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| By: Mike Jones , Sports Editor | 09/25/2004 |
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"We allowed them to make it a dogfight at the end," said TWHS head coach Mark Schmid. "All our turnovers were in critical situations. Anytime you win it's a feather in your cap, but we've got some work to do."
The Highlanders held a precarious 21-19 lead late in the third quarter before pulling away for a 28-19 victory in the 14-5A opener for both teams.
The visiting Tigers ate up over eight minutes of the clock in the first quarter with their ball-control offense, but it was the Highlanders who took a 7-0 lead on Kyle Drabek's 65-yard TD reception from Greg Meinzer. The catch was Drabek's 10th of the season and his 7th that resulted in a TD.
The Highlanders would add a TD run by Cameron Montgomery and a TD pass from Meinzer to Ben Melear for a 21-7 lead at the half, but Collins would score twice in the first 9:12 of the third quarter, on a 65-yard run and a 36-yard reception, both by Michael Goodson, to pull within 21-19.
Collins would get a celebration penalty on the score and had to go for two from 18 yards out, with a two-point pass falling incomplete.
TWHS responded with a five-play, 42-yard drive that culminated in Montgomery's 9-yard TD jaunt.
Derrick McCants had an interception in the game and A.J. Montalvo blocked an extra-point.
Sept. 25, 2004, 12:02AM
Klein Collins can't catch Woodlands
Mongtomery's run thwarts rally attempt
CONROE -- The state-ranked Woodlands Highlanders got a scare Friday night from Klein Collins, but a 20-yard touchdown run by Cameron Montgomery in the third quarter after the Tigers had pulled to within two points gave them a 28-19 District 14-5A win.
The Highlanders held two-touchdown leads throughout the first half and early into the second, but Collins rallied on a 65-yard Michael Goodson run early in the third quarter and a 36-yard Goodson score on its next possession on a pass from quarterback Cameron Luke.
But the Highlanders' A. J. Montalvo blocked the point-after try on the first, and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after the second made the second two-point try long.
The Highlanders' Ryan Graham knocked down a pass intended for Luke, who moved to receiver on the play, in the end zone.
Goodson led all runners for the night with 115 yards on 11 carries, with Montgomery picking up 99 on 19 tries.