A Midland Greenwood running back, who amassed more than 2,000 yards last year, was held to 105 yards Friday night as the Brownwood Lions notched their first win of the season, 35-15 at Gordon Wood Stadium. Greenwood, Class 4A Division II and ranked 8th in the state, played from behind from the get go. The Lions never trailed during the game. Brownwood is now 1-1 on the season.
“Man I’m so proud of them, we needed this,” said Brownwood Lions assistant head coach David Jones, filling in for head coach Sammy Burnett who was quarantined Thursday for being in close contact with a person who has contracted COVID-19. “We needed to get into the win column. As I always tell the boys, wins are hard to come by. By all means it wasn’t pretty, but we needed to get into the win column and I’m glad we did. This is the momentum we need to propel us for the rest of the season. We’ve got some young kids out there that are playing, we’ve got nine sophomores up right now and I just commend our seniors for leading those guys. This year is going to be a process of getting those younger guys to grow up and I think we took one giant step today.”
The Lions will host former district rival China Spring at Gordon Wood on September 11. The Cougars (2-0) defeated Lorena, 42-13, Friday night after opening the season with a 74-35 victory over Benbrook.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Greenwood 0 2 13 0 – 15
Brownwood 7 14 7 7 – 35
SCORING SUMMARY
B: Royshad Henderson 3 run (Junior Martinez kick), 6:23, 1st
G: Safety – Henderson tackled in end zone, 10:32, 2nd
B: Jason Jackson 10 pass from Chance Jones (Martinez kick), 8:00, 2nd
B: Jones 3 run (Martinez kick), 0:22, 2nd
G: Cade Carrell 22 pass from Ty Flowers (run failed), 8:01, 3rd
B: Henderson 15 run (Martinez kick), 1:16, 3rd
G: Izaiah Ramirez 97 kick return (Ramirez kick), 1:00, 3rd
B: Henderson 8 run (Martinez kick), 3:43, 4th
TEAM STATS
Greenwood Brownwood
First Downs 8 15
Total Offense 167 184
Rushes-Yards 40-126 37-102
Passing Yards 41 82
Comp-Att-Int 4-10-1 11-17-1
Punts 4-33.7 5-47.0
Fumbles Lost 3 1
Penalties-Yards 7-63 8-58
PLAYER STATS
RUSHING: Greenwood – Trey Cross 28-105, Jimmy Vasquez 3-10, Bradyen Wauson 4-7, Ty Flowers 5-(-18). Brownwood – Royshad Henderson 27-118, Chance Jones 10-(-16).
PASSING: Greenwood – Flowers 4-10-1-41. Brownwood – Jones 11-17-1-82.
RECEIVING: Greenwood – Cade Carrell 2-25, Cross 1-8, Vasquez 1-8. Brownwood – Jason Jackson 4-51, Dane Johnson 3-6, Elias Huerta 2-20, Henderson 2-5.