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Riesel outlasts Wortham, 15-6
update to follow
The difference: Wortham failed to convert two drives inside Riesel’s red zone including one drive that left Riesel to take over on their four yard line. Wortham also committed several penalties which ended drives and took away momentum.
Standouts: Riesel’s Ty Marshall rushed for 121 yards on eight carries and scored one touchdown. Trent Stiles also ran for 95 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown.
Game notes: Wortham only had 45 yards of total offense. Chris Perez returned a fumble recovery 23 yards for Wortham’s only touchdown of the night. Riesel rushed for a combined total of 272 yards including two players with at least 95 yards.
Stat of the game: Ty Marshall of Riesel rushed for 121 yards on 8 carries and scored one touchdown.
They said it: “Our philosophy is to have good defense, and control the clock with our running game. We just played a team who has that same philosophy, they just did it better.” — Wortham Head coach Jerry Young said of his team’s performance.
Riesel 15, Wortham 6
Wortham 0 6 0 0 — 6
Riesel 7 0 0 8 — 15
First Quarter
R — Ty Marshall run (Wallace kick), 10:23
Second Quarter
W — Chris Perez 23 yard fumble recovery (run failed), 8:13
Third Quarter
R — Trent Stiles eight yard run (JD Gooch run is good), 3:19
W R
First downs 8 15
Rush-yards 40-158 38-227
Passing yards 27 30
C-A-I 1-1-0 2-2-0
Fumbles-lost 4-2 8-4
Punts-avg. 2-26 2-23
Penalties-yards 9-80 8-45
Individual
Rushing — W: Jake Jones 18-49, Cameron Price 7-61, Chris Perez 11-27, Manton Capers 1-14, Brandon Lansford. R: Ty Marshall 9-115, Trent Stiles 13-72, JD Gooch 14-53, Wallace 2-2.
Passing — W: Brandon Lansford 1-1-0-27 R: JD Gooch 2-2-0-30.
Receiving — W: Vernon Busby 1-27 R: Stiles 1-20, Marshall 1-9
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