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CALHOUN FOOTBALL
Written by rkinnaird
Friday, 05 September 2008
A BIG FRIDAY NIGHT FOR CRAB NATION. SOLD OUT ON THE HOME SIDE FOR CALHOUN'S HOME OPENER AGAINST BRAZOSPORT.
PLUS, THE SANDCRABS SOLD A BUNCH OF TICKETS FOR THEIR FANS ON THE VISITORS' SIDE. THIS AFTER THE EIGHTH-RANKED CRABS TOTALLED MERCEDES IN THE TEXAS FOOTBALL CLASSIC. FIRST QUARTER, ON THE SECOND PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, JAMES EZZELL, THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK REGISTERED A 44-YARD GAIN TO THE BRAZOSPORT 25. NEXT PLAY, EZZELL, BROKE A TACKLE, AND GOT 19 MORE TO THE EXPORTERS SIX. NEXT PLAY, EZZELL FOOLS BRAZOSPORT, CALHOUN UP 7-0 WITH UNDER TWO MINUTES GONE IN THE GAME. BACK TO WORK, EZZELL TO DAYLAN BUBENIK, WHICH IN CZECH MEANS TOUCHDOWN CALHOUN. IT WAS A 13 YARD SCORE, 14-0, 7:07 OF THE FIRST QUARTER. NEXT, STERLING JONES, A FORMER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK, WITH A BLOCKER AHEAD, 12 TO THE BRAZOSPORT 35. FOURTH AND TWO AT THE 27, SANDCRABS GO FOR IT WITH EZZELL PITCHING BACK TO JONES. HE GETS THE FIRST AT THE 15, THEN THERE WAS A LATE HIT THAT TOOK IT TO THE BRAZOSPORT SEVEN. TWO PLAYS LATER, JONES WOULD TAKE IT IN. 21-0 CALHOUN AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, CRAB NATION IS PUMPED, CAPACITY CROWD ON THE HOME SIDE OF SANDCRAB STADIUM TONIGHT. NOW IN THE SECOND, CALHOUN BACK ON THE ATTACK, EZZELL WENT DEEP, XAVIER ARCHANGEL, TAKING IT 42 YARDS DOWN TO THE BRAZOSPORT 16, AND THE EXPORTERS GET CALLED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. THAT TAKES IT TO THE SEVEN, EZZELL WOULD SCORE FROM THE ONE, MAKING IT 28-0.
CALHOUN EASILY WOULD TAKE IT FROM THERE. THE CRABS COAST TO 2-0 BY BEATING BRAZOSPORT 42-7.
