O'Bryant keeps school record in the family

By JAIME ARON / Associated Press

DALLAS - Back in 1974, the New Waverly offense featured a pretty good running back named Ike O'Bryant. One night all those falls ago, O'Bryant was a scoring machine, finding the end zone a school-record six times.

The record finally fell last Friday, but it remained in the O'Bryant family. Ike's son Terrance added one to his old man's mark in leading the Bulldogs to a playoff-clinching 48-36 victory over Elkhart.

Terrance scored on runs of 15, 17, 30, 7, 59 and 23 yards and caught a 6-yard touchdown pass. For the night, he had a career-best 249 yards on just 14 carries, caught four passes for 79 yards, and even threw a 58-yard pass.

The performance - which occurred with Ike watching from the stands - earned Terrance top billing on the season's final Associated Press honor roll.

"He did some unbelievable things," New Waverly coach Bob Eastland said. "I didn't even know how many touchdowns he had. It wasn't like we were trying to get him the record. The game was close all the way to the end."

O'Bryant's big night capped a regular season in which he's averaged nearly 100 yards per game both rushing and passing - and he doesn't ever line up under center.

"He gets so much attention that we've always got to disguise him," said Eastland, who has redesigned his offense around his multiple weapon. "We use him in three different positions and use lots of motion."

O'Bryant lines up either as a receiver or in one of two backfield positions. Most of his throws come on sweeps or after he takes an option pitch.

Should the New Waverly offense be stopped, O'Bryant does the punting. He's pretty good at it, too, averaging 41 yards per kick. He also handles kickoffs, and he's the return man on both punts and kickoffs.

The 6-foot-4-1/2, 200-pound senior has been on the varsity for four years and is a three-year starter. He's also averaged around 30 points per game in basketball the last three seasons.

While Ike O'Bryant parlayed his New Waverly success into a scholarship to Abilene Christian, Terrance is aiming for Division I-A.

"There's a lot of interest, but he really hasn't put a big priority on that yet," Eastland said, adding that Terrance is interested in Texas, Texas A&M, Houston and Louisiana State, among others.

Although O'Bryant will play at least one more games - a Class 2A first-round playoff game Saturday against Rosebud-Lott - Eastland already is bracing for life without him.

"I won't have him to create plays for," the coach said.

He could, though, if he's willing to wait a few years.

Brandon O'Bryant is just in elementary school, but Ike's younger son already is one of the team's managers.

In other outstanding Week 10 performances:

-- Woody Chambers ran 29 times for 354 yards and touchdowns of 23, 4, 1, 2 and 40 yards as Corpus Christi Calallen pounded rival Gregory-Portland 51-19. He had 1,858 yards for the season.

-- Wylie Jackson of Whitehouse ran for 352 yards and touchdowns of 66, 75 and 71 yards in a 35-7 victory over Mabank.

-- Jacob Allen added to his Class 3A completions record and neared the 3A yardage mark by going 18 of 29 for 390 yards and three touchdowns in Bridgeport's 49-34 victory over Boyd. He's 202 of 307 for 3,264 yards and 30 touchdowns this year. The yardage mark of 3,397 was set by Lampasas' Troy Rogers over 14 games in 1993.

-- Jarrod Martin finished the regular season with 223 career PATs, shattering the previous state record of 212 by Southlake Carroll's Jason Fernandez from 1988-90. Martin's 833 career points puts him within range of the state mark of 899 set by Texas record king Kenneth Hall.

-- Scott Furrh was 23 of 36 for 323 yards and three touchdowns and he had a rushing score as Marshall pasted Longview 42-7.

-- Fred Wallace ran 40 times for 304 yards and touchdowns of 72, 37 and 2 yards in Corpus Christi Flour Bluff's 35-20 victory over Kingsville, giving him 2,043 yards and 174 points for the year.

-- Roy Williams ran 42 times for 307 yards and two touchdowns, but Clarendon lost 41-13 to White Deer. For the winners, Craig Urbanczyk ran 24 times for 268 yards and four touchdowns.

-- Jesse Hawkins ran 36 times for 300 yards and scores of 57, 50 and 25 yards as Robstown beat Rockport-Fulton 28-3 for its only victory of the year.

-- Sophomore quarterback Cliff Watkins of Breckenridge ran 12 times for 162 yards and four touchdowns, and completed 10 of 13 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns in a 55-38 victory over Brady. Ryan Smalley caught seven of the passes for 150 yards and both touchdowns.

-- Julio Guerrero's 214 passing yards on 14 of 18 tries were the most Midland Lee has allowed this season. It wasn't enough, though, as San Angelo Central lost 35-7.

-- Keith Meador was 12-of-21 passing for 256 yards with touchdowns of 37, 47 and 70 yards as Bangs beat Early 27-7. Tym Monroe caught five of the passes for 199 yards and all three scores.

-- Andy Howard ran for two touchdowns, returned an interception 56 yards for another score, kicked a 23-yard field goal and booted four PATs in Roscoe's 37-7 victory over Forsan.

-- Jacob Pruitt ran 13 times for 181 yards and touchdowns of 43 and 55 yards, caught five passes for 49 yards including an 11-yarder for a touchdown, as Wylie defeated previously undefeated Clyde 44-6.

-- Nick Allen ran 29 times for 250 yards and two touchdowns in Coleman's 35-34 victory over Merkel.