THE VILLAGER Page 8 ~ November 18, 2011 www.theaustinvillager.com SPORTS Timberwolves took advantage of Cedar Park Head Coach Cedar Park takes a big bite all of their mistakes. Chris Ross felt his team got back Coach Odems gives Cedar to Cedar Park football and con- Park credit for being a great team trolled the line of scrimmage and into LBJ that is very physical. Odems had some big pass plays to loos- also stated, “That his team was ened up the safeties and put ap- unable to match their physical plied more defensive pressure to play in the second half and were the Jaguars quarterback. Coach forced to go three and out on Ross has instilled in his team,” three straight possessions in the Everyone has to understand that second half”. Odems also everyone is playing for one thing added, “We gained valuable ex- each other and if you slip up, this perience this year. We have to family is done your game is over commit ourselves in the off sea- and this team will never play an- son. We can’t have guys hit- other game and these guys un- By: Terry Davis ting and missing talking about I derstand that”. have to do this and I have to do Cedar Park would win the @terryd515 that. If they are going be com- game by a final score of 55-26. The mitted to what we are doing, they Jaguars finish the season with a The LBJ Jaguars came into have to be dedicated to the com- 6-4 record. Cedar Park 9-2 next the first round of the playoffs mitment and it starts in the off game will be at Burger Stadium to looking to compete with the Ce- season”. play Hays at 7:30. dar Park Timberwolves. The Jag- uars, the 26 4A Division Champi- ons, wanted to stop the Timber- wolves quarterback Brain Hogan. The Jaguars attack Cedar Park from the one yard line. However Hogan had his own agenda for the night. On the first In the second quarter, LBJ Randon Knotts would go in the have a very impressive game with drive of the game, Cedar Park had offense would get on track with end zone from the one yard line to 185 rushing yards and 111 pass- four running plays for 63 yards, of 6:24 into the quarter the Jaguars even the score at 13-13. ing yards. Thomas Middleton which Hogan accounted for 47 would start from their own After halftime Cedar Park would run for 117 yards and Ethan rushing yards to take an early 6-0 twenty yard line. With the com- would come out of the locker room Fry would have 113 rushing lead. The extra point was missed binations of short runs and a different team. The defensive yards. because of a mishandled snap passes, LBJ would be able to get pressure that was applied to the The Jaguars would not quit from the center. on the scoreboard; Trey Porter Jaguars was too much for them to in the second half. Their quarter- On Cedar Parks’ second would take a two yard run into handle. The Timberwolves would back Darius Collins would throw drive of the first quarter the the end zone for a touchdown. score touchdowns on their first six for two touchdown passes. Timberwolves would only need 4 However, the extra point was not possessions of the second half to Collins would finish the game with plays again to go 82 yards for a good and LBJ would pull to open up some breathing room. 352 passing yards. Head Coach 13-0 lead. Ethan Fry would have within seven with the 13-6 score. The offensive line came out and Demo Odems knew his team would 66 rushing yards on that drive, the Terrence Walker would in- out physical the Jaguars and not quit and that they would play longest being a 43 yard rush on tercept a Hogan pass with 2:14 moved the ball and protected the for 48 minutes. However he real- the first play of the drive. The left in the half to give his team quarterback. ized that in order to beat a great Jaguars were limited by what they the football with a short field. LBJ Hogan would throw and run team like Cedar Park you can’t were doing by the Timberwolves would start the drive on the 40 for three of the six touchdowns in make many mistakes they made Thomas Middleton #35 pounds towards LBJ’s end zone. defense in the first quarter. yard line and on third and goal the second half. Hogan would too many mistakes and the Photos by Terry Davis Dallas Stampedes Pasts the Texas Longhorns Basketball Buffalo Bills Looks to Reload By: Terry Davis Last year the Texas Long- guards that will at times play horns had three first round out of position because of the picks that went in the NBA lack of size with this team. The draft. The three players were team only has 10 players on Jordan Hamilton, Cory Joseph the current roster, which leads and Tristan Thompson. to everyone having to play Hamilton played for two sea- more in scrimmages in prac- son, one as a starter was tices. Barnes thinks that he drafted in the first round by the likes his players more now Dallas Mavericks. Joseph was than that like him, because of a freshman and was drafted by how hard he has been work- the San Antonio Spurs. Th- ing them. ompson was selected by the The Longhorns will look Cleveland Cavaliers as the 4 to run more this season and to pick taken and the third high- have more ball movement in est in Texas’ history. their offense. They are also This year the Longhorns Longhorns will employ more going to try to open up the welcome six freshmen that will pressure defense for two rea- floor more with screens, cuts have to contribute early. The sons one to create more turn- and more ball movement. No six freshmen are Jaylen Bond, overs and secondly to in- one has stepped as a team Sterling Gibbs, Johnathan crease the tempo of the game. leader as of yet. Many play- Holmes, Myck (pronounced According to Barnes, Bond ers have been a given leader Mike) Kabongo, Julien Lewis has been better than ex- from time to time, but no one pected. He has exceeded the Photo Courtesy of Dallas Cowboys. Tony Romo looks for an open Kevin Olgetree and Sheldon McClellan. Head has done it day in and day out Coach Rick Barnes knows that expectations of the coaching so far. The coaching staff has From the very first drive of touchdown passes. ceptions on the day. One inter- these freshmen will struggle at staff with his overall ability. tried to create chemistry with the game the Dallas Cowboys de- Cowboys Owner Jerry ception Newman returned for a 43 times. Sterling Gibbs is an- team. The staff has been very cided how the game would be Jones was very pleased with the yard touchdown for the final score Kabongo will be an excit- other speedy guard that will hard on the team and feels that played against the Buffalo Bills. efforts of his team. Jones on the of the game with 4:54 left in the ing player to watch. Kabongo be used to assist in the pres- they have gotten a little closer The Cowboys took the opening last time he saw Tony play this game. In total the Cowboys had is a very fast and quick point sure defense. Gibbs has the and are pulling for one an- drive 80 yards on five plays for a well, “I saw him play that well in three interceptions and forced one guard who will reminds Long- ability to run the team at point other. touchdown pass by Tony Romo the first half against Detroit, But fumble. On two drives that the Bills horns fans of T J Ford and D J guard. Some critics openly Returning upperclass- to Dez Bryant. On first play on what I saw here was the result of started, the Cowboys intercepted Augustine. Myck has kept his question why Gibbs would men J’Covan Brown and Alexis the first drive by the Bills, the lessons we learned in De- the pass of the very first play of teammates alert with his crisp come to Texas with Kabongo Wangmene will be looked DeMarcus Ware would sack Ryan troit—that is what really does feel those drives. passes. At times Barnes has already committed to the upon for guidance for the Fitzpatrick for a ten yard loss. The good”. Head Coach Jason The Cowboys (5-4) sched- had to instruct Kabongo that school. Gibbs stated that was freshmen to show them the Cowboys would win the game by Garrett feels that Romo was ule gets a little easier. Next week sometimes the best play is a one of the main reasons for ropes and the rigors of play- a score of 44-7. sharp and had opportunities to they have to travel to play the decent pass instead of drib- choosing Texas was that ing in the Big 12 and how to DeMarco Murray put in make plays. Garrett’s other Washington Redskins (3-6) at bling the ball the complete Myck was here. Gibbs had handle adversity. Brown can another impressive effort in the thoughts on Romo, “I think he is FedEx Field and then have a short length of the court. previously committed to the be a consistent scorer and as- win over the Bills. Murray rushed playing well. He is aggressive week and will have to play the Jaylen Bond and University of Maryland, but sist person. Wangmene will be for 135 yards and had a rushing down the field throwing the foot- Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving Johnathan Holmes will have to after the previous coach re- relied upon for his defensive touchdown. Murray in only his ball. It seemed like he was see- Day at home. The Cowboys are in be responsible for playing big- tired Gibbs did not want to presence and rebounding abil- fourth start of the year has 674 ing the defense, understanding complete control of their bid to ger than their 6’7" size. This play for a coach that had ity. Barnes points out that no rushing yards this year. In the first what we want to do, finding the make the playoffs without any as- Longhorn team is not very tall never seen him play. Gibbs freshmen has come into the half Romo had a near perfect right guy, and physically deliv- sistance from anyone else. With but very athletic and will have would also like to take credit program and hit the ground passer rating of 158.2. Romo also ering the football. the loss by the New York Giants to rely on basic fundamentals for recruiting Bond here after running. Barnes feels it will had three touchdown passes. The Cowboys defense to the San Francisco Forty-Niners, in order to get rebounds. he de-committed from the Uni- take some time before these Romo would finish the day with was tenacious against the Bills. the Cowboys are only one game Barnes feels the team will have versity of Pittsburgh. freshmen to hit their level of 270 passing yards with three Terrence Newman had two inter- out of first place. to be more creative in protect- Julien Lewis and consistent contribution to the Prediction the Cowboys will defeat the Washington Redskins 24-14. ing the basket this year. The Sheldon McClellan are also team. The Houston Texans are The bye week could not have come doing the little things to win foot- Texans Keeps on rolling in Tampa at a better time for the Texans. They ball games. They are dominating yard touchdown reception 12 would have 4 sacks, 3 interceptions have a lot of players that are nicked on the offensive line. They are seconds into the game. The ex- and one forced fumble. The Tex- up and need the week off to heal controlling the game by having a tra point was blocked and the ans defense came into the game their bodies to make that elusive balanced attack to keep the oppo- Texans would have a 6-0 lead as the number defense in the run for the playoffs. Currently the nents defenses in limbo. The game before anyone was sitting com- league. The Texans held the Texans have the best record in the against the Tampa Bay Bucca- fortably in their seats. Schuab Buccaneers to 270 total yards. AFC, but because they have neers was completely dominated would also have a 78 yard touch- This is the first game of the played one more game than the by the Texans. down reception to Arian Foster year that the Texans have won Baltimore Ravens that position The Texans won the game in the second quarter to extend when a rusher did not run for over could change. The next game for 37-9 and this is the first of that the the Texans lead to 16-0. Foster 100 yards. Foster finished the the Texans will be a home game Texans have won when they did did however did have 108 receiv- game with 84 rushing yards and a against the Jacksonville Jaguars not have a runner to rush for over ing yards rushing touchdown. Ben Tate on November 27. Schuab had in- one hundred yards. Matt Schuab Brain Cushing continues would run for 63 yard and would jured his foot in Sunday’s game was an effective 10 for 15 on pass- the head up the defensive charge also have rushing touchdown. will be out indefinitely. Backup ing attempts for 242 yards. On the by the Texans. Cushing had 8 tack- The Texans will have an ex- quarterback will start at against first play of the game, Schuab les including one quarterback sack Photo Courtesy of the Houston Texans. Jacoby Jones catches tra week to savor the win. The Jacksonville in the Texans next would hit Jacoby Jones for an 80 and one interception. The Texans and run for 80 yard touchdown. Texans will finally have a bye week. game.