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Diboll falls in shootout
Stanton runs for 427 yards in 65-59 loss
By GARY WILLMON
The Lufkin Daily News
Diboll's Ketaraus Stanton carries the ball during playoff action at Abe Martin Stadium Friday night.
It was the darnedest thing. They held a football playoff game, and a track meet broke out.
In an incredible display of offensive firepower from two high-octane ballclubs, the Palestine Westwood Panthers outgunned the Diboll Lumberjacks 65-59 for the Class 3A Division II bi-district football championship Friday at Abe Martin Stadium.
The loss by Diboll overshadowed a remarkable effort in which two DHS offensive records went by the wayside. Lumberjack running back Ketaraus Stanton rushed for 427 yards and six touchdowns, easily a school single-game rushing record, breaking his own mark set a few weeks earlier. And Diboll QB Jacolby Spencer, only a junior, set a single-season record for touchdown passes with 25 as he passed for 142 yards and two scores.
But the 'Jacks had to play catchup all night, and costly turnovers proved to be fatal. Westwood quarterback Gralyn Crawford rushed for 170 yards and four TDs while passing for 314 yards and three more scores. He also caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from running back D.J. Morrow.
Stanton's 33-yard TD run midway through the first quarter pulled Diboll even at 7-7 with Westwood, but the Panthers extended it to 21-7, thanks in part to a 99-yard TD toss from Crawford to Bruce Smith.
Stanton's 75-yard touchdown gallop as the first quarter ended cut the Panther lead to 21-14. The teams exchanged touchdowns through the second quarter, with Diboll's J.J. Hayes snagging a 44-yard TD pass from Spencer and Stanton racing to the end zone from 50 yards out, cutting the Westwood lead to 35-28.
But Crawford's trickery as the first-half clock ran out — the ball was direct-snapped to Morrow, who hit Crawford for a TD catch of his own — put the Panthers on top 42-28 at halftime.
Westwood then blew out to a 51-28 lead before Stanton scored on a 23-yard run. It was 65-36 Westwood when Diboll mounted its furious comeback which would see the 'Jacks score the final three TDs of the game.
Stanton's fifth touchdown of the game came on a 1-yard plunge to cap a 70-yard drive, with Hayes catching a two-point conversion pass. Then it was Stanton again, breaking loose on a rambling 60-yard scoring run with 3:13 left, and Spencer nailed Nick Cortines with a two-point conversion pass. Suddenly it was 65-52.
Diboll got the ball back and Spencer found Alex Castillo for a 16-yard touchdown pass with 46 seconds remaining, trimming the Panther lead to 65-59. But the 'Jacks magic — an earlier onside kick was recovered that led to a score — finally ran out in the last minute as the ensuing onside kick bounced out of bounds before a Diboll player could recover it.
The Panthers advance to take on either China Spring or Rockdale next Saturday in Waco. Diboll's season comes to an end at 9-2. After winning its first nine games, the Lumberjacks dropped last week's district championship decision to Carthage 56-32 before falling to Westwood Friday.
Diboll falls in shootout
Stanton runs for 427 yards in 65-59 loss
By GARY WILLMON
The Lufkin Daily News
Diboll's Ketaraus Stanton carries the ball during playoff action at Abe Martin Stadium Friday night.
It was the darnedest thing. They held a football playoff game, and a track meet broke out.
In an incredible display of offensive firepower from two high-octane ballclubs, the Palestine Westwood Panthers outgunned the Diboll Lumberjacks 65-59 for the Class 3A Division II bi-district football championship Friday at Abe Martin Stadium.
The loss by Diboll overshadowed a remarkable effort in which two DHS offensive records went by the wayside. Lumberjack running back Ketaraus Stanton rushed for 427 yards and six touchdowns, easily a school single-game rushing record, breaking his own mark set a few weeks earlier. And Diboll QB Jacolby Spencer, only a junior, set a single-season record for touchdown passes with 25 as he passed for 142 yards and two scores.
But the 'Jacks had to play catchup all night, and costly turnovers proved to be fatal. Westwood quarterback Gralyn Crawford rushed for 170 yards and four TDs while passing for 314 yards and three more scores. He also caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from running back D.J. Morrow.
Stanton's 33-yard TD run midway through the first quarter pulled Diboll even at 7-7 with Westwood, but the Panthers extended it to 21-7, thanks in part to a 99-yard TD toss from Crawford to Bruce Smith.
Stanton's 75-yard touchdown gallop as the first quarter ended cut the Panther lead to 21-14. The teams exchanged touchdowns through the second quarter, with Diboll's J.J. Hayes snagging a 44-yard TD pass from Spencer and Stanton racing to the end zone from 50 yards out, cutting the Westwood lead to 35-28.
But Crawford's trickery as the first-half clock ran out — the ball was direct-snapped to Morrow, who hit Crawford for a TD catch of his own — put the Panthers on top 42-28 at halftime.
Westwood then blew out to a 51-28 lead before Stanton scored on a 23-yard run. It was 65-36 Westwood when Diboll mounted its furious comeback which would see the 'Jacks score the final three TDs of the game.
Stanton's fifth touchdown of the game came on a 1-yard plunge to cap a 70-yard drive, with Hayes catching a two-point conversion pass. Then it was Stanton again, breaking loose on a rambling 60-yard scoring run with 3:13 left, and Spencer nailed Nick Cortines with a two-point conversion pass. Suddenly it was 65-52.
Diboll got the ball back and Spencer found Alex Castillo for a 16-yard touchdown pass with 46 seconds remaining, trimming the Panther lead to 65-59. But the 'Jacks magic — an earlier onside kick was recovered that led to a score — finally ran out in the last minute as the ensuing onside kick bounced out of bounds before a Diboll player could recover it.
The Panthers advance to take on either China Spring or Rockdale next Saturday in Waco. Diboll's season comes to an end at 9-2. After winning its first nine games, the Lumberjacks dropped last week's district championship decision to Carthage 56-32 before falling to Westwood Friday.