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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 WWW.OAOA.COM SECTION D

>> CHECK IT OUTThe Odessa Jackalopes open their season

at 7:05 tonight by playing at Wichita Falls in aNorth American Hockey League game.

OHS-PERMIAN GAME DAY | 6D

THE BASICS>> When:

7:30 tonight

>> Where: Ratliff Stadium(OHS is home team)

>> Last season:Permian 45, Odessa High 6

>> Records:Permian 0-2;

Odessa High 1-1

>> Twitter updates:Follow Lee Scheide at @OALeeScheide;

Follow Adam Zuvanich at @OAZuvanich

>> Tickets: About 700reserved seats on OHS sidewill be on sale, along with

1,500 end-zone tickets, from8 a.m.-noon today at theECISD’s downtown office

C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L : B I G 1 2

EDYTA BLASZCZYK|ODESSA AMERICAN

Texas Tech running back Kenny Williams breaks throughtackles by TCU defenders in the first quarter of the gameThursday at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock.

Marquez makes winning TD catch asTexas Tech knocks off No. 24 TCU

BY ADAM ZUVANICHazuvanich@oaoa.com

LUBBOCK The Texas Techoffense, sputtering andmaking mistakes for mostof the night, needed tomake something happenlate in its Big 12 Confer-ence opener against TCU.

The man from OdessaHigh School did just that.

Bradley Marquez, a 2011Odessa High graduate inhis third season as a RedRaiders receiver, caught a19-yard touchdown passfrom Davis Webb to breaka tie with 3 minutes, 48 sec-onds remaining Thursdayat Jones AT&T Stadium.

The catch came on a third-down fade route in theright corner of the endzone, and it lifted the RedRaiders to a 20-10 victoryin front of a raucous crowdof 58,702.

It was the third TD re-ception in as many gamesthis season for Marquez,who had only one scoringcatch in his first two sea-sons with the Red Raiders.He finished with three re-ceptions for 35 yards.

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Marquez, who playsbaseball in the New YorkMets organization duringthe summer, also made akey block on the RedRaiders’ first touchdownearly in the game. He droveTCU cornerback SamCarter clear into the TexasTech sideline, whichhelped Kenny Williams

turn a short swing pass intoa 50-yard TD down theright sideline.

Texas Tech (3-0 overall,1-0 Big 12), which won 56-53 in triple-overtime lastseason at TCU, neededboth scores on a nightwhen its typically potentoffense struggled againstthe Horned Frogs (1-2, 0-1).True freshman Baker May-field threw the first threeinterceptions on his careerand finished 21-of-40 pass-ing for 216 yards.

Only 15 of Mayfield’spassing yards came in thesecond half, and he wasknocked out of the gamewith an injury with aboutsix minutes remaining. TheRed Raiders had only onesecond-half first down atthat point, but Webb, a fel-low true freshman, awokethe slumbering offense.

His 11-yard completionto Jace Amaro, who fin-ished with a career-highnine catches for 97 yards,set up a first-down run byDeAndre Washington.Two plays later, Webb con-nected with Washingtonfor what appeared to be a49-yard touchdown.

But after an officials re-view, Washington wasruled to have dropped theball just before crossing thegoal line. And Texas Techreceived an unsportsman-like conduct penalty forcelebrating, so instead of ago-ahead touchdown it wasfirst-and-10 from the TCU15-yard line.

The Red Raiders backedup even further on the nexttwo plays. Then, on third-and-14 from the 19, Webbfound Marquez for thegame-winning play.

H I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L : O D E S S A H I G H V S . P E R M I A N

RYAN EVON|ODESSA AMERICAN

Odessa High junior Dwayne Amoyaw reaches out to make a catch during a practice earlier this week. Amoyaw gets his firstchance tonight to face Permian, where his older brother Andrew was a standout from 2005-07.

Family feud

‘The rivalry

is pretty big in the

house.’DAWYNEAMOYAW

Odessa Highjunior

Amoyaw making strides for Bronchos a few yearsafter older brother was standout for Panthers

BY LEE SCHEIDElscheide@oaoa.com

Odessa High.Permian.One or the other, but not both. Not this week, anyway, for the

Amoyaw family.Youngest brother Dwayne

Amoyaw is a junior tight end forthe Odessa High football team.

Oldest brother Andrew playedin the annual contest three times— as a member of the PermianPanthers.

Joed, the middle brother,started at Permian, playing foot-ball his sophomore season, beforetransferring to Odessa High andconcentrating on basketball hisjunior and senior seasons.

“The rivalry is pretty big in thehouse,” Dwayne Amoyaw said,laughing. “Andrew has alreadybeen talking to me, saying ‘Ya’ll

aren’t going to beat us; Mojo’shere.’

“He’ll probably sit on the Per-mian side and Joed will sit on theOHS side. It’s going to be fun.”

Andrew Amoyaw admits to al-ready upping the ante in thehouse, where not many wordshave been spoken.

“I saw Joed earlier in theweek,” Andrew said. “I kind ofwhispered ‘You know it’s OHS-Permian rivalry week, right?’

“He’s like ‘Yeah, I know,’ tryingto ignore me, but it’s a big thing.The biggest thing though is thatwe are both going to be there tosupport Dwayne when he’s onthe field; we’re his biggest cheer-ing section. But I’m still hopingthat Permian wins because youhave to support your alma mater.”

Dwayne Amoyaw understandsthat the ribbing is done in fun

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More than30 years

ago ...

BY ADAM ZUVANICHazuvanich@oaoa.com

It’s been nearly 30 yearssince John Wilkinscoached a football game forPermian High School, andhe’s now 70 years old.

In his mind, though,most of the 170 games inwhich he coached might aswell have been played lastweek. Wilkins can rattle offthe scores of many of thosegames, has vivid memoriesof critical plays in impor-tant contests, and in somecases knows who the Pan-thers played the week be-fore and the week after.

But when it comes tothe 1981 game againstOdessa High — the lastregular-season game atW.T. Barrett Stadium andthe last time the Panthersand Bronchos played onFriday the 13th — Wilkins’recollection is a little fuzzy.He had broken two ribs inan automobile accidentonly two days before andspent some time in thehospital, and he neededpain pills just to be able tostand on the sideline.

“I was kind of dazed,just kind of floating on air,”Wilkins said this week. “Iwas just there, I guess.”

Those on the Bronchos’side wish they couldn’t re-member the game, either.The Panthers won 14-7 on alast-minute touchdown runby quarterback Coy Brown,which was made possibleby a controversial penalty

against Odessa High.Two plays before the

winning score, Permian’sBobby Knott missed wideright on a 33-yard field-goal attempt. But the Bron-chos received anunsportsmanlike conductpenalty for jumping oneach other’s backs in an at-tempt to block the kick — arule instituted that seasonand called against the Pan-thers earlier in the game —giving Permian a firstdown inside the 10-yardline.

Jerry Millsapps, theOdessa High head coach atthe time, told the OdessaAmerican after the gamethat it was “too bad a sorryofficial’s call whipped us.”It was Permian’s 16th winagainst Odessa High in aspan of 17 years, with theteams playing to a 14-14 tiethe year before.

“Those are things youtry to kind of forget about alittle bit,” said Ron Leach,the Bronchos’ offensive co-ordinator in 1981.

Permian won despitethree lost fumbles by starfullback Dale Carr, who

Rivals have played three timesbefore on Friday the 13th,

the last time a classic in 1981

RON LEACHOHS COACH IN 81

DALE CARRPERMIAN EX

>> See 13TH Page 6D

OHS grad provideskey block on

other touchdown

2D ODESSA AMERICAN H I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

BY JOSHUA WEAVERjweaver@oaoa.com

Monahans football play-ers speak in abundanceabout learning and absorb-ing what they do as a teamand as individuals.

From wins and losses,the Loboes dissect the de-tails, evaluate and re-arrange, all in an effort tocome up with the picture-perfect product to place onthe field every Friday.

Fortunately, Monahanshad two weeks to get all it

could out of their season-opening 47-7 setback at Mid-land Christian. Needless tosay, the Loboes weren’t ex-actly fond of what they saw.

“No one likes to lose.

That’s not how we wantedto start off,” Monahans line-backer/running back BryanVenegas said. “But that’sover with and each day isan opportunity to get bet-ter. We learned what wehad to do to pick up ourgame. We have been bust-ing our butts this last cou-ple of weeks, studying filmlike crazy and figuring outwhat we need to do.”

If it all feels like déjà vu,that’s because it is. TheLoboes (0-1) went througha similar situation last sea-

son — Midland Christianloss, early-season bye weekand game against Class 4ACanyon Randall in Week 2.

Where the Loboes wantto sever the similarities isduring the 48 minutes start-ing at 7 tonight on the roadversus the Raiders, who beatMonahans 34-14 a year ago.

“That loss to MidlandChristian will make yougrow up,” Loboes headcoach Mickey Owens said.“It wasn’t just one thing thatwe said, ‘OK, that’s what weneed to work on.’ We just

needed to get better every-where and the kids haveworked hard the last twoweeks.”

The Loboes defense sur-rendered 464 yards (318through the air) and seventouchdowns against theMustangs, while the offensemanufactured just onescoring drive.

Junior Morales, whostarts at wide receiver andsafety and caught the lonetouchdown, a 35-yard passfrom quarterback HaasanWalker, said the Loboes

must have an attack men-tality on both sides of theball early and often tonight.The Raiders (2-0) havescored a combined 65points in victories againstPlainview and Hereford.

“We were pretty madafter that loss and we cameout practicing hard,”Morales said. “We just haveto get better and keep work-ing. No worry, just need tomake sure we do our jobbetter next time.”

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P E R M I A N B A S I N P R E V I E W C A P S U L E S : W E E K 2

Loboes hit long road in search of first victory

JUNIORMORALES

BRYANVENEGAS

ANDREWS MUSTANGS AT BROWNFIELD CUBS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Cub Stadium.

>> Records: Andrews 1-1;Brownfield 2-0.

>> Last Week: Sweetwater 39,Andrews 31; Brownfield 28,Greenwood 21.

>> Radio: KACT-FM 105.5;KACT-AM 1360 (Andrews).

>> Internet: kactradio.com(Andrews), cubsportsradio.com(Brownfield).

>> Last Season: Andrews 35,Brownfield 22.

>> Notes: Offensively, An-drews is getting close to wherehead coach Ralph Mason wantsit to be. The Mustangs ran 90 of-fensive plays last week and con-verted 31 first downs in theirloss to Sweetwater, with quar-terback Shane Dolgener rushingfor 101 yards, scoring threetouchdowns, and passing for250 yards and another score.Coy Lopez and Kyle Buck com-bined for 12 of Dolgener’s 25completions. … Andrews’ newdefense, which allowed morethan 500 yards of offense toSweetwater, is still a work inprogress. “We are trying to findourselves within this new de-fense, just not quite there yet,”Mason said. “We’ve shown someprogress this week. That’s whatthis time of year is for anyway,to prepare yourself and try toget everything ironed out beforeyou hit those games that reallycount.”… The Mustangs will seehow much they’ve improvedagainst Brownfield, whichavenged last season’s 41-0blowout loss to Greenwood bytopping the Rangers 28-21 ontheir own field last week. Brown-field quarterback Sha’Coby Hillcompiled more than 300 yardsof offense (62 rushing, 241 pass-ing), throwing three touchdownpasses and scoring another onthe ground.

GREENWOOD RANGERS ATSHALLOWATER MUSTANGS>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30

tonight, Todd Field, Shallowater.>> Records: Greenwood 1-1;

Shallowater 2-0.>> Last Week: Brownfield 28,

Greenwood 21; Shallowater 49,Littlefield 40.

>> Radio: KJDL-FM 105.3 andKJDL-AM 1420 (Lubbock).

>> Internet: audiosportson-line.net (Greenwood); thered-dirtrebel.com (Lubbock).

>> Last Season: Shallowater49, Greenwood 21.

>> Notes: Had it not been forturnovers last week, Greenwoodmight have had a different out-come against Brownfield. “Wehad some snap issues,” Rangerscoach Shad Hanna said. “Threetimes we were going in to scoreand shot ourselves in the foot,and the ball bounced right intoBrownfield’s hands. It was defi-nitely bouncing their direction.”... Greenwood was held to 290yards offensively, paced byquarterback Alex Jacobs-Montes(2 rushing touchdowns, 1 pass-ing touchdown), who nearly en-gineered a Greenwoodcomeback by running for onescore and throwing for anotherin the fourth quarter. BraydinMoreland ran for a game-high 76yards. … Shallowater has won 24of its last 28 games. Division Iprospect Jarek Black rushed for244 yards against Littlefield withtouchdown runs of 63, 54 and 51yards. The Mustangs tallied 493yards offensively, with 398 ofthat coming on the ground.

FORT STOCKTON PANTHERS AT SEMINOLE INDIANS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Wig Wam Stadium.

>> Records: Fort Stockton 0-2; Seminole 1-1.

>> Last Week: San AngeloLake View 35, Fort Stockton 28;Idalou 21, Seminole 7.

>> Radio: KFST AM-860 andKFST-FM 94.3 (Fort Stockton);KIKZ-AM 1250 (Seminole).

>> Internet: kfstradio.com(Fort Stockton); kikzksem.com(Seminole).

>> Last Season: Seminole 29,Fort Stockton 25.

>> Notes: Last year’s meetingwent down to the wire and thisseason’s meeting should be justas much of a battle as bothteams try to overcome losses. …

Victor Olivas ran for two touch-downs and threw for two morein Fort Stockton’s loss to LakeView with Tanner Bruingtoncatching both of the scoringpasses. The Panthers couldn’tovercome nine penalties, includ-ing one that led to a fourth quar-ter game-tying touchdown beingcalled back but still showedstrides from a Week 0 blowoutloss to Big Spring. “We improved100-fold,” Fort Stockton headcoach Derek Taylor said. “I’mvery pleased with the improve-ment. Disappointed that wecouldn’t come away with the vic-tory, but improvement is whatwe needed.” … Seminole fell toIdalou as starting quarterbackJarett Johnson left the gameearly with an injury while lead-ing rusher Addison Parum satout of the game because of aninjury. “We went to Grant Petty,who we wanted to use at quar-terback some anyway, justhaven’t repped him much, so ouroffense was limited to aboutfour plays,” Seminole headcoach Chris Burtch said. Pettyrushed for 92 yards and the loneIndians’ touchdown, and SabraunAdams went for 80 yards on justfive carries. Seminole alsoturned the ball over five times.

DENVER CITY MUSTANGS AT PECOS EAGLES

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Rotary Field.

>> Records: Denver City 2-0;Pecos 2-0.

>> Last Week: Denver City 21,Levelland 20 (OT); Pecos 27, Ker-mit 14.

>> Radio: KSEM FM-106.3(Seminole); KIUN AM-1400(Pecos).

>> Web: 98xfm.com (Pecos).>> Last Season: Pecos 23,

Denver City 15.>> Notes: The Pecos Eagles

have averaged 368 rushingyards this season. Contributionshave come mostly from JC Her-nandez (196 yards), quarterbackMario Gallardo (169), Alex Garcia(159) and Cesar Ortega (133), butfour others have at least onecarry. The diversity of the rush-ing attack is coming along well,head coach Chris Henson said,and fits right in with what theEagles are wanting to do eachweek. “We are having a blessedyear with a lot of talented kids,”Henson said. “We are able tospread it around and you can’treally key in on one guy. It’ssomething that if you try to keyin, we’ll be able to hurt you inanother aspect.”… The other as-pect in this case is Gallardo’sarm. The senior has completedjust 12 passes through twogames but for 200 yards andone TD. Jared Windham is his re-ceiver of choice thus far. … IfHenson has one thing to pick onfrom the Eagles’ 2-0 start it’sthe penalties. Henson said histeam has been guilty of infrac-tions at obviously inopportunetimes. … Mason Milligan hitKeyshawn Hawkins for a 10-yardtouchdown in overtime lastweek, and the extra point con-version by Saul Gutierrez gaveDenver City, which scored all ofits points in the second half andovertime, its victory over Level-land. Milligan finished 12-of-27passing for 107 yards the one TDand one interception. He also ledthe team in rushing with 80yards on 20 carries.

FABENS WILDCATS AT ALPINE FIGHTIN’ BUCKS >> Time, Date, Place: 7:30

tonight, Buck Stadium.>> Records: Fabens 1-1; Alpine

0-2.>> Last Week: El Paso Park-

land 47, Fabens 18; Wink 22,Alpine 17;

>> Radio: KVLF AM-1240(Alpine).

>> Last Season: Alpine 28,Fabens 27.

>> Notes: Injuries haveplagued Alpine through twogames. That has left head coachStacey Martin with a few deci-sions today. One injured playeris fourth-year starting quarter-back Evan Moore, who was hurtin the opener but played in all oflast week’s loss to Class 1A Wink.“It’s just that kind of year sofar,” Martin said, adding thatmuch of his decision will bebased on making sure all his go-to players are availabe for dis-

trict play. “We are going to stickto what we are doing and askguys to step up and fill thoseroles,” Martin said. … DanielRojo spotted Moore during theopener and could get more timeat quarterback as well as line-backer this week. The Bucks alsocalled up freshman QB/LB, IsaacGallego to play safety and widereceiver. ... Fabens coach DonHennigan, who was McCamey’shead coach in 1998 and ’99, saidhe isn’t banking on any ofAlpine’s stars being out, and ashe put it, “Everyone could be ontheir death bed and it would stillbe a good game. We expectthem to be at full strength.”…Carlos Gonzalez is the work-horse out of the backfield forFabens. The junior has team-highs in carries (43), yards (364)and touchdowns (two). … Lastseason, Fabens went for a 2-point conversion after scoring atouchdown inside of a minuteleft in the game, but the attemptwas stopped by the Bucks de-fense.

KERMIT YELLOW JACKETS ATREAGAN COUNTY OWLS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, James H. Bird MemorialStadium, Big Lake.

>> Records: Reagan County 2-0; Kermit 0-2.

>> Last Week: Pecos 27, Ker-mit 14. Reagan County 27, Junc-tion 19.

>> Internet: 98xfm.com(Pecos).

>> Last Season: ReaganCounty 23, Kermit 19.

>> Notes: Kermit scored 14points in the first half againstPecos last week, then wentscoreless in the second half.Head coach Arick Heredia saidthe message this week in prepa-ration for Reagan County tonightwas finishing. … This will be Ker-mit’s third game on the road thisseason, including its seasonopener that was part of theASCO Football Madness at Mid-land’s Grande CommunicationsStadium, and is as good a timeas any for the Yellow Jackets’first win of the season. “We aregetting to that point where weneed one,” Heredia said. “Thekids were a little disappointedlast week, but they grasped thebig picture of the season. Wematch up well with ReaganCounty, with players and num-bers, and we feel if it all comestogether we have a goodchance.” … Jared Easley willmake his third start at quarter-back for Kermit. He threw a pairof touchdowns to JantzenMichel, who led the team withfour catches for 51 yards. XavierQuiroz carried the ball 14 timesfor 37 yards. … Paced by JaimeCarrasco’s 133, Freddy Rocha’s74, Reagan County rushed for256 yards in its Week 1 win overJunction. “We overcame ourmistakes in our first game andeliminated some of them in oursecond,” Reagan County headcoach Ken Campbell said.

CRANE GOLDEN CRANES AT OZONA LIONS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Lion Stadium.

>> Records: Crane 2-0; Ozona1-1.

>> Last Week: Crane 33, Col-orado City 20; Iraan 20, Ozona16.

>> Radio: KYXX FM-94.3(Ozona).

>> Internet: myelave.com(Crane); justin.tv/khoskyxxfm(Ozona).

>> Last Season: Ozona 20,Crane 16.

>> Notes: The Golden Cranescommitted 21 penalties andmanaged to win by 13 points lastweek. Conversely, head coachEdward Perez’s Ozona Lionswere unable to shake off theirfair share of adversity in a lossthat boiled down to the fourthquarter against Iraan. “We hadto overcome a lot last week,”Perez said, pointing to a fewearly mistakes and the loss ofHavael Damian, a key figure onthe line of scrimmage, who wasruled out with an illness prior totaking the field. “We are stillgetting them into the new sys-tem, but getting better everyweek that’s all we can ask for —improve and stay healty.” …Crane put forth a balanced of-fensive attack and racked up

395 yards (209 passing, 186rushing) in avenging its 2012playoff loss to Colorado City.Gunner Tatum accounted for abulk of the ground work, rushingfor 93 yards in 13 carries. …Charles Tapia completed 62 per-cent of his passes (8 of 13, 209yards) and threw three touch-downs, two to Austin Sandoval.Oscar Nuno needed just twocatches to check off 75 yards. …Messages seeking commentfrom Crane head coach NaldoEsparza were not returned.

IRAAN BRAVES AT ROCKSPRINGS ANGORAS>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30

tonight, Angora Stadium.>> Records: Iraan 2-0; Rock-

springs 0-2.>> Last Week: Iraan 20, Ozona

16; Brackett 54, Rocksprings 21.>> Last Season: Iraan 26,

Rocksprings 18.>> Notes: Xavier Rangel is

very familiar with West Texasfootball. Before taking over theRocksprings program two yearsago, Rangel was an assistant forGary Gaines at Permian — one ofa few coaching stops in the area.Rangel and his Angoras welcomean undefeated Iraan squad fortheir home opener. “Iraan is abig name and the community islooking forward to having themhere,” Rangel said. “Hopefullywe can give them a good game.”… Sophomore quarterback TonySanchez will anchor the Rock-springs offense. His go-to targetis Emry Flores, who hauled inthree passes for 72 yards and aTD last week. … The Braves’ tan-dem quarterbacks, freshmanJarret Doege and junior DevanGriffin, head into tonight’s actionranked fourth and 12th, respec-tively, in passing yards in thePermian Basin. Then there isRobert Reyes, who can do dam-age after the handoff or afterthe catch.

McCAMEY BADGERS ATCHRISTOVAL COUGARS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Cougar Stadium.

>> Records: McCamey 1-1;Christoval 2-0.

>> Last Week: McCamey 20,Sundown 14; Christoval 23, D’Ha-nis 0.

>> Last Season: McCamey 38,Christoval 18.

>> Notes: McCamey headcoach John Fellows said he seestonight’s game against Christo-val as a mental test, just asmuch as it is physical. Why, Fel-lows said, is because the Badg-ers are making their third roadtrip of more than two hours tobegin the year. … The Badgersscored all 20 of their points inthe second half — two touch-down runs by Eric Holguin andAnthony Rodriguez’s third TDcatch of the season. Fellowscredited the offensive line, in-cluding David Venegas, for mak-ing its presence known.“Offensively we struggled earlyand made a lot of mistakes,” Fel-lows said. “We made some ad-justments at the half, and itboiled down to the kids execut-ing. Our O-line took over in thesecond half.” … Holguin entersthe week as the Permian Basin’sleading rusher with 314 yards on46 carries for a 6.8 per carry av-erage. … The Christoval defensehas done plenty of hitting thusfar. The Cougars gave up 14points in the first quarter oftheir first game and only sevenover the next seven quarters, in-cluding a shut out of D’Hanis lastweek. “The defense played phe-nominal. We ended up holdingthem 169 yards,” Christoval headcoach Justin Taylor said. “It’stheir second year in system, andthe kids are understanding thatthey don’t have to think, it’s justreact and play.” … Sophomorequarterback Jakob Whitworthhas been efficient in theCougars’ balanced offense. Whit-worth was 18-of-25 for 208yards and one TD two weeks agoand 17 of 22 for 325 yards withfour TDs and one pick last week.

WINK WILDCATS AT PLAINS COWBOYS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Cowboy Stadium.

>> Records: Wink 1-1; Plains 0-2.

>> Last Week: Wink 22, Alpine

17; Forsan 28, Plains 0.>> Radio: KCKM-AM 1330

(Monahans).>> Internet: kckm1330.com.>> Last Season: Wink 41,

Plains 7.>> Notes: With running back

Jordan Sonnier back in the back-field for Wink last week againstAlpine after missing the opener,the Wildcats had more balanceand from it earned a big winover the Class 2A Fightin’ Bucks.The Wildcats ran the ball 31times and threw it 13, a major,and effiective, difference in headcoach Andy Hrncir’s eyes. … Re-ceiver Malik Harden’s 12catches, 283 yards and three re-ceiving TDs are all tops in thePermian Basin through twoweeks. … The Wink coachingstaff liked what AnthonyRamirez has done on the defen-sive line so much over the pasttwo weeks that it decided toplay him there and there only.“With him in there fresh our de-fense is a lot better,” Hrncirsaid. “He is tough to block andhe controls that line.”… Plainshead coach Tom Harvey saidthere won’t be many surprisescoming from the Cowboys’ sideof things. Harvey said they willrun the ball, and keep running it,using a trio of carriers — JesseGarcia, Cole Gatzki and Alex Bar-rientes — out of a variety of for-mations. … The Cowboys will bewithout senior starting quarter-back Zack Wilkins, who reaggri-vated a previous injury. In stepsyounger brother, freshman WillWilkins. Harvey said the youngerWilkins is untested and his mainjob will be to feed the backs.

FORT DAVIS INDIANS ATGRANDFALLS-ROYALTY

COWBOYS>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30

tonight, John S. White Stadium,Grandfalls.

>> Records: Fort Davis 0-2;Grandfalls-Royalty 2-0.

>> Last Week: Loraine 52,Fort Davis 6; Grandfalls-Royalty65, Fort Hancock 0.

>> Radio: KALP-FM 92.7(Alpine).

>> Internet:bigbendradio.com (Alpine).

>> Last Season: Grandfalls-Royalty 50, Fort Davis 0.

>> Notes: Grandfalls-Royaltyhead coach Joe Helms said oneof the biggest things he’s fo-cused on is his team’s confi-dence. Not that the No. 3-rankedCowboys lack any since theyhave won 14 of 16 games withHelms at the helm, but his con-cern is the team going in over-confident. Grandfalls-Royaltybounced back from an opening32-20 loss to Water Valley byblanking Fort Hancock. G-R heldthe Mustangs to minus-14 yardsof offense. Thomas Burns led theCowboys with 121 rushing yardsand one score, Jr. Marquezadded three touchdowns andGilbert Nunez had three touch-down passes, two to JulianHelms. … The Indians suffered a52-6 loss to Loraine last weekwithout Lalito Hernandez andHunter Hurley in the lineup. …The Indians have lost six consec-utive games dating back to lastseason, and nine of the last 10overall. … No further Fort Davisinformation was available. No In-dians statistics were reportedafter last week’s game and callsto Fort Davis coach WayneSchroeder were not returned.

BALMORHEA BEARS ATMARFA SHORTHORNS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Martin Field.

>> Records: Balmorhea 1-1;Marfa 0-2.

>> Last Week: Sanderson 84,Marfa 37; Balmorhea 60, El PasoImmanuel Christian 38.

>> Last Season: Balmorhea64, Marfa 29.

>> Notes: Balmorhea recov-ered from its opening setback toRankin at McCamey’s West TexasSix-man Shootout by outlastingEl Paso Immanuel Christian. TheBears travel to Marfa, which issearching for its first win of theseason. … Marfa coach JeffJones, whose team is only in itssecond season of six-man foot-ball, led Sanderson with threeseconds left in the first half be-fore the Eagles scored to makeit 34-29 at the break. Marfa was

outscored 50-8 the rest of theway in a game ended by the 45-point rule in the fourth quarter.“We have to cut down on thepenalties,” Jones said. “That’swhat got us against Sanderson,and special teams. We kept kick-ing right to their main man andwe can’t do that.” … Marfa willhave a little more help thisweek, as running back Elijah Pri-eto returns from an injury. …Stats were not reported for ei-ther game last week and calls toBalmorhea head coach VanceJones were not returned.

BORDEN COUNTY COYOTES AT RANKIN RED DEVILS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Red Devil Stadium.

>> Records: Borden County 0-2; Rankin 2-0.

>> Last Week: Garden City 64,Borden County 14; Rankin 58,Midland Trinity 12.

>> Last Season: BordenCounty 82, Rankin 54.

>> Notes: Rankin is off to ahot start with mercy-rule victo-ries in each of its first twogames. … The Red Devils wereled last week by a second 200-plus yard, multiple-touchdownrushing performance by seniorrunning back Aaron Castillo. Jun-ior Rodriguez ran for more than100 yards for the second weekas well. “It’s big,” Rankin coachKevin Ray said. “EspeciallyCastillo. He’s got to be on fire.He’s our emotional leader andwhen he’s on fire, everybodyelse is too. And I think Rodriguezhas even more ability than he’sshown.” … Borden County, whichwon 61 games over the past fiveyears, including state titles in2008 and 2009, is off to an 0-2start for the first time since2007. … Coyotes head coachTrey Richey said his team willface an uphill battle against theRed Devils. “We know we’regoing into a game where oneteam is rolling and feeling prettygood and on our end we’re justtrying to get to district and seesome improvement,” Richeysaid.

BUENA VISTA LONGHORNS ATODESSA LATTER RAINCHRISTIAN KNIGHTS

>> Time, Date, Place: 7:30tonight, Bowie Junior High.

>> Records: Buena Vista 0-1;Latter Rain 0-2.

>> Last Week: New Home 74,Latter Rain 24.

>> Last Season: Did not play.>> Notes: Odessa Latter Rain

Christian, in its inagural season,will meet Buena Vista for thesecond time this year. The teamsscrimmaged prior to the start ofthe season and know what to ex-pect from the other. “They havesome talent,” Buena Vista coachJohn Benavides said. “They’refast, quick and real athletic.They played us really hard, wejust can’t give up any big plays.”… The Longhorns, who are com-ing off a Week 1 bye, are led byFernando Carreon and JonathanRomero. … Buena Vista suffereda 60-22 loss to Lubbock King-dom Prep in Week 0 at Mc-Camey’s West Texas Six-ManShootout, a game that was farmore competitive than the finalscore during the first half. Bena-vides said fatigue and penaltieshurt the Longhorns in that gameand he hopes to have a betteroutcome tonight. “It just de-pends on what team shows up,”Benavides said. “The first-halfteam in McCamey or the second-half team. If the first-half teamshows up we’ll be all right.” …Latter Rain coach John Johnson,a former Permian standout, saidhis team is still adjusting to six-man. “We’re working on funda-mentals,” Johnson said. “Whenyou’re putting in a new system,there’s a lot of learning thattakes place. We’re just trying toget everybody on the samepage.” … The Knights will be ledby Colby Ryan, who plays multi-ple positions on offense, andMarcus Perkins on the defensiveside of the ball.

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LOCAL SPORTS TODAY

High School FootballOdessa High vs. Permian, 7:30 p.m., Ratliff Sta-

dium.College Cross Country

UTPB at Texas Tech Red Raider Open, Lubbock.College Soccer

UTPB women vs. Colorado-Mesa, 5 p.m., UTPB’sFalcon Field.

College VolleyballHeartland-Lone Star Crossover: UTPB vs.

Midwestern State, 5 p.m., Lubbock Christian Uni-versity’s Rip Griffin Center.

North American Hockey LeagueOdessa Jackalopes at Wichita Falls Wildcats,

7:05 p.m., Kay Yeager Coliseum, Wichita Falls.High School Volleyball

Permian at Odessa High, 5 p.m., OHS Field-house.

SATURDAYCollege Soccer

UTPB men at Mary-Hardin Baylor, 5 p.m., Belton.College Volleyball

Heartland-Lone Star Crossover: UTPB vs.Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9 a.m.; vs. Texas A&M-Com-merce, 5 p.m., Lubbock Christian University’s RipGriffin Center.

North American Hockey LeagueOdessa Jackalopes at Wichita Falls Wildcats,

7:05 p.m., Kay Yeager Coliseum, Wichita Falls.High School Cross Country

Broncho Fun Run, UTPB Park.High School Team Tennis

Permian vs. San Angelo Central, 9 a.m., Permiancourts.

Odessa High vs. San Angelo Central, 2 p.m.,Odessa High’s Bob Clark Tennis Center.

SUNDAYCollege Soccer

UTPB women vs. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 1 p.m.,UTPB’s Falcon Field.

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AM-1240 (Alpine)

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Nikki Springer, AlishaCarrasco and Jessica Albahave had front-row seatsfor this matchbefore —probably,though, notwith this spe-cific angleand assuredlynot whilewearing poloshirts andholding clip-boards.

FormerPermian vol-leyball play-ers Springerand Carrasco, and Alba, aformer player for OdessaHigh, now assistantcoaches for their almamaters, will again sit onseparate sides, like theydid on a few occasions 10years ago, as the LadyPanthers and Lady Bron-chos encounter one an-other at 5 p.m. today in theOHS Fieldhouse for thefirst of two District 2-5Amatches this season.

“It’s definitely crazy tobe back here,” said Alba,who’s in her first yearwith the program and alsois the head coach of theOHS JV Red squad.

Alba has the newspaperclipping documenting anOHS triumph over Per-mian in 2002, her sopho-more year. Springer hasvivid memories of one“horrible” defeat her sen-

ior season. Their last names have

changed, but Alba, thenJessica Rodriguez, andSpringer, Nikki Stokes as aprep athlete, both said thatwith the rivalry nothinghas changed, and neverwill.

“Now that I’m on thebench, I still have thesame attitude but it’s a dif-ferent view. (The players)get attached to it andenjoy it just as much as Idid,” Springer said.

Enjoyed it most of thetime, at least.

Springer’s Lady Pan-thers went 2-2 in districtagainst the Lady Bronchosin her two seasons (2003-04) at the varsity level.The two victories came in2003, which included Per-mian’s first playoff appear-ance since 1998, whichnow is its most recent.

The tides turned in theseries the following year,and Springer can still re-call with clarity a loss atthe tail end of 2004.

“I remember playingthem at OHS. It was oneof our last games in dis-trict,” said Springer, a sec-ond-season assistant forhead coach Gillian Danley,who, incidentally, was anassistant when Carrascoplayed. “I felt like it wasclose, but it was the mostheartbreaking thing ever.You’re a senior, you wantto win, which makes itmore heated.”

Also suited up that daywas then-Permian sopho-

more Carrasco, who grad-uated in 2007 after playingfour years varsity volley-ball and softball. And onthe other side of the netstood Alba and twin sisterSarah, both seniors andboth pieces to OdessaHigh’s first postseasonberth since 1995.

The three, who amonga tight-knit volleyballcommunity are friendsoutside of the ECISD ri-valry, were complimen-tary of the others’ skills.But that was the LadyBronchos’ year.

Odessa High, whichearlier trumped the LadyPanthers in five sets, beatPermian 25-12, 25-14, 25-23behind 10 Alba kills andcapped the district sweepof the Lady Panthers.

It was the second winin a string of 16 straightLady Bronchos’ districtwins over their crosstowncounterparts — a streaksnapped by Permian inthe first meeting of lastseason.

Directions led the threelocals to different thingsafter high school, butthose paths have broughtthem together once moreunder eerily similar cir-cumstances — the teamsthey represent still wantto beat the other.

Carrasco, the headcoach for Permian JVBlack, and Alba alreadyshared a unique experi-ence this season at theMonahans Tournamentlast month. While their re-

spective teams warmed upprior to facing off, the twocoaches brought theirplayers together and toldof their past matches.

“They got a kick out ofit,” Carrasco said. “It’s funand it brings back somememories, but we’vegrown so much.”

Grown up and growninto their roles as coaches.

“We are here to helpmold these girls to be bet-ter athletes and try toteach them what welearned,” Alba said.

The teams entertonight from oppositeends of the spectrum. TheLady Panthers (18-7 over-all, 3-0 district) are loadedwith experience and tiedfor first place, while ayoung Lady Bronchos (2-14, 0-2) bunch is findingits identity under first-year head coach MelissaMudge.

But as Springer, Car-rasco and Alba can attest,records are pretty muchtucked under the rug forthis rivalry.

“It’s always going to beintense. It’s always a biggame during the season,”said Alba, who occasion-ally plays co-ed volleyballwith Springer, when theyhave time. “That’s some-thing I try to communi-cate with our teams.Permian, they are going tocome out strong, so wehave to stay focused anddisciplined in everything.”

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Familiar facesFormer players get taste of rivalry as assistant coaches

THE BASICS>> Permian

(18-7 overall,3-0 District

2-5A) atOdessa High(2-14, 0-2)

>> 5 p.m.today, OHS

Fieldhouse

and that his brothers wanthim to be successful.

To that end, Andrewhad his little brother upand out of the house andworking out with himduring the summer —extra workouts as it were,as Dwayne also wasworking out with his OHSteammates.

That extra preparationhas done wonders for theyoungest Amoyaw as hemade the move from jun-ior varsity to varsity thisseason, working on all thespecial teams units aswell as spelling startingtight end Trent Laakefrom time to time.

“It’s a lot different onvarsity,” DwayneAmoyaw said. “We usedsome basic plays and setson JV, but up here the setsand plays are more com-plicated and you havemore responsibilities.

“It’s a lot to learn, but Ilike it.”

Odessa High headcoach Ron King and hisstaff noticed the work putin by Amoyaw right awaywhen summer practicebegan.

And they began look-ing for ways to get him onthe field.

“Dwayne is a great kidand has a great attitude,”King said. “He workedhard over the summerand he’s done everythingwe’ve asked him to do on

special teams, and he’s areal plus for the program.

“And he’s just going toget bigger and stronger ashe matures and continuesto grow and has thechance to be a really spe-cial player.”

What would be specialfor Amoyaw this week isto get some playing time,make a couple catchesand, most importantly,help the Bronchos earn avictory in the District 2-5A opener for both teams.

He knows that thestands are going to befilled and that there isgoing to be plenty ofemotion on both sides,admitting that last year’sJV game between theteams was the most in-tense he had played inuntil suiting up for hisfirst varsity contestagainst Aug. 30 at Amar-illo High.

Andrew Amoyawknows the adrenalin rushthat will hit as his littlebrother runs onto thefield as the bands playand nearly 20,000 cheerin anticipation. Andrewsaid he asked Dwayneabout how he was feelingleading up to the game.

“He said that he was alittle excited,” Andrewsaid, laughing. “I told him‘That feeling you havenow, those butterflies willbe huge on Friday.’

“This is Super BowlSunday for Odessa. We’llsee how he carries it.”

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Amoyaw>> From Page 1D

Hello, win columnThe UTPB volleyball

team picked up its firstwin of the season Thurs-

day night atthe FalconDome, and itcouldn’t havecome at abetter time.

The LadyFalcons de-feated TexasA&M Inter-national intheir Heart-

land Conference opener,23-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16.

Melissa Lusk and Kee-ley Brogdom combinedfor 26 of UTPB’s 51 killsin the match. Ariana Gal-lardo finished with 25 as-sists and JordanMcDonald a match-high24 digs.

The Lady Falcons willtravel to Lubbock todayfor the Heartland-LoneStar Crossover at the RipGriffin Center, facingMidwestern State at 5p.m. today, followed bymatches with TexasA&M-Kingsville andTexas A&M-Commerceon Saturday.

UTPB def. Texas A&M International23-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-18

At UTPB’s Falcon DomeKills — TAMI: Toriana Goods 13, Miranda

Pratt 7, Alex Cizek 6, Paige Criss 5, SamanthaGonzalez 3, Lizzie Prieto 2. UTPB: Melissa Lusk14, Keeley Brogdon 12, Terra Peil 8, HannahRebb 7, Morgann Davis 6, Ryley Carman 4.

Blocks — TAMI: Samantha Gonzalez 2, LizziePrieto 1, Miranda Pratt 1, Paige Criss .5, AlexCizek .5. UTPB: Terra Peil 4, Melissa Lusk 2,Ryley Carman 2, Morgann Davis 1.5, KeeleyBrogdon 1, Hannah Rebb .5.

Assists — TAMI: Lizzie Prieto 29, TorianaGoods 1, Alex Cizek 1, Desiree Ortiz 1. UTPB: Ar-iana Gallardo 25, Ariel Fralick 16, Ryley Carman5, Morgann Davis 1.

Digs — TAMI: Desiree Ortiz 18, SophiaQuinonez 7, Lizzie Prieto 7, Miranda Pratt 6, To-riana Goods 5, Koral Wright 3, Tierney Bannon-Coad 2, Paige Criss 2, Rosebud Guthrie 1, XcaretRamirez 1, Alex Cizek 1. UTPB: Jordan McDon-ald 24, Hannah Rebb 10, Ariel Fralick 9, KeeleyBrogdon 6, Ariana Gallardo 4, Ryley Carman 4,Terra Peil 4, Melissa Lusk 1.

Aces — TAMI: Lizzie Prieto 2. UTPB: TaylorHarmon 3, Ariel Fralick 2, Ariana Gallardo 2, Jor-dan McDonald 1.

RecordsTAMI 0-6 overall, 0-2 Heartland Conference;

UTPB 1-4, 1-0.

Home debutThe UTPB women’s

soccer team has its homeopener at 5p.m. todayagainst Col-orado MesaUniversity atFalcon Field.

The LadyFalcons (0-2)opened theirseason inSanta Fe,N.M., losing

to Western State (Colo.)4-1 on Sept. 6 and to Regis(Colo.) 2-0.

Brooke Saxton is re-sponsible for UTPB’s lonegoal and Sal Gebre hadthe assist.

Colorado Mesa also is0-2, falling to MidwesternState and Texas A&M-Commerce.

This weekend also in-cludes a home game at 1p.m. Sunday versus FortLewis.

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rushed for 96 yards and afirst-quarter touchdown.Quarterback Derrick Shep-ard rushed for 97 yards forOdessa High, which got asecond-quarter TD run byCarl Powell.

That Permian-OdessaHigh game was the first ofthree in a row decided byseven points or fewer, andall three ended in favor ofthe Panthers. They won14-10 in 1982 and 15-10 in1983, finishing each of thethree seasons with at least10 wins.

That didn’t make thelosses easy to digest for theBronchos, who won a totalof 16 games in those threeseasons and did not qualifyfor the playoffs. It waspartly because they justcouldn’t catch a breakagainst their crosstown ri-vals.

“We had a lot of talentat Odessa High, had a lotof kids that went off to col-lege ball,” said formerOdessa High safety BoydCowan, who played for allthree teams and went onto play at Texas Tech. “Butthey always seemed tohave that cohesiveness andthat team. They alwaysseemed to be able to waituntil other team made amistake and take advan-tage of that mistake andseize an opportunity. If wefumbled or something likethat, they were always ableto get something out ofsomeone else’s mistake.That’s kind of how thoseteams did so well all thoseyears.”

Even if the Panthers’legendary coach was, asWilkins put it, “under theinfluence.”

“We all could see hewas clearly in pain,” Carrsaid. “We weren’t evensure he was going to showup to the game.”

The teams’ previous

matchup on Friday the13th, in 1970, was evenmore forgettable forOdessa High. Because theBronchos, who finished 3-6-1 that year, ran into aPermian squad that wassteamrolling its way to anappearance in the state-title game under headcoach Gene Mayfield.

The Panthers won 39-0— scoring 13 points ineach of the first threequarters — to polish off a10-0 regular season. Theyheld nine of those 10 oppo-nents to fewer than 10points, starting the seasonwith back-to-backshutouts, and were espe-cially stingy against theBronchos.

Permian held OdessaHigh to 85 total yards andsix first downs while forc-ing five turnovers. Four ofthe turnovers were inter-ceptions, including two bylegendary Permian safetyJoe Bob Bizzell.

“That’s one thing thatMayfield absolutely livedand breathed,” then-Per-mian senior Jamie Berry-hill said of the team’sdefense-first philosophy.“It was hard for people toscore on us, and that’s onething that we always fo-cused on. One of our de-sires each week that wereally concentrated and

dwelled on in defensivedrills was we were going toshut the other team out.We wanted two zeroes onthe other side.”

Berryhill was among thePanthers’ offensive starsthat night, rushing for an84-yard touchdown onPermian’s first offensiveplay and finishing with 139yards on 10 carries. ChuckField ran for 103 yards anda TD on 13 carries, andLarry Bates caught two TDpasses from Ben Mont-gomery while rushing for ascore himself.

The first time Permian

and Odessa High playedon Friday the 13th was thefirst time they ever played,in the second-to-last regu-lar-season game in 1959.And because many OdessaHigh students were movedinto the new school on theeast side of town, eachteam had six lettermenfrom the Bronchos’ 1958squad.

In the days leading upto the inaugural intra-cityshowdown, a group of Per-mian students kidnapped“Spirit,” the Shetland ponythat served as OdessaHigh’s mascot. And stu-dents from each schoolburned their letters intosome grass on the otherschool’s campus — a “P”for Permian and “OHS” forOdessa High.

“Believe me, that wasthe talk for two weeks,”said Jack Mayfield, a seniorlineman for the Bronchosin 1959. “That’s all anybodycould think about.”

The Odessa Americanreported the crowd at W.T.Barrett Stadium as being

about 4,500, with most ofthem having left by theend of the fourth quarterbecause of freezing rainthroughout the secondhalf. But Mayfield remem-bers playing in front of asellout crowd, and he saidthe game itself was “prettyhighly charged” becauseformer teammates werepitted against each other.

Former Odessa Highplayers Gary Crain andLarry Tatum rushed for acombined 171 yards forPermian, but the Bronchoswon 14-6, putting the gameaway on a fourth-quartertouchdown run by JamesIngram. Belmont West-brook rushed for 82 yardsand a TD for Odessa High,and he also caught a 79-yard scoring pass fromDavid Gibson.

Mayfield, who stoppedGene Ross on a fourth-down run early in thegame, said the Bronchoswere underdogs going intoit. But they outgained thePanthers 383-198 in totalyards and finished the sea-son 7-3, while Permianwent 3-7.

“Nobody thought wewere going to win, becausewe just didn’t have the sizeand the speed,” Mayfieldsaid. “It was a pride gameit really what it was.”

Fifty-four years later, asthe Panthers and Bronchosprepare to play their fourthFriday the 13th game andfirst at Ratliff Stadium,pride remains strong onboth sides of the rivalry.And if something unusualhappens, it wouldn’t be thefirst time.

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2-5A GAME DAY

PANTHERS

BREAKDOWN

N U M B E R SG A M E

4 — The number of Permian-Odessa High games played onFriday the 13th, includingtonight’s matchup.

39 — Permian’s margin ofvictory in last year’s game, themost lopsided in the seriessince the Panthers’ 44-0 win in1991.

921 — Combined numberof rushing yards allowed by thePanthers and Bronchos throughtwo games this season.

O P P O N E N T ST O W AT C H

RB C.J. Eddison — Has rushedfor 176 yards and three TDs on35 carries.

WR Zach Harris — The Bron-chos’ leading receiver with fourcatches for 122 yards and a TD.

MLB Edgar Contreras — Leadsteam with 22 tackles, recovereda fumble in last week’s win.

Keep running itThe running game has so far been the strength of the Permian of-

fense. The Panthers have gained 418 rushing yards on 87 attempts, an av-erage of 4.8 yards per carry, and Mikorban Fields, Brandon Bailey andJustin Hall rushed for at least 120 yards apiece during the first two games.The Permian passing game, meanwhle, has produced only 210 yards on9-of-30 passing. And this week the Panthers are starting sophomore TreyPotter at quarterback because Heath Wood is recovering from a shoul-der injury. So the Panthers should run it as often as possible with theirbevy of backs, only throwing the ball when absolutely necessary or justto mix things up here and there.

Hit hardThe Permian defense debuted with a strong performance against El

Paso Montwood, forcing three turnovers, registering six sacks and keep-ing talented receiver Warren Redix mostly in check. Then the Panthers re-gressed against Wolfforth Frenship, which torched them for 555 totalyards including 401 on the ground. The Permian players were pushedaround up front, didn’t swarm to the ball and in some cases were justplain lazy. Inside linebacker Chase Miller said the Panthers are at theirbest with they hit hard and play aggressively, and that’s what they needto do against Odessa High.

Give it all you’ve gotThe lapses in effort and intensity against Frenship were mostly by the

Permian defense, but the offense didn’t do much better until the gamewas out of reach in the second half. The Panthers need to play with pas-sion on offense, defense and special teams, forcing Odessa High to matchtheir intensity and make exceptional plays to beat them. Anything lesscould result in Permian’s first-ever 0-3 start, and that won’t be acceptableto the coaches and fans unless the Panthers go down swinging.

— Adam Zuvanich

S C H E D U L EAugust

Date Opponent Time/Result30 El Paso Montwood L, 21-17

SeptemberDate Opponent Time/Result6 at Frenship L, 55-1713 at Odessa High 7:30 p.m.20 Abilene High 7:30 p.m.27 at Midland High 7:30 p.m.

OctoberDate Opponent Time/Result 4 Amarillo Tascosa 7:30 p.m.18 at San Ang. Central 7:30 p.m.25 Abilene Cooper 7:30 p.m.

NovemberDate Opponent Time/Result 1 at Midland Lee 7:30 p.m.8 Lubbock Coronado 7:30 p.m.

P E R M I A NS TA R T E R S

OffenseQuarterback20 Trey Potter So.Running back18 Justin Hall Jr.27 Brandon Bailey So.Slot Receiver32 Mikorban Fields Sr.Wide Receiver17 Matt Molinar Sr.26 Taylor Thompson Jr.Tackles50 Michael Whitfield Sr.66 Hunter Williams Sr.Guards58 Derron Gatewood Sr.62 Jordan Medrano Sr. Center79 Jack Feldt Jr.

DefenseDefensive ends48 Josh Ontiveroz Sr.55 Heath Adams Jr.Defensive tackle77 Chris Spangler Sr.Inside linebackers41 Chase Miller Sr.18 Justin Hall Jr.Outside linebackers31 Halen Velasquez Sr.44 Israel Martinez Jr.Cornerbacks17 Matt Molinar Sr.29 Bailey Dunn Sr.Safeties10 Jax Welch So.14 Tyler Kelm Jr.

SpecialistsKicker88 Barron Becker Sr.Punter84 Christian Anchondo Sr.Returns32 Mikorban Fields Sr.10 Jax Welch So.17 Matt Molinar Sr.26 Taylor Thompson Jr.

Head coach: Blake Feldt, firstseason (0-2).

K E Y S T O V I C T O R Y

Make opening drive countIn the first two games of the season, the Bronchos have had differ-

ent results after their first possession, and different results at the endof the game. Against Amarillo High two weeks ago, a first-and-goalturned into a field goal and OHS never recovered in a 35-3 loss. Lastweek against Lubbock Monterey, the offense found the end zone on itsfirst possession, pumping up the rest of the team en route to a 42-17 vic-tory. The Bronchos fed off the positive energy all night and they’ll needthat again tonight in order to open District 2-5A play with a victory.

Turnovers, turnovers, turnoversThe coaches preach it all the time and the Bronchos found out last

week that a team that wins the turnover battle usually wins the game.Against Lubbock Monterey, Odessa High was quite the thief, forcing fourfumbles and intercepting one Plainsmen pass. They turned all fiveturnovers into touchdowns and the takeaways provided the breathingroom that OHS needed to get its first victory of the season.

Stay in the momentIt’s going to get crazy at some point tonight ... it’s Odessa High vs. Per-

mian, it’s bound to happen. Big plays will come when least expected andthe Bronchos should expect at least one trick play from the Panthers.The Odessa High offense can’t get too high when it makes big plays,needing to stay poised and moving the ball down the field. Likewise onthe defensive side of the football, where the Bronchos are going to needto stay with their assignments and trust their reads on each play. TheBronchos did a good job of staying away from giving up the big playagainst Monterey and they are going to need a similar effort tonight.

— Lee Scheide

J. MEDRANOOFF. GUARD

HEATH ADAMSDEFENSIVE END

BRONCHOS

BREAKDOWN

N U M B E R SG A M E

4 — Number of victories by OHS in past nine meetingsbetween teams.

39— Number of receptionsby Daniel Rivas to lead theBronchos in the 2006 season.

991 — Number of careerreceiving yards for Tony Jones(1975-76), putting him fourth onthe school’s all-time receivinglist.

O P P O N E N T ST O W AT C H

RB Mikorban Fields — Leadsthe Panthers in rushing with148 yards after two games.

RB/LB Justin Hall — Secondon the team in tackles (17) andthird in rushing (124 yards).

QB Heath Wood — Injuredagainst Wolfforth Frenship, stillleads team with 181 yardspassing and two touchdowns.

S C H E D U L EAugust

Date Opponent Time/Result30 at Amarillo High L, 35-3

SeptemberDate Opponent Time/Result6 Lubbock Monterey W, 42-1713 Permian 7:30 p.m.30 at San Ang. Central 7:30 p.m.27 Abilene Cooper 7:30 p.m.

OctoberDate Opponent Time/Result 4 at Midland Lee 7:30 p.m.11 Lubbock Coronado 7:30 p.m.25 at Abilene High 7:30 p.m

NovemberDate Opponent Time/Result 1 Midland High 7:30 p.m.8 at Amarillo Tascosa 4 p.m.

O H SS TA R T E R S

OffenseQuarterback8 Ryan Martinez Sr.18 Nick Adams Soph.Running backs20 C.J. Eddison Sr.Wide Receivers7 Zach Harris Sr.15 Cedrick Williams Jr.16 Trent Laake Sr.19 Fabian Galindo Sr.Tackles68 Jesus Adame Jr.78 Berardo Pena Jr.Guards67 Pablo Gutierrez Sr.75 Fabian Botello Jr.Center54 Byron Hutson Jr.

DefenseDefensive Ends48 Noah Hernandez Sr.69 Zech Lerma Sr.Defensive Tackles58 Luis Leyva Soph.90 Brian McClure Soph.Linebackers5 Dayton Dennard Jr.33 Edgar Contreras Jr.40 Reno Lewing Sr.Cornerbacks17 E.J. Alvarez Sr.27 Sebastian Carrillo Jr.Safeties14 Matt Montes Jr.21 Christian Arzate Sr.

SpecialistsPlace kicker9 Bryan Altamirano Sr.Kickoffs/Punter19 Fabian Galindo Sr.

Head coach: Ron King, eighth season (31-45).

RYANMARTINEZ

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K E Y S T O V I C T O R Y

PERMIAN (0-2, 0-0) AT ODESSA HIGH (1-1, 0-0) 7:30 tonight, Ratliff Stadium

Series: Permian leads 44-9-1. Last meeting: Permian 45, Odessa High 6 (2012).

I was trying to befunny when I asked JackFeldt, the son of first-yearPermianfootballcoach BlakeFeldt, if anyfor-salesigns hadshowed upin theirfront yard.That’s beenknown tohappenafter a lossfor the Pan-thers, and this year’s teamstarted the season withtwo of them.

As it turned out,though, I had been beatento the punch.

“I’ve had some peoplethis morning, actually,asking if I’ve had for-salesigns get up yet,” JackFeldt said after Mondayafternoon’s practice.

The answer to thosequestions was no, and

Feldt said they came fromsome of his fellow stu-dents at Permian. Feldtalso said they were askedin jest.

There’s little to nochance that Blake Feldt —who owns 91 wins and astate championship inthree previous stops as ahead coach — will be runout of town by the Pan-thers’ passionate fans. Atleast not yet.

But if the Panthers losetonight, the Feldt familymight start feeling someheat. No Permian teamhas started a season 0-3,and 44 of the first 54managed to beat tonight’sopponent at Ratliff Sta-dium — rival OdessaHigh.

Like many of the previ-ous matchups betweenPermian and OdessaHigh, this one could verywell be decided in thewaning minutes or sec-onds. And that would at

least be a step in the rightdirection for the Pan-thers, whose loss lastweek was all but securedby the end of the firstquarter.

But don’t be surprisedif Permian finds its mojo,and looks like a Permianteam of old, when it seesOdessa High red tonight.The Panthers’ stinker atFrenship followed a weekof poor practices in theeyes of Blake Feldt, whoon Wednesday said thisweek’s workouts hadmore or less been the op-posite.

The Bronchos mightbe catching the Pantherswhen they’re mad andwell-motivated. And be-cause it’s the District 2-5A opener for both teams,Permian views it as afresh start instead of anextension of its first twogames.

The Bronchos want it,too, of course, especially

after losing their last twogames against the Pan-thers. Odessa High haswon four of the teams’last nine matchups — itsmost successful stretch inthe history of the rivalry— and can make more in-roads with another wintonight.

Even if the Bronchosdo prevail, I would en-courage Panthers fans notto react too harshly anddecide to decorate thecoach’s front yard overthe weekend. Blake Feldtis confident in his planfor making Permian anelite program again, andhis track record at Breck-enridge, Pilot Point andBuda Hays says there’s noreason why he won’t.

Just keep in mind thata turnaround won’t hap-pen overnight. But itcould very well starttonight.

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