The Ball High Tors vs The Texas City Stingrays, a highly anticipated game that had players hyping the event weeks before the night of the game. Explosive plays were performed by both sides including a game winning touchdown, insane comeback energy and stratagems comparable to college athletes made for a festive night of football!
During the half-way point of the game, things really started to pick up. The Tors only completed just one of nine passes during the first quarter, but a few encouraging words from Coach Omasha Brantley turned the game around in the second quarter. Corieon Sanders debuted with a 42-yard pass to Jayvian Joseph, scoring the mighty Tors a touchdown. The Stingrays struggled to recover, and Ball won with a score of 26-7. Texas City’s Stingrays could be seen walking off the field with their Stingaree tails between their legs.
“Our kids, you could see it in their eyes. They knew it was possible. One play at a time, it’s within reach you’ve got it” was the inspiring last word by Tors Head Coach Omasha Brantley, before the Tors forced the Stingray to their third consecutive three-and-out.
Sadly, the Tors offensive couldn’t do anything with the stop, with an interception from Sanders bringing the Stingrays to the 10-yard line. A penalty on the play brought the Stingrays back 3-yard, and another stop from defense leads to a punt to the Tor putting them on the 39. So, with the game on the line, Sanders started the drive with two incompletions, but a bomb from the 39-yard line, caught by Jera’Mon Charles, secured the first win of the Tors’ season.
Coach Brantley on his team’s performance, “We shot ourselves in the foot in the first half. We had made too many mistakes, penalties. The offense couldn’t find a rhythm. Défense was on the field too long, but those guys believed in our young quarterback, Corieon Sanders.”
All Sanders had to say after the game was “I trusted my receivers, I threw it up, and I knew he was going to come up with it, because I trust all my receivers.”
Next week the Tors go back to Courville to play the Friendswood Mustangs Friday for their final non-district game.
