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Football Time! Calallen wins Area. Fightin' Wildcats ends the football season of the Beeville Jones Trojans. The Trojans never gave up. They scored first, but could not maintain the lead. The Wildcats scored 21 unanswer points, before Beeville made their comeback scoring twice. However, not giving up either, The Calallen Fightin' Wildcats made some fine blocking as quarrterback Ryan Duke ran through the line and zig-zag his way for the final and 31-yard touchdown. Final score 28-21 in a thriller.

Game Summary:
Boxscore
CALALLEN....0...14...0...14....28
BEEVILLE.....0.....7...0...14....21

...................Calallen...Beeville
First Downs....... 22.........13
Total Yards ......396......321
Rushing .......... 133.......76
Passing Yards ...263...... 245
Passing 18/34/2/7.7 ......8/24/1/10.1

Scoring Summary
2Nd Quarter
B -- Oscar Banda 69-yd td pass from Eric Soza. (Colten Morris Kicked.)
C - -Matt Garza 9-yd td pass from Ryan Duke. (Josh Rowden Kicked.)
C --James Bateman 2-yd td run (Josh Rowden Kicked.)
4Th Quarter
C --Collin Simpson 1-yd td run (Josh Rowden Kicked.)
B --Rey Longoria 2-yd td run. (Colten Morris Kicked.)
C --Ryan Duke 31-yd td run. (Josh Rowden Kicked.)
B --Robert Elizalde 47-yd td pass from Eric Soza. (Colten Morris Kicked.)
STATISTICS:
C -- Passing (Comp/Att Yards Int TD) Duke - 18/33 263 1 2; Marek - 0/1 0 0 0.
B -- Passing (Comp/Att Yards Int TD) Soza - 8/24 245 2 1
RUSHING:
C __ Duke - 19-93; Bateman - 10-40; Simpson - 3-1
B -- Herrera 5-36; Longoria 6-13; Warner 3-12; Soza 10-8; Gutierrez 2-7
RECEIVING
C -- Hoelscher - 5-101; Vidaurri - 5-65; Marek - 3-57; Heim - 1-26; Garza - 3-22
B -- Del Toro - 2-88; Elizalde - 4-84; Banda 1-69; Mendoza 1-4

All-around athlete, Jeramie Marek hauled in Interceeption number 10, and continues to be in Texas Best Interceptor and ranks Nationally.

# 1 Sophomore Mathew Garza scores! The game is tied up after the PAT, 7-7.

Bryden McClure on the punt returns, spun on 2 or 3 would-be tackler and got good field position for the Fightin' Wildcats. In fact, he passed the spot from where Beeville punted.

Senior James Bateman evades a would-be tackle and goes in for the scores. Wildcats take the lead.13-7, PAT good 14-7.

The Dynamic Duo, Jeramie holding, Josh kicking, and the football goes right through the arms of a Trojan defender. Fightin' Wildcats 14 Trojan 7.

Senior Sean Hoelscher blitzes and drills #10 Sophomore Eric Soza to the turf, and a 6-yard loss.

The Dynamic Duo makes it 21-7. Can you see the ball? Try under the Palm tree leaves.

The offense open up a beautiful hole, and Ryan Duke is off to the races, dodges a few tacklers on the secondary, the thirty, the twenty, cuts left to the sideline, the fifteen, ten, five, Touchdown. Awesome blocking. Awesome Run. Wildcats 28 Beeville 14.

Channel 3 Sportcaster, Alan Harwell and his camera-man. They do fine work.

Football Calallen vs Beeville Photo Gallery.

The opponent today the "Alice look-alike: Beeville Trojans.	Alma Mater Time: Ryan Duke, Nick Hernandez, David Sellers bring the Wildcats to the 40-yard line.
Alma Mater Time: Andrew Flores, Sidney Flores and Cody Beddoe in this section.	Alma Mater Time -- Sean Hoelscher and Fightin' Wildcats come to the 40-yard line.
Alma Mater Time -- 88 Alan Ford, there is 33 Collin Simpson, who will score one touchdown today.	National Anthem; Varsity waits.
And Jvs, sophs, and freshmen also wait for the National Anthem.	Here comes the Pride and Joy of South Texas. Sidney, Nick and Kris in the lead.
And the rest of the South Texas best.	We are here and this stadium isn't big enough for both of us. One of us is going down, and it won't be the Fightin' Wildcats.
The Captains tonight: #35 Captain Sean Hoelscher, #5 Captain Jeramie Marek, #9 Captain Kris Guerrero and #7 Colonel Ryan Duke.
The Calallen Crowd with their noise-makers ready.	The game begins. the football falls between James and Casey.
Ryan Duke pitches to Jeramie Marek for a few yards.	Josh Rowden punts the football down field.
Great to see #86 Billy Owen back in action, after missing a few games. #66 is Matt Roussel	Alan Harwell, Sport broadcaster, channel 3 and his two son. Cool.
Nice pass reception by helmet #12 wearer. Jeramie?	Here's James Bateman running for a few yards. One touchdown this afternoon, and 40 yards in 10 carries. That's nothing to sneeze at.
Qb senior Ryan Duke on the keeper, first down. Ryan's contribution today, one touchdown, one pass for a touchdown, and 93 yards rushing, and 263 yards passing. Outstanding.	James Bateman finds some running room. fine blocking by Sidney Flores and Don O'Hair.
Sean Hoelscher tackled by #22 junior Oscar Banda.	Sean Hoelscher makes the reception and a first down. Sean had a nice solo tackle on Eric Soza, qb, and had 101 yards on 5 receptions. Cool!
#88 Alan Ford rushes in to assist Chance Schneider make the tackle. #44 for Beeville is senior Aaron Herrera.	Wildcats read Coach Campbell signal. #52 Kevin Mahany, #86 Billy Owen, #64 Chance Schneider, #45 David Sellers, just a few defenders of the elite.
#9 Kris "train" Guerrero rams the runner.	#5 Jeramie Marek on a punt return, #10 Eric Soza would assist on the tackle.
Sean Hoelscher makes the catch amongst some defenders	#10 Steven Vidaurri makes the catch, the defender jumps for the tackle, but slides off...,
Steven Viduarri cuts toward the sideline. Where he finally is caught. This afternoon, Steven had 65 yards on five recetions.
Qb Ryan Duke looks for a receiver, while Nick Hernandez protects Ryan's area.	Looks like James Bateman on the run, and #65 Don O'Hair making the hole wider.
#88 Alan Ford brings the runner to the turf.	Sean Holscher and Eric Soza eye each other. Wow! Check tall #9 senior Julio Del Toro. He made his presence known in the game, just like a "Toro" -- Ole'.
Aha! Now we know Helmet #12 is #5 Jeramie Marek. A beautiful long pass reception for a first down.	#1 Mathew Garza tops the drive off, as he scores on a 9-yard touchdown pass from senior Ryan Duke.
#1 Mathew Garza drops the football in the End Zone. Game was tied after the Point-After-Attempt (PAT.)
The Maroon Crowd roars after Duke to Garza's Touchdown.	The Dyaanic Duo drills it home. 7-7.
In the playoffs, the cheerleaders do a flip per point. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7!	Junior Oscar Banda #22, makes the kick-off reception.
Good tackle by David Sellers, here comes Kevin Mahany to assist.	And Mahany assist on the tackle, and to the turf they fall.
Bryden McClure on the punt return, each time he is to be tackled, he, just like his big brother, spins from the grasps of the would-be tackler.	#23 Bryden is about to be tackled, but he spins away from the tackler, and continues on down field.
The Wildcats have good field position. Another good reception.	Great catch by Steven Vidaurii, but his feet land out of bounds. Nix Gut.
#30 James Bateman gets his number called, and Touchdown! It is a 2-yarder!
Halftime! The Pride of South Texas Calallen High School Band entertains.	Here is the Dynamic Duo bringing it on home, after James touchdown. 14-7.
Eight seconds to halftime.	14 nice perfect flips by the CHS Cheerleaders.
The Pride and Joy return to play...,	and here comes more Fightin' Wildcats.
The best of South Texas.	Josh Rowden starts the second half with a kick off.
And the Maniacs bring the runner down on the 45.
#66 Matt Roussel is on the tackle, as is Chance and David.	The Trojans punt, and the Wildcats are returning it.
Loose Ball!	The Trojans must have recovered because #10 Sophomore Eric Soza is directing his offense again.
A time when we needed a first down, 4th and long, #32 Cody Heim comes through. He is tackled, but he got the first down.	Ryan Duke on the keeper down the middle.
Fine Catch by Marek, fine tackle by the sophomore Eric.	Senior Sean Hoelscher makes another reception, and Wildcats on the move.
#33 Collin Simpson, the middle school sensation who scored 25 big touchdowns, is now trying to score on the high school level -- the next McClure?	Collin on the goal line. No touchdown yet.
Collin Simpson scores. A one-yard touchdown.	A look at Bryden McClure fine punt return, Sean Hoelscher trying to help him maintain his balance, but the Trojan behind Sean made the stop.
Alan Ford Congratulates freshman Collin Simpson.	#80 Eli Vasquez gives Collin a high-five.
21-7 the score, Calallen's favor. 21 flips in progress.
The "Maniacs" get 'er done. There goes #22 Hunter Whetsel to cover. Hunter is also a freshman.	Down goes Sean, tackled by Eric.
Up goes Sean, and also #10 Eric Soza.
#7 Ryan Duke gets the play from coach Danaher.	The Action contines, 5 minutes or less in the 4th qtr, I always change to 75mm Lense to shoot the close-up football and post game photos.
Hilary checks the action on the field.	This freshman has potential. He look good on the freshmen team offense and defense line.
The starters on a breather.
The Trojans score again.	21-14, these Trojans are not giving up, yet.
Wildcats get the onside kick. Offense coming in.	The offense moving against Beeville defense.
Good Blocking by the Wildcats as they move closer to the Red Zone.	#7 Ryan Duke -- "Okay Guys, Let's thrill the crowd".
Coach Danaher checks the play coming up.
(See big photo above, for start of this play.) Ryan Duke finds the big hole, on the 30, 20, 10, 5, Touchdown.	Ryan Duke crosses the goal line and is returning to the Calallen sideline.
28-14 reads the scoreboard.	Jimmy Roberson and Sidney Flores.
Beeville has the ball, game not over yet.
John "Doc" Dickerson and Lucas Pena.	Steven Perales and Blaine Brownrigg.
Cody Beddoe and Don O'Hair, they played a fine game.	Ryan Duke is interviewed by Channel 3 sportcaster Alan Harwell.
Coaches and players listen to coach Danaher in his post game de-brief.	The Touchdown Club members also listen in.
The traditional handshake.	#10 moved up to varsity, and #44 Steven Herrera has been on Varsity.
#30 James Bateman, one touchdown. Ryan's Dad, Larry Duke, and Ryan Duke.	Anthony Alcantar and Steven Vidaurri. fine winning ball game.
Senior Sean Hoelscher also gives an interview to Channel 3. Cool!	Jeramie and Sean.
Eloy Zapata, Sam Oelschlegel, Blaine Oertli, Courtney Morris, and Brain Farris. 2005 Calallen Teens, now young adults.	Volleyball Stars: Kelsey Schwirlich and Courtney Oertli.
#9 Kris Guerrero, Hailey and Ms. Guerrero. Now, I remember, we met Hailey during baseball season.	Another photo of Coach Russ and Robin Hamilton and family.
#9 Kris Guerrero and #71 senior Michael Moreno.	#81 Stefan Sanchez, one pass batted away, #1 Mathew Garza one touchdown. #23 Bryden McClure one great crowd-thrilling punt return and Colonel of captains, Ryan Duke, one touchdown, and one pass touchdown, and good directing in the football field.
Detroit Tigers fan, Matt Roussel, Alumni Andrew Quillin, and #74 Matt Mendez.	I remember this young man from his power weight lifting days, and his young brother.
Alumnus Kristen Doyle, now at Texas Tech, and Lucas Pena, still at good old Calallen High.	The Stefan Sanchez family, and his brother Aaron also played football for Calallen a few years back. Stefan batted one pass away from a Beeville receiver who would have been in a scoring position.

The Dynamic Offense Duo, Seniors: Ryan Duke and James Bateman.

Senior Steven Allphin giving his all and helping the Fightin' Wildcats to victory.

Coach Rusty and Robin Hamilton and their fine family.

Scooter, and brother #32 Cody Heim. Cody came through today, 4th and long, and he caught the critical pass for a first down. and parents, Rusty and Debbie Heim.

Potential All-District, junior linebacker, Kevin Mahany. He continues to assist in many, many tackles.

Coach Phil C. Danaher, 324 Wins and number three in the Texas List, all classifications Most Winningest Coaches. He gives a good positive post game de-briefing.

The Linebacker coach, Asa and Kristi Chambless, son Jordan, baseball pitcher at TX A & M, College Station and his little cousin.

Outstanding defense performance by senior Chance Schneider, he plugs those holes and makes/assists in those tackles. Fine family here to cheer for all of the Fightin' Wildcats.

The Junior Varsity (10-0) coach Rudy and Bridget Salinas. They tied the knot last June. Congratulations, Rudy and Bridget.

The quarteback #7, and the receiver #1.

Great game by young man, Sean Hoelscher, and the football player with the most family and friend support. 12 supporters. Cool! Thanks for being here for Sean and The Fightin' Wildcats.

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