The Orangefield Bobcats got sweet revenge on Houston Worthing Thursday night, defeating the Colts 37-28 and ending their season after Worthing had defeated the Bobcats at home during the regular season.
OF jumped out to a 19-7 lead, scoring on their first three possessions. Christopher McGee scored twice and Hunter Evans scored the other TD. It looked like they might put away the Colts in the first half as they were about to score on their fourth possession when they fumbled at the two. The Colts turned that turnover into an 84 yd TD pass to cut OF’s lead to 19-14 at the half.
The Bobcats also lost their QB Matthew Watkins on the last drive when he suffered a leg injury right before the half and wasn’t sure if he’d return.
The Colts came out in the second half and scored on their first play from scrimmage, a 54 yd run by QB Alfred Robertson, to take a 21-19 lead. OF fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Colts scored on their second play of the drive on a 43 yard pass play to take a 28-19 lead. They scored 14 points in less than a minute.
But the Bobcats didn’t panic and they started chipping away. Watkins was back in at quarterback but could not run. McGee, Evans, Austin Moore and freshman Blake Bradley picked up the slack behind a solid performance by the Bobcat offensive line.
They put together drives of 63 yards on 9 plays and 51 yds on 15 plays to regain the lead 34-28. After taking the lead they completed an onside kick and then proceeded to wear out the last 6 minutes of the game and capping the win with a 21 yd FG by Matthew Rainey.
OF tallied 419 of their 433 yds on the ground, lead by McGee’s 132 yards.
The Bobcats will play the winner between Giddings and Sweeny.
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