The WOS Mustangs have reached the semifinals for the first time since 2017 after a 35-20 Region III Final win over Waco LaVega Friday at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah.
Down 13-12 at the half LaVega took the opening drive of the second half and scored to make it 20-12. The Mustangs had a quick three and out. LaVega got the ball back and started marching again.
Thoughts of the Pirates scoring again would put the Mustangs in a deep hole. They were deep in Mustang territory but an incomplete pass set up a fourth down and the Pirates decided to go for it and Ja’Quincy Walker made them pay for it. He picked off the pass and took it to the house. A two point try failed and it was 20-18.
LaVega got the ball back and then fumbled inside the their five. Khelvy Jefferson would get into the endzone and just like that the Mustangs had a 25-20 lead. “These kids just don’t quit. They don’t get rattled,” said Head Coach Hiawatha Hickman.
WOS would add a field goal to make it 28-20. The defense would hold and then WOS and Jefferson put together a long drive that ended with a diving him diving into the endzone to make it 35-20. They would keep LaVega off the board for the final 2:55 and punch their ticket to the semifinals.
In the win, Jefferson became the first WOS RB to rush for more than 2000 yds. in a season AND he is now the all-time leading rusher, and he’s just a junior.
They will play Sinton, who defeated Cuero 45-42, at Katy’s Rhodes Stadium on Friday at 7pm.
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