College 14 - Box Score
SEGUIN, Texas - The Louisiana College Wildcats dropped their second straight game to start the 2015 season on Saturday, as they fell to the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs 38-14 at Bulldog Stadium in Seguin, Texas.

It marks the third straight year that the Wildcats have been defeated by the Bulldogs, and the first time since 2010 that LC has begun a season 0-2. The Wildcats would end up finishing 7-3 and as American Southwest Conference Runner-Ups that season.

LC's 14 points is also their lowest offensive output against a Division III opponent since a 30-3 loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor in 2012.

The Wildcats scored first in the game, taking a 7-0 lead six minutes into the game when Easton Melancon hooked up with running back Devin Sylve on a 26-yard touchdown pass to give LC the early lead.

The Wildcats would play a strong first half defensively, which gave them time to take a 14-10 lead with 10:49 left in the first half when Melancon found Farron Jones for a 19-yard touchdown.

But the Bulldogs would answer late in the half, taking a 17-14 lead into the locker after running back A.J. Saucedo scored from one-yard out to give TLU the lead with 2:02 left on the clock in the 2nd quarter.

The was as close as LC would get the rest of the way, as the Bulldogs outscored the Wildcats 21-0 in the second half to pull away for the 38-14.

The Wildcats struggled to slow down the run for the second consecutive game, as TLU racked up 300 rushing yards on 53 carries on the night, led by A.J. Saucedo's 133 yards and three touchdowns.

LC junior running back Aurren Cooksey had the best game of his career so far in the blue and orange, running 17 times for 150 yards while freshman linebacker Orel Ledet, Jr. collected a game-high 18 tackles, 12 of which were solo.

The Wildcats will look to get back on track next week, as they take on rival East Texas Baptist in the annual "Battle for the Border Claw" in Marshall, Texas next Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

Trinity (Texas) 30, Sul Ross State 12 - Box Score
SAN ANTONIO - Sul Ross State University's football team met Trinity in a nonconference game at the Trinity Football Stadium Saturday evening.

The Tigers grabbed an early 16-0 lead and went on to defeat the Lobos, 30-12.

Trinity took a 2-0 lead with 5:18 left in the first quarter when Lobo sophomore punter Stephen Slater's punt was blocked out of the end zone. On the ensuing possession, the Tigers got the ball after a Sul Ross State free kick, and drove 46 yards in five plays to score on a 13-yard pass from Austin Grauer to Rhodes Legg with 3:22 remaining in the first quarter.

Grauer connected with Legg on a 25-yard scoring pass with 1:22 left in the first half to stake the Tigers to a 16-0 halftime advantage.

The Lobos got on the board when freshman quarterback Jordan Reyes connected with freshman wide receiver Byron Jones on a 43-yard scoring pass with 5:42 left in the third quarter. SRSU trailed, 16-6 after the extra point failed.

Grauer came back and hit Jeremy Simmons with a 16-yard scoring pass with 2:42 left in the third quarter, then connected with Cody Sandman from 13 yards out with 11:41 remaining to make it 30-6.

Reyes hit sophomore receiver Steven Savedra with an 11-yard scoring pass with 6:15 remaining to make it 30-12 and complete the scoring.

Trinity had 25 first downs to 16 for Sul Ross State, and outgained the Lobos 399 yards to 343. Reyes completed 23-of-40 passes for 252 yards for the Lobos, while Jones caught nine passes for 136 yards. Sophomore running back Hasan Lipscomb rushed 14 times for 53 yards.

Grauer completed 20-of-36 passes for 236 yards for Trinity. Simmons rushed 24 times for 106 yards, while Legg caught six passes for 75 yards.

Sophomore linebacker Fernie Gonzalez led SRSU defensively with 12 tackles, four of them unassisted. He had one and a half tackles for six yards' worth of lost yardage, forced a fumble, and recovered one. Julian Turner led Trinity with 17 tackles, including seven unassisted stops, and two tackles for three yards' worth of lost yardage.

The Lobos fell to 0-2 with the defeat, while Trinity improved to 3-0 with the victory. SRSU will visit Wayland Baptist next Saturday.

SW Assemblies of God 38, Howard Payne 24 - Box Score
WAXAHACHIE, Texas - Howard Payne turned the ball over four times in the second half and lost 38-24 to Southwestern Assemblies of God University Saturday evening in nonconference action.

After the Yellow Jackets went up 24-17 on a Colby Mica three-yard touchdown run with 11:15 to play in the game, Howard Payne allowed 21 straight points to fall 38-24. HPU would throw three interceptions and lose one fumble in the second half.

Finding themselves down 10-0 just four minutes into the game, the Jackets stepped up the defense scoring two defensive touchdowns to take the lead 14-10. Jordan Longoria recovered a SAGU fumble and returned it 19 yards for a TD to get HPU on the board. On the ensuing HPU defensive stand, Xavier McFalls recovered a blocked punt and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown.

HPU quarterback Richard Young was 18-of-35 passing for 127 yards, with one TD and four interceptions. Mica had five receptions for 63 yards and a TD. Patrick Hernandez had 16 carries for 70 yards.

Jason Disney led the HPU defense with 13 tackles including four solo. Jordan Shaw followed with 11 tackles. Donald Preston had 1.5 sacks. Gage Smith and Kris Mack each had three pass breakups.

SAGU was led by CJ Collins with 17-of-29 passing for 245 yards and three touchdowns. Chris Jenkins had 11 carries for 62 yards and Jeremiah Maat led with 11 tackles.

Howard Payne is now 0-3 on the year and SAGU stands at 3-0. The Jackets will be at home next Saturday in a nonconference match up with Austin College at 1:00 pm.

Mississippi College 42, Belhaven 21 - Box Score
CLINTON, Miss. – The Belhaven Blazers fell to Mississippi College Saturday night 42-21.

Belhaven held a 21-14 lead going into the halftime break, however, the Choctaws held the Blazers scoreless in the second half and stormed back with 28 unanswered points.

The Blazers took an early lead when Clayton Webb connected with Darien Thomas on a 37-yard touchdown pass.

After the Choctaws scored to cut it to 7-6, Deon Richardson caught a 14-yard pass from Webb to extend the lead to 14-6.

Late in the first half, the Blazers took the lead with a 25-yard touchdown connection between Kevin Shief and Webb.

However, after 302 yards of offense in the first half, Belhaven was only able to generate 119 total yards in the second half.

On the other side of the ball, Mississippi College totaled 534 yards of offense, including 500 yards rushing.

The Choctaws converted several key third downs in the second half and helped turn them into four touchdown drives to pull away from Belhaven.

Webb finished 33-of-57 with 313 yards passing. He had three touchdowns and one interception.

Thomas finished with seven receptions in the game to lead the Blazers. He had 88 yards and the one score.

Nate Williams and Richardson each had six receptions with 75 and 46 yards receiving, respectively.

Devin Odom had 14 carries for 56 yards in the game, while Marquis Hedge had 42 yards on nine rushes.

Alvin Vaughn led the Blazers in tackles with 12 total. Xavier Brooks and Alonzo Peavy each had seven tackles.

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