WT Football
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amarillo.com Sunday, October 26, 2014
Buffs (5-3) 48, Javelinas (1-6) 21
BIG BLOCK
Game Stats
West Texas A&M 48,
Texas A&M-Kingsville 21
At Happy Bank State Field at Kimbrough
Memorial Stadium
Kingsville
0 7 7 7 — 21
WT
14 10 14 10 — 48
First Quarter
WT—Xavier Amey 55 pass from Preston
Rabb (Conner Hollabaugh kick)
WT—Geremy Alridge-Mitchel 13 run
(Hollabaugh kick)
Second Quarter
TAMK—Joseph Te’o 11 run (Max Lehnig
kick)
WT—Alridge-Mitchell 3 run (Hollabaugh
kick)
WT—Hollabaugh 55 field goal
Third Quarter
WT—Alridge-Mitchell 21 pass from Rabb
(Hollabaugh kick)
WT—Tyler Mykelbust fumble recovery
(Hollabaugh kick)
TAMK—Shawn Vaquez 49 run (Lehnig
kick)
Fourth Quarter
WT—Word Hudson 8 pass from Rabb
(Hollabaugh kick)
WT—Hollabaugh 38 field goal
TAMK—J. Thomas 17 pass from A. Rios
(Lehnig kick)
TAMK
WT
First Downs
23
27
Total Yards
458
502
Rushes, Yards
46-301 34-196
Passing Yards
157
306
Comp-Att-Int.
17-28-2 22-34-1
Punts-Avg.
5-130
3-96
Kickoff Returns, Yards 4-251 8-497
Sacks, Yards Lost
1-9
2-14
Fumbles, Lost
0-0
0-0
Penalties-Yards
11-99
7-82
Time of Possession 32:59 27:01
Individual Statistics
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Rushing
Name
Att.
Shawn Vasquez11
Trey Mitchell 19
Joseph Te’o
5
M.Cardinal Jr. 8
Yds Avg
114 9.7
92 4.1
72 13.6
40 5.0
Lg TD
49 1
16 0
54 1
13 0
Passing
Photos by SEAN STEFFEN / Amarillo Globe-News
1
Blocked punt results in touchdown
West Texas A&M closed out Saturday’s win with 2:53 remaining in the third quarter. That’s when Colton McDonald (son
of former WT volleyball All-American Jill Myatt) blocked a punt in the end zone that was recovered by Trevor Myklebust for
a 38-7 lead.
Name
C-A-I Yds Lg
Trey Mitchell 16-27-2 140 28
Alex Rios
1-1-0 17 17
Receiving
Name
No.
Patrick LaFleur
8
Jordan Thomas
3
Shawn Vasquez
2
Daniel Ramirez
1
Chaz Adams
1
Leo Gonzalez
1
Deondric Loftin
1
Yds
79
49
-5
12
11
7
4
TD
0
1
Lg TD
21 0
28 1
4 0
12 0
11 0
7 0
4 0
Punting
Name
No. Yds Avg Lg Tb In20
Max Lehnig 4 13032.5 45 2 0
Tackles
2
100-yard club
3
Senior day
WT junior running
back Geremy AlridgeMitchell produced his sixth
consecutive 100-plus rushing
day, gaining 121 yards on 21
carries and scoring two touchdowns.
Saturday was the
regular-season home
finale for WT. Before the
game, WT’s 15 senior players,
including Jeremy Watson (3),
were honored on the field with
their families and friends.
Schedule
4
Rock solid kick
WT sophomore kicker
Connor
Hollabaugh
from Caprock booted a careerlong 55-yard field goal as the
first half ended. Hollabaugh
also made a 38-yard field goal
and 5-of-5 PAT kicks.
5
Streuling shines
Redshirt freshman
free safety Hunter
Streuling intercepted two
passes and made 10 tackles.
Streuling said he won’t be trying out for receiver any time
soon,
Making the Grade
Rating the Buffs’ play against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday
Sept. 4 at Colorado State-Pueblo
L, 35-6
Sept. 13 Tarleton State
L, 31-27
Sept. 20 Shorter (Ga.)
W, 27-19
Sept. 27 Angelo State
W, 58-41
Oct. 4
McMurry
W, 56-21
Oct. 11 Midwestern State
W, 34-13
Oct. 18 at Texas A&M-Commerce
L, 48-21
Oct. 25 Texas A&M-Kingsville
W, 48-21
Nov. 1
at Eastern New Mexico
7 p.m.
Blackwater Draw, N.M.
LSC Playoffs
Nov. 8
LSC Semifinals
Nov. 15 LSC Championship
Offense
Defense
Special Teams
Overall
A
B+
A+
A
West Texas
p u n c h e d
Texas A&M-Kingsville in the gut 23
seconds into the
game
with
a
55-yard
scoring
pass from Preston
Rabb to Xavier
Amey. That set the
tone for a 502-yard
day of offense —
including 196 yards
rushing — and a
38-7 lead late in
the third quarter.
It was
a bendbut-don’t-break day
for the Buffs, who
allowed 458 yards
to Kingsville. So no
“A” with that many
yards.
However,
nothing wrong with
10 seconds left in
the third period
and Kingsville having been held to
seven points. Plus,
freshman Hunter
Streuling made two
interceptions.
A
blocked
punt for a touchdown. Kicker Connor
Hollabaugh
made all seven of
his field-goal and
extra-points
attempts, including
a 55-yard field goal.
No punt or kickoff
returns worth much
out of Kingsville.
What’s not to love?
This was a
dangerous
game for West
Texas A&M to easily overlook. Texas
A&M-Kingsville has
won one game and
fired its coach in
the middle of the
season. But the
Buffs took care of
business, never letting the Javelinas
build any type of
momentum.
— Lance Lahnert
By the Numbers
0
2
6
8
Catches by
senior Anthony
Johnson. Johnson has 132
career receptions, 14 shy of
breaking into the
all-time WT top
10 list for career
receptions. Johnson was held out
of the game.
Blocked punts
by freshman Colton McDonald.
His first was a
partial block effort
that resulted in a
short punt. The
second resulted
in a Buffs touchdown and a 38-7
lead in the third
quarter.
Consecutive
100-yard running
games and starts
by junior Geremy
Alridge-Mitchell.
He ran for 121
yards and scored
two touchdowns
Saturday, giving
him 886 yards
rushing on the
season.
WT receivers
who caught passes from quarterback Preston
Rabb. Senior Jeremy Watson had
eight catches for
90 yards. Xavier
Amey, Word Hudson and Geremy
Alridge-Mitchell
had TD catches.
2,196 32,091
Passing yards
by WT junior
quarterback Preston Rabb for the
season. Rabb
threw for 296
yards against
Kingsville and
three touchdowns. He has
15 touchdowns
on the season.
On a sunny Saturday West Texas
A&M drew 5,827
fans to Kimbrough Memorial
Stadium. The
Buffs four-game
home slate drew
32,091 fans or
8,022 fans per
game.
— Lance Lahnert
Name
Solo Ast Tot.
Trevor Pesek
5
7
12
Trevor Moses
5
6
11
E.Hobbs
2
6
8
Anthony Forker
3
3
6
Kyle Williams
4
0
4
Braedon Robinson
1
3
4
DeMarcus Spurlock
2
1
3
Darius Lively
2
1
3
Joshua Toki
1
2
3
Brandon James
1
2
3
Lamont Hills
2
0
2
Kamen Ruelas
1
1
2
Henry Greathouse
0
2
2
Will Juarez
0
2
2
Seven players with one tackle each
West Texas A&M
Rushing
Name
Att. Yds Avg Lg TD
G.Alrdg-Mtchll 21 121 5.8 15 2
Venric Mark 10 88 8.8 45 0
TEAM RUSH
2 -4 -2.0 0 0
Jared Cate
1 -9 -9 0 0
Passing
Name
C-A-I Yds Lg
Preston Rabb 20-30-1 296 55
Jared Cate
0-2-0
0 0
David Lehocky 2-2-0 10 6
Receiving
Name
No.
Jeremy Watson
8
G. Alridge-Mitchell 4
Jarrian Rhone
3
Word Hudson
3
Xavier Amey
1
Jordan Jones
1
Venric Mark
1
Darrian Turk
1
Yds
90
73
35
22
55
21
6
4
TD
3
0
0
Lg TD
22 0
24 1
17 0
8 1
55 1
21 0
6 0
4 0
Punting
Name
No. Yds Avg Lg Tb In20
Elliot Moore 3 9632.0 51 0 0
Tackles
Name
Solo Ast
Carter James
1
10
Hunter Streuling
1
9
Elijah Lagafuaina
3
6
Torian Oakley
5
3
Brandon Green
2
5
Iosia Iosia
3
3
David Tameilau
1
5
Colton McDonald
3
2
Stormy Butler
1
4
LaPear Willrich
0
5
Markus Pierce-Brewster 2
2
Trevor Mykelbust
1
3
Meili Valele
0
4
Derriel Collins
1
2
Ethan Morriss
1
2
James Hickman
0
2
Dimitri Donald
0
2
Five players with one tackle each
Interceptions
Hunter Streuling 2
Tot.
11
10
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2