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Pretty awesome of PNG to honor Benny before the game

Gohlke, PN-G prevail in OT, 27-24 By Tom Halliburton Jude Gohlke and Ace Reeves kept going to the well and Port Neches-Groves might say that a “purple rain” eventually drenched its neighbors. This latest Mid-County classic contained a brand-new final act entitled overtime but when it came to win, the Indians tried nothing new at all. They merely ran the same play which kept filling their buckets at the well throughout this memorable Friday night. The speedy junior quarterback took the final snap and went to the well one last time, following his huge left tackle Reeves on a game-winning seven-yard touchdown run. The game-winner lifted PN-G over a gallant Nederland squad, 27-24, before a very excited full house at Indian Stadium. The play – “wide zone to the left” -- was the well from which PN-G’s purple rain prospered. The Indians (5-3 and 4-0) simply tried an ancient strategy of running a good play for as long as it worked. Gohlke ran 22 times for 116 yards and three touchdowns. His final carry was PN-G’s fifth play in overtime, overcoming a momentary 24-21 deficit. Nederland (5-3 and 3-1) unlocked the 21-21 regulation tie on its lone extra possession when senior kicker Tucker Belaire successfully booted a 42-yard field goal from the right hash mark. That kick enabled Gohlke, Reeves and PN-G’s offensive unit to know what it needed. Gohlke unleashed the purple rain with a heady sprint for the north end zone easily before Dogs’ defender Takorian Scott could get there. It created an on-field celebration PN-G fans will never forget and it placed coach Jeff Joseph’s squad in sole possession of the District 9-4A-II lead. “I didn’t think I was going to get in at first but I was there,” Gohlke said. “We were going to pass more than run it this much but the run was working so we stayed with it… I trusted my guys up front.” The trust factor was huge for left tackle Reeves (6-4, 295), the leader of coach Dan Welch’s offensive line. “The play kept working and if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it,” Reeves said. “If they can’t stop it, keep running it.” Indians chief Jeff Joseph and Welch both praised offensive coordinator Collin Gizzi for staying so persistent in going to the well. “Collin did a great job of calling the game,” Joseph said. “He just kept putting the ball in the playmaker’s hands.” Bulldogs boss Scott Rich felt the Indians “just made one more play than we did.” “At times we stopped that (wide zone) play but they went right back to it,” Rich said. “It was two great football teams playing a great game.” Gohlke had a rough night trying to throw anyway. He completed only 5 of 17 passes for 63 yards but one incomplete pass easily could have prevented the night from extending into overtime. The quarterback threw a perfect pass to a wide-open Daylan Jackson who dropped the pass. Jackson could have walked in for a game-winning touchdown with 44 seconds left in regulation play. “I was just moving too fast,” Jackson said. “The game was on the line and I just didn’t look at it all the way in.” PN-G eventually won the yardage count, 274-253, but Nederland led in first downs, 16-12, and owned a 173-115 edge in first-half yardage plus a 14-7 lead on the scoreboard. The game’s leading rusher, Nederland senior Jaedon Ned, carried 21 times for 146 yards and one touchdown. The Bulldogs running back appeared to depart the game with four minutes to play after a violent collision with Indians’ defensive back Christian Chiasson. Ned’s determined runs and an accurate pass connection from Jaxon Collins to Brayden Clay vaulted the visitors to a 14-0 advantage by midway in the second quarter. That’s when the home team started to pound back. PN-G quarterback Jake Ashworth pounded so hard on a first-down gallop that he clobbered Houston chapter umpire David Wilson to the ground. Wilson laid motionless for a brief time but regained consciousness. The official was removed from the field on a stretcher and was transported to Beaumont’s Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for observation. The Indians caught a break midway in the third quarter when a roughing the kicker penalty on Nederland gave PN-G a first down at the Dogs 5. The Bulldogs would have retained a 14-10 edge after Caleb Sanders converted a 27-yard field goal. But the Indians opted to take the points off the board and Gohlke headed to the well on the next snap from five yards out. The 14-all tie remained until Jackson Lane opened the final quarter with a quick 13-yard toss to Clay. PN-G immediately responded with Jackson’s leaping catch and Ashworth’s scoring plunge. Nederland will entertain Texas City next Friday while PN-G will visit Baytown Lee. Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent for the Beaumont Enterprise

Never heard of a father and son still in high school together. Being that this IP you are using is a school IP.

Who y'all got? I like Huffman to get off to a good start early, but ultimately I think Bye week wears down the feared 5 man front of Huffman and squeaks out a W dropping Huffman to 4-6.

Gotcha....didnt know he wrote a book... I do know when we wrote a feature before the state game on Hickman and taking WOS back to the title game we reached out to Coach Thompson and he only gave us a "no comment" Which kinda told me all I needed to know

Hardin Jefferson is absolutely a top 25 team. The TABC process highly rewards last years results, because HJ lost in the first round they aren't on here, doesn't factor enough who they bring back and how quality their opponent they lost to was. HJ is going to be really really good this year.

Jasper at WOS senior night for my son so I be on the field

2 weeks left in regular season and it's getting tight at the top. Aggies is making his typical climb. We also have 14 that beat the expert ??? this week. He's getting tired lol

I base it on giving up 42 to WOS, most in the 2nd half and giving up 31 to an always overrated Silsbee team

35-10 LU Final

If Ned had a passing game, I think they could go a long way. The guys in the trenches are very good

That was the most egregiously bad game-altering call I’ve ever seen in person. Wild that this thread went on like it didn’t happen.

It's the quiet before the storm. The word out on the street (and on the golf course this morning ) is that Nederland thinks they already have this game won. Because they beat Crawford, you know.

LU at 13 and 15 in the Coaches and Stats Perform polls.

Gohlke, PN-G prevail in OT, 27-24 By Tom Halliburton Jude Gohlke and Ace Reeves kept going to the well and Port Neches-Groves might say that a “purple rain” eventually drenched its neighbors. This latest Mid-County classic contained a brand-new final act entitled overtime but when it came to win, the Indians tried nothing new at all. They merely ran the same play which kept filling their buckets at the well throughout this memorable Friday night. The speedy junior quarterback took the final snap and went to the well one last time, following his huge left tackle Reeves on a game-winning seven-yard touchdown run. The game-winner lifted PN-G over a gallant Nederland squad, 27-24, before a very excited full house at Indian Stadium. The play – “wide zone to the left” -- was the well from which PN-G’s purple rain prospered. The Indians (5-3 and 4-0) simple tried an ancient strategy of running a good play for as long as it worked. Gohlke ran 22 times for 116 yards and three touchdowns. His final carry was PN-G’s play in overtime, overcoming a momentary 24-21 deficit. Nederland (5-3 and 3-1) unlocked the 21-21 regulation tie on its lone extra possession when senior kicker Tucker Belaire successfully booted a 42-yard field goal from the right hash mark. That kick enabled Gohlke, Reeves and PN-G’s offensive unit to know what it needed. Gohlke unleashed the purple rain with a headfirst dive for the north end zone easily before Dogs’ defender Takorian Scott could get there. It created an on-field celebration PN-G fans will never forget and it placed coach Jeff Joseph’s squad in sole possession of the District 9-4A-II lead. “I didn’t think I was going to get in at first but I was there,” Gohlke said. “We were going to pass more than run it this much but the run was working so we stayed with it… I trusted my guys up front.” The trust factor was huge for left tackle Reeves (6-4, 295), the leader of coach Dan Welch’s offensive line. “The play kept working and if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it,” Reeves said. “If they can’t stop it, keep running it.” Indians chief Jeff Joseph and Welch both praised offensive coordinator Collin Gizzi for staying so persistent in going to the well. “Collin did a great job of calling the game,” Joseph said. “He just kept putting the ball in the playmaker’s hands.” Bulldogs boss Scott Rich felt the Indians “just made one more play than we did.” “At times we stopped that (wide zone) play but they went right back to it,” Rich said. “It was two great football teams playing a great game.” Gohlke had a rough night trying to throw anyway. He completed only 5 of 17 passes for 63 yards but one incomplete pass easily could have prevented the night from extending into overtime. The quarterback threw a perfect pass to a wide-open Daylan Jackson who dropped the pass. Jackson could have walked in for a game-winning touchdown with 44 seconds left in regulation play. “I was just moving too fast,” Jackson said. “The game was on the line and I just didn’t look at it all the way in.” PN-G eventually won the yardage count, 274-253, but Nederland led in first downs, 16-12, and owned a 173-115 edge in first-half yardage plus a 14-7 lead on the scoreboard. The game’s leading rusher, Nederland senior Jaedon Ned, carried 21 times for 146 yards and one touchdown. The Bulldogs running back appeared to depart the game with four minutes to play after a violent collision with Indians’ defensive back Christian Chiasson. Ned’s determined runs and an accurate pass connection from Jaxon Collins to Brayden Clay vaulted the visitors to a 14-0 advantage by midway in the second quarter. That’s when the home team started to pound back. PN-G quarterback Jake Ashworth pounded so hard on a first-down gallop that he clobbered Houston chapter umpire David Wilson to the ground. Wilson laid motionless for a brief time but regained consciousness. The official was removed from the field on a stretcher and was transported to Beaumont’s Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for observation. The Indians caught a break midway in the third quarter when a roughing the kicker penalty on Nederland gave PN-G a first down at the Dogs 5. The Bulldogs would have retained a 14-10 edge after Caleb Sanders converted a 27-yard field goal. But the Indians opted to take the points off the board and Gohlke headed to the well on the next snap from five yards out. The 14-all tie remained until Jackson Lane opened the final quarter with a quick 13-yard toss to Clay. PN-G immediately responded with Jackson’s leaping catch and Ashworth’s scoring plunge. Nederland will entertain Texas City next Friday while PN-G will visit Baytown Lee. Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent for the Beaumont Enterprise

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Keeping HF to just 222 yards total offense was a fantastic job by the Tiger defense. Lowest output yardage wise all season for HF. WO-S kind of laid the blueprint out in the 2nd half of their game with how to defend HF. Mix coverages up and bring the house. A defense can do this if they have the speed at linebacker and the secondary can cover. I have been saying this for a while, HF just doesn't run it well enough (or emphasize it enough) to keep good defenses from having to worry about the run game therefore they can bring the heat off the edges without being hurt up the middle. It showed again last night. After staying up late last night watching the game, I believe Silsbee had 5 sacks and countless hurries on the HF QB. I have always said the best pass defense is a great pass rush. Silsbee being able to mix the run with the pass (kind of like what WO-S did) on offense kept HF on their heels that first half. The 2nd half played out like Coach Smith likes to do it. Grind it out and see who is the tougher team. It was a little bit harder for Silsbee to run the ball after their main RB went down in 1st half. This after losing their other main guy two weeks ago. Morris did a tremendous job taking up the slack. Good win for my Tigers. I guess one can now say the actual district championship game was last week and not two weeks ago like some claimed.😉

PNG gave the ball to their best player and told him to go win the game. Nederland’s 2 best watched from the sidelines a lot at the end.

BU pulls the upset.

A win is a win 🤷🏾‍♂️ Glad the injured kids came back healthy for this dub.

Tough play. Couldn't see that side from my vantage but it was obvious that play was stopped from a whistle. The fumble before was a good call. It's not easy to strip Haegyn, much less twice in consecutive plays. Tough runner but HF Defense showed out. I've never witnessed a 2 min disaster like what occurred before half. Talk about opportunistic defensive plays! Broussard is a beast and made some throws under pressure that was impressive. Side note: Several game altering calls. That particular play will be the one everyone talks about, not the blocked XP, 6 sacks, 2 TODs late in the game that the Silsbee defense needed to pull it out. Great game.

Long ride back to harris county houston.... Maybe we'll see the huffman group back on here when they get on the bus.

Good game. Indians Got away with a hold on that last play.

From the small portion of the video I just saw it looks like NW was able to move the ball and score pretty consistently. Mostly with the pass. Hardin did what they normally do on offense and it was mostly effective except they got behind by 10 early because of a bad snap. NW continued to move the ball and score on most possessions forcing Hardin to have to step out of their comfort zone a little as time started playing against them. Hardin's offense isn't good for playing from behind

Anahuac had no answer for Orangefield offense tonight. In particular the pass game and more specifically the middle of the secondary. Bobcats exploited that area all night long. Orangefield did a great job mixing the run with the pass. Anahuac simply couldn't get any stops when needed. OF scored TD's on their first 7 possessions. Only when the 2nd team offense was out there in 4th were they forced to punt. Bobcats defense played well. Got hit with a couple of big plays but all in all did a great job of containing the Panther run game. This was the 3rd time for me to see Orangefield this season. They looked the best tonight. Definitely have improved from earlier in the season.

As you know, Lufkin changed their O a little during their bye week to take better advantage of some of their skill players. I feel relatively confident they can beat GCM. BWB is a little different animal, even though both focus their O on their QB’s. BWB has a better D than GCM IMHO. Plus, they’re on somewhat of an upswing. Still, Lufkin doesn’t have to beat GCM. They only have to beat BWB. It’s all moot if BU doesn’t lose out. Lufkin won’t win in a tie scenario. They need it to be heads up with them & RSS getting the spots. Matt is simply going with the odds based on play to this point. It’s all he can—or any of us—go by. Preseason, I picked Lufkin to get the 4 seed. I haven’t heard the fat lady sing yet. But, she is warming up. (This is just to address your BISD question about neither getting in.)

Reading this thread triggered memories from the L-Train days back in the mid-late 2000s lol

This thread is getting me through the week. 😂

Give him a break. He's still in school. Got lots to learn. This must be lunch time, study hall or one of those "elective" courses this time of day.

[Hidden Content] Coverage area teams in the rankings: 6A #3 Atascocita #14 North Shore 5A #3 Beaumont West Brook #14 Beaumont United 3A #3 Onalaska #6 Orangefield #16 Huntington #19 Trinity #20 Diboll #23 East Chambers 2A #7 San Augustine #18 Chireno 1A #4 Brookeland

Going to watch the undefeated Vinton Lions take on Pickering. Unless it's raining.

Cornel Thompson’s book is titled “WOS Football, A Way of Life,” a 424‑page history of the West Orange‑Stark Mustangs football program. It was written by Cornel Thompson, the longtime West Orange‑Stark (WOS) coach who spent over 45 years with the program Thompson’s book is a detailed historical record of the winningest high school football program in Texas, covering: Players, coaches, games, and records across 45 years Behind‑the‑scenes stories, halftime adjustments, and coaching decisions Early program history, including the 1977 consolidation of Stark High and West Orange High Profiles of predecessors Steve McCarty and Dan Hooks in early chapters Season‑by‑season accounts, including state championships and playoff runs All‑state players and statistical records at the end of the book Thompson describes the work as a “family affair,” noting generations of players he coached over decades Thompson said he wanted to preserve the legacy of WOS football because “nobody in the state of Texas has done what we’ve done for forty‑five years” He emphasized that the book was not written for profit, but to document the program’s unmatched consistency and culture The book is self‑published and sold directly through Thompson: Paperback price: $35 Copies are available by contacting Coach Thompson directly

PNG needs to work on the running game. Indians need to concentrate on execution & offensive line power. We can work out any bugs in the running game & build up Tyson Henry's Stats this game. 🤙☺️🏈

Noted. 9) Keep to the subject. Post to the section that is most appropriate for the topic being presented. Should be noted as well. Posting personal opinions related to high school kids and their level of participation for the season does not keep to the subject of the PN-G vs Nederland football game as the thread title suggests. It is inflammatory and directed at a specific kid or kids.

With the history of these two teams, it could go either way.

I think the West Sabine vs West Hardin game will be closer than 35 points. If WH catches a few breaks it could be a very interesting game. Deweyville has scored 20+ points once this year (Kelly) against an opponent that wasn't a home school team or just brought football back this year. I think Colmesneil wins by 3+ scores to set up a show down with West Sabine with the district title on the line.

One of the players has been injured for four years and had only played a few snaps. Guess those patches on those letterman jackets are crucial. One of the other players has played full time on JV and definitely isn’t good enough to play on Varsity. Just my 2 Cents

He definitely made the QB look good

The Port Arthur Mental midgets are prime for another loss. BU gets the job done and y'all coaches fist fight on the sidelines. lmao...

That front 7 is legit.. I talked it up before the week. But PNG coaches did what everyone in the stadium knew was going to happen. Jude is the best player in the district hands down..

Best Nederland team I've seen in a long time MCM # 2 a real possibility I think, Does anyone know if this is the first time that they have played an Overtime MCM.

PNG beat us with a QB that could run. Good game.

Sure am glad to see Vidor winning. The play by play announcers are not saying their opponent and refs are cheating. 🤣

Ok I was 2 points off. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I would think that the local school based broadcast would have first dibs, but then again I don’t work in broadcasting nor am I a contract lawyer. As Tfaas said I saw a FB post as well that both school groups were going to stream tonight.

Massey projections were pretty close.

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DCTX has Silsbee as a 3 point favorite.

I have no doubt that the North Shore defense will slow the King offense down. This game in my opinion is comes down to the King defense making the North Shore offense turn the ball over.