CUBS SHUTDOWN COUGARS, 48-0

The Brenham Cubs set the tone for Friday night’s 19/5A battle at Tomball when they scored just three plays into the contest, and rolled to a 48-0 victory.

The Cubs (5-3/4-1) opened the game with a 25-yard run by Ernest Patterson, followed by a 9-yard Patterson run, then Caleb Hill hit Jaquay Cross with a 38-yard touchdown pass, giving Brenham a 7-0 lead just 50 seconds into the game.

All night long the Cubs’ defense shut down a potent Cougars’ offense that had been averaging nearly 400 yards offense and 36 points per game.

Tomball (2-5/0-5) finished the night with just 172 yards total offense and zero points on the scoreboard.

The Cubs, meanwhile piled up over 300 yards rushing, including 189 yards and two touchdowns from Ernest Patterson.

Hill completed 13-of-19 passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns, two to Cross and one to Shawn Weiss.

Cross caught a total of five passes for 86 yards, while Weiss finished with three receptions for 41 yards.

Walter Thomas had a big night defensively as he recovered a fumble that he returned for a touchdown—which was called back on a questionable illegal block call.  Moments later he picked off a pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.

Cole Kenjura also intercepted a pass and recovered a Tomball fumble.

Tien Pham added two field goals of 26 and 30 yards.

The Cubs will face the Waller Bulldogs Friday night in Waller for the possible top seed in Division II out of District 19/5A.

Kickoff is set for 7:00 with a 6:30 pre-game on KWHI and www.kwhi.com.

OTHER 19/5A SCORES:
MAGNOLIA WEST 56   WALLER 44
MAGNOLIA 55   SPRING WOODS 17
STRATFORD 28   TOMBALL MEMORIAL 21

FRIDAY NIGHT:
BRENHAM CUBS @ WALLER
STRATFORD @ MAGNOLIA WEST
MAGNOLIA @ TOMBALL MEMORIAL
THU., TOMBALL @ SPRING WOODS

19/5A STANDINGS:
1-STRATFORD, 5-0
2T-BRENHAM CUBS, 4-1
2T-WALLER, 4-1
4-MAGNOLIA WEST, 3-2
5T-TOMBALL MEMORIAL, 2-3
5T-MAGNOLIA, 2-3
7T-TOMBALL, 0-5
7T-SPRING WOODS, 0-5