Quinlan Ford
Pilot Point 23 Quinlan Ford 22
Jarrail Johnson
THE GAME AT A GLANCE
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Quinlan Ford 0 0 8 7 7
Pilot Point 0 0 15 0 8
YARDSTICK
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Quinlan Ford
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Pilot Point
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First Downs
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21
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13
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Rushes-Yards
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54-282
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32-128
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Passing Yards
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51
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156
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Comp-Att-Int
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6-14-2
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14-23-0
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Sacks-Yds lost
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3-9
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0-0
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Punts-Avg
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4-39.7
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1-31
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Fumbles-Lost
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3-0
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1-0
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Penalties
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6-40
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9-65
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Third Quarter
P - Grant Guthrie 16 run (Josh LeBlanc
run), 8:21
Q - Chris Eiland 2 run (Justin Chambers
pass from Nick Fowler), 5:54
P - Jarrail Johnson 11 pass from LeBlanc
(Jacob Stuckly kick), 2:56
Fourth Quarter
Q - Eiland 2 run (Charlie Waters kick),
4:06.
Overtime
Q - Eiland 2 run (Waters kick)
P - Damas Reed 25 pass from LeBlanc
(Hatten pass from LeBlanc)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Quinlan Ford: Chris
Eiland 29-147; Sean Callahan 9-59;
Nick Fowler 7-39; Aaron Kemp 7-29.
Pilot Point: Josh LeBlanc 8-49; Grant
Guthrie 5-32; C.J. Hatten 7-25.
PASSING - Quinlan Ford: Nick Fowler
6-10-0-51. Pilot Point: Josh LeBlanc 9-
18-0-152; Jarrail Johnson 1-1-0-4.
RECEIVING - Quinlan Ford: Aaron
Kemp 2-24; Chris Eiland 2-17. Pilot
Point: Damas Reed 4-48; Tyler Hollar 1-
44; Jarrail Johnson 2-28; C.J. Hatten 2-
24; Shaun Felder 1-11.
By Richard Greene
Assistant Editor
Pilot Point rolled the dice in overtime and came up a winner in the first
round of the state football playoffs Friday night.
The Bearcats passed on a chance to tie Quinlan Ford in overtime, instead
going for two and converting to clinch a 23-22 win over the Panthers in a
Class 3A Region I Division II bi-district game at Frisco's Memorial
Stadium.
Pilot Point quarterback Josh LeBlanc hit a wide-open C.J. Hatten one step
into the end zone for the game-winning two-point conversion.
"[The ball] stayed in the air a long time," Hatten said. "It took forever
to get to me.
"This was a tough game. We played a great ballgame. They have some great
athletes over there."
After battling through a scoreless first half, the two teams began getting
on track in the second half. Pilot Point (7-4) scored on its first two
possessions of the second half, marching on drives of 69 and 59 yards. The
second scoring drive answered Quinlan Ford's seven-play, 68-yard drive and
gave Pilot Point a 15-8 lead with 2:56 left in the third quarter.
Quinlan Ford (8-3) evened the score with 4:06 left in the game on the
second 2-yard touchdown run by Eiland. Eiland scored three times, all from
2 yards out. Eiland netted his 11th game of 100 or more yards, finishing
with 147 yards on 29 carries.
"He's dang good," said Pilot Point coach G.A. Moore. "He ran over everyone
we had."
Eiland's third score began overtime. The Panthers took the first overtime
possession and scored in six plays, taking the 22-15 lead after the extra
point.
The Bearcats answered in one play. LeBlanc threw a jump ball in the end
zone to tight end Damas Reed, who brought the ball in and got Pilot Point
within one, 22-21.
"I didn't take my eye off the ball the whole way," said Reed, who caught
four passes for 48 yards. "We came in wanting to throw the ball. All the
guys did a heck of a job."
LeBlanc said the Bearcats wanted to take advantage of Reed's athleticism
on
the touchdown toss.
"We knew that pass was going to work," LeBlanc said. "Damas is a better
athlete and we thought we could take advantage of it."
After the touchdown came a decision on whether to kick for the tie or go
for the win. Moore said he and his son, assistant coach Gary Don Moore,
previously decided they would go for two if the situation arose.
"That's a whole lot of pressure to put on [place kicker] Jacob Stuckly,"
Moore said. "He's a good one, but if we go for two and don't make it, it's
on the team."
On the conversion, LeBlanc faked the run up the middle and rolled to the
right. The entire Quinlan Ford defense flowed right with LeBlanc. With the
left side of the field vacated, Hatten found an open patch in the end zone
and waited for LeBlanc's floater to land.
"The running backs and line made some good fakes and C.J. was wide open,"
LeBlanc said. "As soon as I let it go, I knew we had it. It was still in
the air too long."
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