Orangefield at Splendora Scrimmage/Post comments here!

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CONTROLLED PART

SPLENDORA 1ST TEAM 1

ORANGEFIELD  0

SPLENDORA 2ND TEAM 0

ORANGEFIELD  1

 

PLAYED A LIVE HALF

SPLENDORA 13

ORANGEFIELD 7

 

I really thought Orangefield controlled the scrimmage, score doesn't show it but if it wasn't for a couple of big plays they probably don't score. In the controlled part, Splendora took the first play and went like 65 yards and had first and goal, scored 2 plays later. Didn't do much after that. Orangefield put together a nice drive, got inside the 20 but turned the ball over on downs. Splendora 2nd team struggled, and didn't score. Orangefield's 2nd team scored once and was driving but ran out of plays.

In the live part, Splendora once again broke off a big run on the first play getting inside the Orangefield 15 yard line. Orangefield's defense forced a few negative plays and Splendora tried a pass into the endzone on 4th down that was batted away. Orangefield then went on a 80 yard drive in probably 10-12 plays with Blake Bradley scoring from 10 yards out, extra point was good.

On Splendora's next possession, Orangefield once again had forced a few negative plays and Splendora faced a 3rd and 15. Splendora's qb threw a hail mary type pass into triple coverage that was actually batted down by an Orangefield defender but a Splendora receiver trailing the play caught it in stride before it hit the ground and went untouched into the endzone. It was a wild play and something I had never seen before live in a game. Extra point was good tied at 7.

Then the monsoon hit, they kept playing, it was hard to even see the players on the field from the stands. Orangefield got one first down and then fumbled the ball and it was picked up by Splendora and returned to the 1 yard line, 2 plays later they scored, extra point missed, 13-7.

Orangefield got the ball back with around 2 minutes left, drove to around midfield but ran out of time. We don't throw the ball at all, but couldn't have thrown in that weather if we had wanted too.

Overall, Splendora has some big boys, but I really think they'll struggle in that tough district this year. I said that last year after we scrimmaged them and they played well, but I don't believe this team is as good. Orangefield will be fine, we're extremely young, have 8-10 sophmores on varsity that will play and play a lot. But we held our own yesterday against a team that probably had over 50 kids dressed out to our 30.