Second-half surge leads Georgetown over Marble Falls
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
GEORGETOWN — The Marble Falls High School football team lost 62-35 to Georgetown High in a District 25-5A contest Oct. 10.
Depth and the Eagles’ ability to extend drives turned a 28-21 halftime lead into a lopsided victory.
“They’re good,” Mustangs head coach Matt Green said. “You couldn’t go up and down the field with them. Our defense created a turnover, and, at 28-21, I was thinking we’re in it.”
Georgetown (5-1 overall, 2-1 district) scored four touchdowns off seven first-half possessions and five touchdowns on seven second-half possessions. Meanwhile, the Mustangs (3-3, 1-2) scored three touchdowns on six first-half possessions and two touchdowns on seven second-half possessions.
Green said he thought his team surprised Georgetown in the beginning.
“I thought we caught them off guard a little bit,” he said. “But they could throw, they were big up front. The running backs are really good, and their fullback looks like a 240-pound tight end.”
That combination makes it difficult on defenses, the coach said.
The other factor was the physicality of the Eagles. The offense scored on drives of multiple plays and on short drives that featured explosive plays. They also converted on three fourth downs. And their defense was selective on blitzes, often waiting on third down.
“We did block them, and when we had to throw, we just couldn’t do it,” Green said. “Give them credit, but we didn’t beat ourselves.”
Georgetown quarterback Ben Bottlinger threw for more than 300 yards for four touchdowns, and running back Dakota Cahill ran for more than 250 yards and five touchdowns.
Marble Falls junior quarterback Brennen Wooten threw for about 250 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 64 yards and one touchdown. Sophomore running back Daven Manning had 88 yards receiving. All stats were unofficial.
The Mustangs were flagged 12 times for 120 yards, while the Eagles received three penalties for 35 yards.
Marble Falls plays Leander in its homecoming game at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Mustang Stadium, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.
jfierro@thepicayune.com
SCORE BY QUARTERS
MARBLE FALLS — 1ST (14); 2ND (7); 3RD (14); 4TH (0) – 35
GEORGETOWN — 1ST (14); 2ND (14); 3RD (21); 4TH (13) – 62
FIRST QUARTER
G – Jo’vonta Grimble 26-yard pass from Ben Bottlinger (Zach Patterson kick), 6:26
MF – Royale Brown 50-yard run (Gavino Tinajera kick), 5:07
G – Dakota Cahll 24-yard pass from Bottlinger (Patterson kick), 2:59
MF – Brennen Wooten 1-yard run (Tinajera kick), 2:15
SECOND QUARTER
G – Cahill 5-yard run (Patterson kick), 8:44
G – Beau Corrales 14-yard pass from Bottlinger (Patterson kick), 3:41
MF – Daven Manning 25-yard pass from Wotten (Tinajera kick), :21
THIRD QUARTER
G – Cahill 1-yard run (Patterson kick), 8:53
MF – Manning 25-yard pass from Wooten (kick failed), 8:35
G – Jamel Powell 6-yard run (Patterson kick), 5:09
MF – Eric Cauble 28-yard pass from Wooten (Hanner Shipley two-point catch), :13
FOURTH QUARTER
G – Cahill 3-yard run (kick failed), 11:35
G – Logan Hager 33-yard pass from Bottlinger (Patterson kick), 7:22
TEAM STATS
(MARBLE FALLS) First downs — 14; Total yards — 410; Rushes-yards — 26-164; Passing — 246 ; Interceptions — 0; Comp-att-int — 17-35-0; Fumbles-lost — 0-0; Penalties-yards — 12-129
(GEORGETOWN) First downs — 29; Total yards — 620; Rushes-yards — 44-304; Passing — 316; Interceptions — 1; Comp-att-int — 23-35-1; Fumbles-lost — 0-0; Penalties-yards — 3-35
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING – (Marble Falls) Brennen Wooten 7-76-1 touchdown, Royale Brown 4-48-1 touchdown, Daven Manning 10-35, Tyler Ryan 3-5. (Georgetown) Ben Bottlinger 4-(-4), Dustin Prater 1-4, Dakota Cahill 26-230, Jamael Powell 8-64, Mookie Walton 5-10.
PASSING – (Marble Falls) Brennen Wooten 17-35-246-3 touchdowns. (Georgetown) Ben Bottlinger 23-35-316-4 touchdowns-1 interception
RECEIVING – (Marble Falls) Cade Cool 2-16, Jacob Metcalf 5-75, Eric Cauble 4-53-1 touchdown, Royale Brown 1-10, Daven Manning 4-92-2 touchdowns. (Georgetown) Beau Corrales 5-57, Dakota Cahill 5-50, Jamael Powell 1-10, Morgan Mickan 2-26, Jo’vonta Grimble 6-115, Logan Hager 4-58