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Blog about it Close • 14 Comments • Favorite • tweetmeme_source = 'vicadvocate';tweetmeme_style= 'compact'; Originally published September 13, 2010 at 12:21 a.m., updated September 13, 2010 at 12:21 a.m.FROM THURSDAY's GAME Kyle Motal had another good game as quarterback. He was 20-for-33 passing with 196 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Unfortunately, Chris Franklin's night wasn't as good against King as it was against Brackenridge. Franklin ran the ...
SHOW ALL »FROM THURSDAY's GAME Kyle Motal had another good game as quarterback. He was 20-for-33 passing with 196 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Unfortunately, Chris Franklin's night wasn't as good against King as it was against Brackenridge. Franklin ran the ball 19 times for just 54 yards, but found a little momentum in the third quarter.
Seth Harrison had a strong game - nine catches for 109 yards and a touchdown - including one where he bowled over a defender waiting for a tipped pass to drop, saving an interception.
Zach Mueller added four catches and 44 yards.
From friday's gameThe East defense struggled to stop the run, allowing 406 rushing yards to Calallen, including 185 to Wildcats running back Given McClure in the first half (he finished with 208).
Not only did Steve Martinez have five catches in the game, he also electrified the crowd early by taking the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.
Roderick Warren had an amazing game, with 119 yards on just five carries with two rushing TDs. On top of that, he had two catches for 24 yards and a TD.
East's continues to roll in the first quarter. They got 21 points against Calallen in the first.
Before the game against Harlingen South, Victoria East coach Mickey Finley said one of the biggest keys to his team's early success was special teams, particularly the kicking game.
Games early in the season, he said, are won and lost on mistakes in that part of the game.
It was a statement that proved prophetic for both East and Victoria West in their Week 2 matchups.
"We did a lot of good things, we just made too many mistakes," Finley said of his team's 39-35 loss to Calallen. "It's just the things you stress to them in practice, that little things make the difference, and I think that they can learn that that was the truth, like the kicking game."
In both games, special teams played a role in who won. For East, a wild snap on a punt to open the second quarter shifted momentum from East, which had scored 21 straight points, to a talented but one-dimensional Calallen team.
The missed snap, which resulted in the Wildcats getting the ball deep in Titans territory, turned the game the other direction. Calallen rattled off 32 straight points over the next two quarters.
"We were just a little too slow making those adjustments on the field as coaches, we've got to be able to do that better," Finley said.
It caused a domino effect that hurt the Titans.
"We kind of lost our composure I thought, in the second quarter when things weren't going as we thought they should," he said. "We let it keep building up instead of getting it adjusted earlier, and that's a coaching deal that we have to fix."
:: The Warriors, on the other hand, had Corpus Christi King on the ropes.
For three-an-a-half quarters, Victoria West had more or less dominated the Mustangs only way of moving the ball - their running game.
"We felt pretty good going into the third quarter," said wide receiver Seth Harrison. "I don't know if we gave up or thought we had it in the bag or what."
Suddenly, the Warriors found themselves down. King got two touchdowns to take a one point lead, a bad snap on an extra point in the third proving costly.
"Kicking game usually tells the tale, and we didn't do what we needed to do to win this," said Warriors coach Leonard McAngus.
But that wasn't the end of it.
The Warriors put themselves in position to win. On fourth down and inside two minutes, they were inside the King 10 yard line. McAngus called a time out and sent the field goal unit on.
It was a chip shot for Felipe Bastida, not much more than an extra point.
The snap went flying past his head and backward, the third bad snap of the game, and the most costly of them all, sealing a 14-13 King win.
The Warriors defense again showed it was capable of shutting down talented players, holding King down as much as they could.
"Defense put us in a position to win the game," McAngus said.
:: At this point, losing was probably for the better. No one likes it, but doing it early means you learn from mistakes now rather than waiting until the games matter more.
The lessons learned by East and West are good ones. Both teams have now seen a high-functioning option offense that is built on running the ball every time, and will be prepared for it later.
Harrison said he was already past the loss, as are the rest of his team and the players on East.
"We're going to come out on Monday as though nothing happened," he said.
John Hornberg is a sports reporter for the Advocate, covering Victoria East and West. Contact him by e-mail at jhornberg@vicad.com, or comment at VictoriaAdvocate.com.
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Blog about it Close • Favorite Comments tstorm5 Report a Violation PermalinkEast never played Bay City in a game. On August 20th, they both had a scrimmage.
September 14, 2010 at 4:49 p.m. wingrider Report a Violation Permalink
Finley, here is an idea. Go to Refugio every Monday and Tuesday afternoon until the end of the season and be trained on how to properly coach young men to prepare for a Friday night game.
September 14, 2010 at 4:33 p.m. RedRage00 Report a Violation PermalinkWhen did East play Bay City Atzlan?
September 14, 2010 at 2:49 p.m. nwoboo Report a Violation PermalinkCan Victoria East be 3-1 and Victoria West be 2-1 ???
September 14, 2010 at 2:04 p.m. Hicktoria Report a Violation PermalinkWhy blame the refs when you lose? Sad
September 14, 2010 at 10:36 a.m. Aztlan101 Report a Violation Permalinkthis will be an interesting week for both East and West supporters since we will both be playing teams the the other has played already.
September 14, 2010 at 10:19 a.m. birdfan Report a Violation Permalinkwest vs. bay city could be a good one....
September 14, 2010 at 9:36 a.m. group6 Report a Violation PermalinkMade a trip back home to check out the game last Friday night. I Always respected Calallen Football while growing up in Victoria. I will honestly have to say that it was the most exciting high school football game I have ever witnessed live! I just love high school football in South Texas! Keep it up East and West!!!!
September 13, 2010 at 10:59 p.m. kcps04 Report a Violation PermalinkAgree with you tom77904... there was no need to start implementing the passing game when the Calallen could not stop the run. Also, Calallen was being very aggressive and East did not run any king of misdirection or screens. Even a fake reverse would have worked well. Calallen is a great team and East players should hold thier head up high for keeping it close. In the end, we should remember, these were just non district games. The titans and warriors will get things together and make noise in district 30 4A.
September 13, 2010 at 8:04 p.m. Waddie666 Report a Violation Permalinki hate it when refs favor 1 team. it should be reported to the UIL.plc got bad refs in game against K TIVY last year in playoffs. also read that calallen coach was unprofessional to say the least.that is more upsetting than the referee complaint.hey nwoboo you are persistant,please pass your skills to all referees you can. im going to agree with sniperag, these are just kids playn,they will make mistakes just as the coaches will. it is also early in the year, so this is expected. unwanted none the less. vic teams will fare well this year just give them some time. go 30_4a!!!
September 13, 2010 at 4:52 p.m. Stings84 Report a Violation PermalinkGo East!!!!
Go West!!!!
September 13, 2010 at 4:39 p.m. nwoboo Report a Violation PermalinkVictoria east and and Victroia west need play better deffense stoping the rushing game. Victoria East let the other team score 25 points 2th quater and Victroia West let other team score 14 point in the 4th quater.
September 13, 2010 at 3:45 p.m. Sniperag Report a Violation PermalinkHowdy All:
First off I'm a west sider. I was at the game Friday Nite, Sat on the Calallen side just to watch.
A couple of points that I want to make. First, the crowd on the home side was impressive, the numbers & the "release the Beast" chant were all good. The cheers , jeers & boos were also spot on. Secondly, the refeeres were as kind to the East as they are to the West. Calallen had several major holding penalites on their side of the field which were no calls by the Corpus Christi Officials. The Corpus officials have historically gouge the Victoria team(s). Appears some thing never change. Hope both teams get a fair shake versus G-P. And in closing, your kids played hard, kinda lost their poise some, but they are just kids.
Every one just needs to remember, Coaches coach, players play & everyelse just gets to enjoy the ride.. See you all at the end
September 13, 2010 at 12:52 p.m. tom77904 Report a Violation PermalinkMickey Finley was right. A lot of the blame for East's loss Friday goes to the coaching. Not for failing to make adjustments, though. More for play selection. Take, for instance, the need among many coaches to go for the big play, the "bomb" or whatever. When a team is moving the ball with runs and high-percentage short passes, why stall it all by throwing the 50-yarder and hoping against hope that someone from your team will run under it? Five attempted "bombs" Friday night and the only one completed was to Calallen. Also, how many good teams does one see needing less than a foot for a fatal first down try to run up the middle from the shotgun. What's wrong with putting the quarterback under center and chugging forward for that inch?
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