ROYSE CITY —
Mount Pleasant- If you have to lose your final game of the season, it is better to have lost in the playoffs. That means you were one of the best to keep playing. And the Royse City Bulldogs did cap off their 100th anniversary with a playoff appearance.
The Kilgore Bulldogs however showed little or no respect for the centennial celebration as they handed Royse City a 44-6 Division II Region II Bi-District playoff loss.
Kilgore capitalized on a fumble recovery and four pass interceptions to cruise to the win. A second quarter 30 point burst of Kilgore Bulldog points also proved to be just too much to overcome by Royse City.
The game however started out with both teams trading punches and trading scores. Kilgore opened the scoring with 7:46 remaining in the first period and Hugo Orta booted the point after to give them a 7-0 lead. Six minutes later Royse City’s Samuel Rushing broke free for a 10 yard touchdown scamper, however a rare extra point miss by the Royse City Bulldogs left the first quarter score at 7-6.
In the second quarter the Kilgore Bulldogs proceeded to light up the scoreboard beginning with a 38 yard field goal by Orta, a two yard touchdown run by LD Anthony, a 42 yard pass reception by Matthew Dickey from quarterback Riley Toler, a one yard touchdown run by Tolar and another touchdown of two yards by Anthony to give Kilgore a 37-6 halftime lead.
The good news was that Kilgore scored but one touchdown in the second half on a 5 yard run by Dondra Halton. Orta’s point after kick finalized all of the scoring in the game with 11:55 to play in the fourth quarter.
The Royse City offense just could not move the football against the Kilgore defense and were forced to punt seven times during the game. Kilgore’s running attack was led by LD Anthony with a 3 touchdown, 167 yard rushing effort. The Bulldogs offense was led by Saul Garcia with 8 carries for 77 yards.
Kilgore’s offense dominated with 363 total yards vs. 210 for Royse City.
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Jeff Hays / Herald-Banner Senior wide receiver Jared Tumbleson (16) attempts to get around the edge of the Kilgore defense during Thursday night’s Bi-District playoff game.
Kilgore ends Bulldog’s season
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Lady Bulldogs post pre-season win
The Royse City Lady Bulldogs took on the Princeton High School Lady Panthers in their second pre-season game of the year on Friday, Feb. 17. And, despite being pretty evenly matched throughout, the Lady Bulldogs emerged victorious.
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Kilgore ends Bulldog’s season
Mount Pleasant- If you have to lose your final game of the season, it is better to have lost in the playoffs. That means you were one of the best to keep playing. And the Royse City Bulldogs did cap off their 100th anniversary with a playoff appearance.
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Sulphur Springs downs Bulldogs 53-13
Sulphur Springs - The Sulphur Springs Wildcats took no prisoners on their way to a three way tie for the District 13-4A title. The Wildcats (5-1, 7-3) locked in their playoff opponent as well by handing the Royse City Bulldogs(3-3, 3-7) a 53-13 loss.
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Bulldogs make playoffs
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Sherman scores more, but Bulldogs hang tough
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Bulldogs take sting out of Yellowjackets
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NEVER SURRENDER
Although they had staged more than a few stunning comebacks during the season, the Royse City Lady Bulldogs were unable to produce any late game magic against Forney, as the joyride of their 2011 softball season finally came to an end as they were swept by the Lady Jackrabbits 3-2 May 13 at home and 2-1 in eight innings May 14 at FHS in the regional quarterfinals of the playoffs.
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Beck claims fifth at state track meet
Joseph Beck of Royse City clips the bar with his ankle on this close miss at 15 feet, 6 inches at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships on Friday in Austin. Beck tied for fifth place with a clearance of 15-0.
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Bulldogs end season with 6-5 District 13-4A loss to Sulphur Springs
Although they jumped out to an early lead and then rallied to tie the score late, the Royse City Bulldogs couldn’t hold off a bottom-of-the-seventh surge by Sulphur Springs as they fell to the Wildcats 6-5 in their final District 13-4A game April 30 at SSHS.
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There was just one thing missing in the greatest all-time, single-game pitching performance in Royse City softball history.
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