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SportsMonday, October 12, 1998Eagles sink claws into WildcatsBy JON FULBRIGHT Staff Writer PECOS, Oct. 10 -- The Pecos Eagles didn't do anything that different against the Fabens Wildcats on Friday night than they had done in their previous two games against the Crane Golden Cranes and Fabens Wildcats. They just did them better. The Eagles, who had little success getting the ball into the end zone the past serveral weeks, scored on consecutive offensive plays in the first quarter against Fabens. Then after missing several scoring chances in the middle periods, Pecos broke the game open on the first play of the fourth quarter when Lucio Florez went 76 yards for a touchdown, and went on to a 31-0 victory in the District 2-4A opener for both teams. "The offense played much better than they've played the last two weeks," said Eagles' coach Dan Swaim. "Lucio, Mark (Abila) and Len (Carson) did a real good job running the ball." Fabens came into the Eagles' homecoming game with a 5-0 record, but having allowed four touchdown passes in their last game, against Santa Teresa, N.M. Despite that number, the Eagles came out and ran for the better part of the first half, throwing only when they were trying to score in the closing minutes of the second period. Defensively the Eagles shut down Wildcats' running back Mike Morales, who came in leading the district in rushing with 686 yards. But he managed just 55 yards on 14 carries Friday, and his longest `run' -- a 23-yard gain -- was actually an eight-yard gain and a 15-yard fumble, as the ball bounced upfield before being recovered by Robert Gonzales at the Wildcats' 36. Pecos turned that mistake into a 43-yard field goal by Louis Valencia midway through the third period, after penalties and other mistakes kept Pecos stalled since the opening quarter. The Eagles were able to run outside with little problem at the outset, while Fabens started off well, with Morales gaining 11 yards on his opening three carries. But on the next play quarterback Jaime Valenzuela's floater over the middle to Bobby Chavez was picked off by Abila at the Pecos 30 and retured to the 36. From there, Florez got outside for 12 yards on his first carry and 15 on his second to start off a 159-yard rushing night. His fourth carry, for 13 yards, was wiped out by a holding call, but on 4th-and-6 from Fabens' 30 quarterback Oscar Luna slipped past a couple of Wildcat tacklers and went 25 yards to the five. A faceask penalty cut that distance in half and two plays later Jacob Esparza banged into the end zone, breaking a 105-minute touchdown drought for the Eagles. It took exactly 1:48 and one more offensive play for them to get their next score. It came after Valezuela's next pass to Chavez was picked off by Jason Payne, his first of three on the night, and brought back to the Wildcats' 18. Abila took a pitch to the right on the next play and got into the end zone, and Valencia's extra point made it 14-0. Pecos almost had three TDs on three plays. After Payne returned a Wildcats punt 16 yards to the 35, Abila took another pitch from Luna and made it into the end zone. But this play was called back by a holding call, and Fabens was able to stop Florez just short of a first down four plays later. Fabens would give Pecos another chance, when John Guiterrez stopped Ricky Barrow for no gain after the Wildcats went for it on 4th-and-1 at their own 36. However, Fabens began containing Pecos' outside run, and after Abila gained eight yards on two carries, they stopped Esparza short of a first down, then koncked Abila back for a two-yard loss and regained possession. The play seemed to boost Fabens. Valenzuela found Chavez uncovered for a 16-yard gain, and he would make a diving catch for another first down on a 2nd-and-15 play moments later. Another first down pass, to Mario Gomez followed and set Fabens up with a 1st-and-10 at the Eagles' 13. However, two plays later Valezuela was pressured by defensive end Manuel Contreras and tried to throw the ball out of the end zone but came up a yard short, and the ball was picked off by Payne to kill the drive. The Eagles then drove the ball from their own 20 to Fabens' 18 as the half wound down, including their lone completion of the night, a 22-yarder from Luna to Contreras. But when they tried to connect again two plays later Abel Salazar stepped in front and intercepted the pass, keeping the score at 14-0. Fabens' last chance to get back into the game came late in the third period when Payne went for a sideline interception and missed, and Gomez dashed 47 yards before being knocked out of bounds by Abila at the Pecos 10. A defensive holding call on the Eagles then moved the ball to the five, and Morales ran it to the three before Joe Robert Lara stuffed Barrow for a two-yard loss on second down, and two end zone passes by Valenzuela fell incomplete, giving the ball back to the Eagles. Florez' TD run came five plays later, and the Eagles would cap the scoring with Esparza's second touchdown, a 16-yarder set up by Payne's 26-yard punt return. The Wildcats almost got on the board at the finish, after a double-roughing the passer penalty wiped out a Joseph Torres interception and moved the ball from Pecos' 40-yard-line to the 13, but Valenzuela's soft pass to Gomez in the end zone was picked off by Payne, who returned it 40 yards. Along with Payne, Swaim said linebackers Lara and Gonzales, who was sick at halftime, had a good game, as did the Eagles' front line, which held Fabens to just 67 yards rushing overall, and stuffed Fabens four times on the wingback counter, which hurt Pecos against Crane and Kermit. "That play scared us. It really had us nervous, but we did a good job with our two techniques (tackles) and with our Mike (middle) linebacker." Fabens fell to 5-1 with their loss, while the Eagles improved to 3-3 on the season and Swaim hoped their offensive output would help next week, when Pecos plays at El Paso Mountain View. "It's a big confidence boost for the offense to put 31 points on the board. Hopefully, it will kick start the offense," the Eagles' coach said after the 343-yard night. Mountain View also won their District 2-4A opener, 20-13 over San Elizario, and are 5-1 on the season. Clint won Friday's other district opener, outscoring Canutillo, 41-26. at Pecos Fabens 0 0 0 0 -- 0
Pecos alters ending, beats FabensPECOS, Oct. 12 -- Just when it looked like the Pecos Eagles were going to repeat chapter and verse of their district-opening match against the Fabens Wildcats, the Eagles tore out the last couple of pages and got themselves into a tie for first in the District 2-4A volleyball standings. The Eagles, who started strong then fell apart in their
But unlike last month, when Fabens used their Game 2
"The difference between this game and the last is we never
"The first game we came out just determined to win, and I
"I finally started seeing some leadership out there. When
Fabens did come from five points down in Game 3 to take a
"Defensively we played a good third game. Linsey (Hathorn)
"I was also very pleased that the noise didn't bother them"
The victory improved Pecos' season record to 13-9, while
Pecos also won Saturday's junior varsity match, by 15-6,
Netters get win without tie-breakerPECOS, Oct. 12 -- The Pecos Eagles' tennis team didn't have to go to a tie-breaker this time to win a Saturday tennis match, as they improved to 2-0 in District 2-4A play with a 15-3 victory over the El Paso Mountain View Lobos. The Eagles had used tie-breakers to win matches each of the
"I think we did very well this weekend, considering we
Miranda defeated Roxanna Ramirez, 6-3, 6-2 in singles play,
The boys won all but one of their matches in straight sets,
With their new district opting to play team matches only for
Pecos (15) at EP Mountain View (3)
Girls Singles
Boys Doubles
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Cowboys hold off Panthers' comeback tryBy JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Oct. 12 -- Chan Gailey's plan to rebuild the Dallas Cowboys is much more intricate than winning a lot of games. To Gailey, the way his team wins, and loses, is just as vital in the process. So when Dallas beat the Carolina Panthers 27-20 Sunday,
``I was proud of the way we came back to find a way to
Gailey probably would have liked Dallas (4-2) to have a more
``We're on the right track,'' running back Emmitt Smith
Jason Garrett led Dallas to his third victory in four starts
Smith had a big day, too, running 21 times for 112 yards and
But before the Cowboys were rolling on offense, it was the
Steve Beuerlein, taking over at quarterback because Kerry
``We had a good feeling as we were going into the locker
Dallas had gotten within 14-10 at halftime, scored two more
Then, with 6:34 left, Garrett fumbled a quarterback sneak at
Carolina had two more possessions, but an interception by
``I thought we had a chance to win,'' said Panthers
Dallas put together wins for the first time since Weeks 10
``We needed to get on a winning streak,'' Mills said. ``Two
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