Saturday, November 8, 1997
Breckenridge 23, Brady 19BRECKENRIDGE -- The Breckenridge Buckaroos scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to protect their perfect season and take a 23-19, come-from-behind victory over the game Brady Bulldogs here Friday.
Brady, which finishes 6-4, had given the 10-0 Bucks all they wanted for three quarters, leading by 19-9 by halftime.
The Bucks still trailed by 10 when Brian Cyprian got loose on an eight-yard TD run in the first minute of the final quarter, then Cliff Watkins scored the winning touchdown on a three-yard run with 5:48 left in the game.
Breckenridge will now meet Iowa Park for the bi-district title. The game will be at 7:30 p.m. next Friday at Weatherford.
The Bucks started out like a 10-0 team, scoring only 90 seconds into the game on a 41-yard pass from Cliff Watkins to Chris Chapman. For the night, Watkins was 6 of 11 for 119 yards, with one interception. Chapman caught another 36-yard pass from Watkins, but didn't score.
After being stung by the early score, the Bulldogs charged back with a Craig Talley rushing TD to knot the score with 6:18 left. Breckenridge went up 9-6 with two minutes left in the first period on Braden Grimes' 32-yard field goal.
But Brady came storming back again, scoring on a 25-yard run by Ivan Rodriguez and a two-yard plunge by Anthony Pennington, the latter with only 57 seconds left in the first half. Suddenly the Bucks found themselves on the short end of a 19-9 score.
And it stayed that way until the fourth quarter when Cyprian and Watkins rallied Breckenridge to victory.
Brady 6 13 0 0--19
Breckenridge 9 0 0 14--23
SCORING SUMMARY
Brk -- Chris Chapman, 41 pass from Cliff Watkins (kick failed)
Bdy -- Craig Talleym run (PAT failed)
Brk -- Braden Grimes 323 FG
Bdy -- Ivan Rodriquez, 25 run (kick failed)
Bdy -- Anthony Pennington, 2 run (Brent Rabian kick)
Brk -- Biran Cyprian, 8 run (Grimes kick)
Brk -- Watkins, 3 run (Grimes kick)
Brady Breck
First downs 16 16
Rushes-yards 49-290 205
Passing yards 49 119
Comp-Att-Int 3-6-0 6-11-1
Punts 3-37 2-37
Fumbles-lost 1 0
Penalties-yards 6-42 2-10