OlDawg

They haven’t looked bad either game. The Border Battle is always unpredictable. Tonight, they incorporated more short passes & even attempted one to the big TE. It was a catchable ball he missed. But, good targeting & good to see them incorporate it. Still haven’t seen many delayed screens—which I think could be very deadly with their run game. We’ll see what they continue to mix in. They did introduce a frosh WR tonight who looked like he could become a very exciting player. Fast, with moves, hands, & height. Will be watching him in future games. Looks like he could become a playmaker if given the chance. The D has been burned by long trick plays in both games so far. Otherwise, they’ve done a decent job of bending. Deer Park & Kingwood both have good sized teams. LP’s OL is big. But, the D is relatively small. The secondary all look to be very short. No worries. Still preseason. They’ve lost 2 games by a total of 10 points while tinkering with the O, and had a chance to win both at the end even with the tinkering.

KWD has a pretty good looking ballclub. They have a nice looking RB & solid QB & WR. LP O is pretty predictable still. Did see more passes that are easier for Saenz to complete. Pretty enjoyable game.

!!score:21/28/F

KWD stops LP on 4th & 4. Ballgame.

KWD stops LP on 4th & goal at the 4. TO on downs.

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Ha! Stepped away for a couple minutes. !!score:21/28/3

LP blocks FG attempt. !!score:14/21/H LP gets ball to start the 3rd

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Refs miss defensive holding. Give KWD an INT. KWD ball. KWD then fumbles back to LP.

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!!score:7/7/1 LP drives the field. Barnes TD. Saenz hitting shorter/better Pct. passes.

!!score:0/7/1 LP fumble. KWD first play double reverse pass for TD.

La Porte (0-1) visits Turner Stadium to face the Mustangs (1-0) Thursday night at 7 PM. LP is coming off another hard hitting Border Battle against Deer Park at Abshier that the Deer won 25-22. Kingwood spanked Clear Creek 29-0 in their matchup. Kingwood is used to playing the best of the best as they’re in district with North Shore, Atascocita, and Summer Creek. They regularly finish 4th in district. But, in any other district, they’d have a good shot at consistently being district champs. It will be interesting to see if the LP coaching staff continues to use this game as a practice session for the passing game—which was pretty inept last week—or, if they actually focus more on the running game. Special Teams for LP was a definite bright spot for the Dawgs against the Deer as they almost broke every return for a trip to the house, converted 2 point conversion, and had solid punt return coverage.

I’m glad they’re working on the passing game in predistrict. Yes. You want to win. Especially this game. But, being more proficient passing for district play & possible playoff run is more important in the long run. We know what Barnes & Sandolph can do. The passing game was horrible. Saenz was off all night. They need to continue to work on it. They didn’t even attempt a pass to the big TE, and I didn’t see much to the RB’s in space. Still too many low pct. deep balls. Need to incorporate more mid level and let your athletes work in space. Glad no major injuries.

!!score:22/25/F

Saenz throws a pick. Hasn’t been his night. That’ll do it.

LP ball on their own 10.

LP will get the ball with 1:37 left.

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TD LP…Barnes 64 yards !!score:15/18/4 Barnes 2 pt conversion

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