 The Calallen High cool teens are here to cheer the Fightin' Wildcats. |
 The exchanging of the high school gifts. |
 Alma Mater Time -- Ryan Duke, Nick Hernandez and Chance Schneider bring the Wildcats out. |
 Alma Mater Time -- Matt Mendez, Sidney Flores, Sean Hoelscher, ?, and Wes Mitchell. |
 Alma Mater Time -- Matt Roussel, Cody Beddoe, Stefan Sanchez, and Mathew Garza. |
 Alma Mater Time -- Alan Ford, Collin Simpson and the rest of the Fightin' Wildcats. |
 Waiting for the National Anthem. |
 The Flour Bluff Color bearers depart the field. |
 "Revenge is sweet pie!" |
 Walking to the bench. Copying the GP Wildcats, GP also lost to Calallen walking to the bench. |
 Here comes the Pride and Joy of South Texas, The Calallen High School Fightin' Wildcats. |
 The Captains tonight are # 45 Captain senior David Sellars, # 44 Captain Steven Herrera, #82 Capltain Josh Rowden, and #7 Major Ryan Duke. |
 And Captain Josh Rowden does the honors and boots the pigskin to the Wasps --er--Hornets. |
 The Hornets were fired up, and moved the football downfield. |
 Time out to discuss a few things. The Hornets were moving the ball fairly easy. |
 #64 Chance Schneider puts the stop to running back #4 Zack Hillenburg. |
 The Flour Bluff offense moving and getting first downs. Cats #54 is Sidney Flores, cousin of Cats #76 Andrew Flores. |
 After the Flour Bluff scored -7-0, and Calallen is now on offense. Cody Heims Block, and #35 Sean Hoelscher moves the ball downfield. |
 FB # 30 Matt Gonzales leans and checks on the players. |
 The Huddle, #7 Ryan Duke tells what the play is. |
 A nice long pass, but incomplete. |
 The Hornets swarm on #3 Kindred MCClure. |
 Qb Ryan Duke on the keeper, good blocks by Kindred McClure, and Nick Hernandez. |
 Ryan Duke on the keeper, and #9 junior Kris Guerrero blocks the hornet #81 Marcus Williams. |
 FB #2 La Darlus Evans is zeroing in on Kindred McClure. |
 No First down, Josh Rowden drops the ball and boots it away. |
 The punt receiver is buried with Wildcats. |
 The Hornets were still successfully driving down field, but nothing like their first hot series. #24 is Bryden MCClure. |
 #35 Sean Hoelscher has another reception and receives words for a good catch. |
 #3 Kindred McClure coming around on the sweep. He had 23 yards on 6 carries. He had an injury and didn't finish the game. |
 QB Ryan Duke fires to #5 Jeramie Marek, He moves the ball up field for a few yards. |
 But not enough for a first down. Josh Rowden punts the ball again. |
 4th and inches for the Bluff. |
 The Hornets get the first down. |
 Kris Guerrero #9 brings the flying Hornet to the turf. |
 #70 Wes Mitchell runs over to check the tackle. |
 The Hornets are moving the ball, and #88 Alan Ford and #70 Wes Mitchell pursue the runner. |
 #10 Steven Vidaurii makes the catch, and FB 38 Trevor Brumley misses the tackle. |
 Still running, Steven is finally brought down. |
 QB Ryan Duke fades back 30 seconds left in the first half, 29, 28. Rylan rifles a pass to the end Zone completed! Touchdown Sean Hoelscher. |
 The Wildcats defense hold the Hornets from scoring in the last seconds of the game. |
 Calallen's first score of the game has the "Cats Flag Runners" running the length of the Calallen side of the Stadium. |
 The Dynamic Duo comes through, they take the extra point to the house: Flour Bluff 10. Wildcats 7. |
 Band member of the week: The drummer with 4 drums. Cool. |
 Wildcats run into the field, and are now returning to the bench. |
 # 45 David Sellers meets with #9 Mark Soto, #44 Ian Soderqvist, and #58 John Egan, and they discuss the options for the start of the 2nd Half. |
 Checking the scoreboard 10-7 Hornets. |
 Coach Danaher tells Ryan Duke the play, Hilary writes it down -- QB 85. |
 The Flour Bluff Defense holds the Calallen Offense, The Dynamic Duo attemts the field goal, the football goes wide. Score remains 10-7 Hornets. |
 The Wildcats defense is just as effective, Cody, Hunter, Stefan, David, Steven and Chance all swarm the Hornet runner. |
 David Sellers stops the runner, here comes #22 freshman Hunter Whetsel to assist on the takedown. #13 Anthony Alcantar is also rushing in to assist. |
 Chance Schneider halts the forword progress and here come Hunter again to assist on the take down. |
 Interception by Jeramie Marek! Calallen's football -- coming off the field Alcantar, Ford, David, Hoelscher and Marek |
 Blocking # 68 Mark Perry, 6' 4", 230 pounds is hard, but the Cats get the job done. |
 The Wildcats back on defense, and down to the turf comes the Hornet. |
 The Hornets know trying the middle is like running into a stone wall. There's Kris and Hunter |
 So the Hornets try a sweep, the qb goes down, but he laterals to the running back, and he doesn't go much farther, as the Wildcats Defense swarm the Hornet. |
 Ryan Duke looks down field, but #3 R.J. Long catches up and sacks Ryan. |
 Calallen gang tackles the FB Hornet runner. #88 Alan Ford checks for a possible loose ball. |
 The Hornets are on a drive. The Secondary bring the Hornet to a halt. |
 I will take a picture of Connor Lowrance football boy and give the Wildcats luck. |
 Sure enough. The Wildcat's defense held and the Hornets had to punt. |
 FB #7 Josh Brunemeier leading 10-7 is dancing and waving for Flour Bluff Noise. |
 Wildcat cannot hold on to the pass. |
 Josh Rowden Punts away. #2 La Darlus Evens is blocked. |
 Flour Bluff goes 3 and out, and punts. |
 Jeramie Marek receives the punt. |
 Jeramie reverses his field. |
 #1 Mathew Garza is tackled on the other side of the field. Matt was 4-30 yards tonight. |
 Rylan Duke hits Steven Vidaurri. Steven coming toward me, on the 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1..., |
 Touchdown. The Wildcats were in the lead, and did not relinquished the lead. (See large photo above.) |
 The Dynamic Duo drills it home. 14-10 Wildcats, with 7:42 minutes to go in the game. |
 There's the proof of score and time left in the game clock. |
 Flour Bluff goes three and out, and punt. |
 Ryan under pressure fires to Marek, and a first down. |
 Marek with the ball is chased..., |
 and down he goes. |
 later, and a longer pass play from Ryan to Jeramie, over his head, lunges, brings it in with his fingers, somersault and comes up with the football in air -- Completed. Play of the evening. |
 Wildcats on a drive, James Bateman is in the game. First Down! |
 Ryan Duke on the keeper is stopped. |
 #30 James Bateman receives the handoff from Ryan, on the five, the four..., |
 three, two, one -- Touchdown! James Bateman. |
 Bateman makes the turn in the end zone as the referee signals touchdown. |
 Connors check the score on the score board Calallen 21-10. FB Fans start to leave the stands. |
 But the Hornets are still in the game. QB Long connects with Ryan Flowers, and the score is 21-16 in favor of the Mighty and Fightin' Wildcats. |
 Bateman blocks, and Ryan Duke goes in for a touchdown from the 4-yard line, thus completing a 74 yard drive by the Wildcats. (Black and white, photo because camera battery was dying. Lost 15 photos of the drive a few after the td by Ryan, before I had a chance to replace the battery.) |
 The fans started to empty their stands. They knew it was going to be a Calallen Victory. |
 There it is the final score 29-22, the Wildcats Triumps! |
 Coach Danaher has a few words for the team during the post game de-briefing. |
 #86 senior Billy Owens was injured during the game. We hope he will be okay. |
 Flour Bluff has many players in Varsity. I couldn't see the Wildcats because of Hornets all over. |
 Time for the post game gallery. This is one fine looking family. |
 Meanwhile back at the de-briefing Coach Danaher is wrapping up the meeting. |
 Coach Cliff, wife Tracy and daughter Fowler. |
 Glenn, Chase and Cathy Shick, great game, Chase, way to win as a senior, and restore Calallen winning ways over the Bluff. |

Bryden McClure and Jeramie Marek outstanding defense players. Great and awesome catch Jeramie. |
 Coach Joel and wife Ms.De La Paz and fine looking children. |
 #52 Kevin Mahany and parents, sister and brother, his litte brother is #9 on the Freshmen Team
|  #32 Cody Heim, and his parents, grandparents and sister Sandy Heim. |
 Andrew Flores and parents and brother 2006 graduate Paul Flores. Andrew played one fine game. |
 Chance Schneider and family. Chance was playing with intensity, and one reason the Wildcats prevailed. |
 I can remember when Cody was a freshman, a big freshman, and had the potential and did make Varsity. And his family. |
 Senior Billy Owens played awesome last week against Alice, and was on his way against Flour Bluff, an injury caused him to sit out the rest of the game. |
 The fearsome foursome, James Bateman, Lucas Pena, Ryan Duke and Coach Phil Danaher. |
 #81 Stefan Sanchez, and his mom and dad. Stefan plays tough on defense, he has an game saving interception when one of the 5A schools was getting ready to score. |
 Meet the Defensive Coodinator Steve Campbell and Family. |
 Meet, also, the Linebackers coach; coach Asa and Kristi Chambless. |