The Aledo 7th Grade A team defense came up with three interceptions and a fumble recovery to help the Bearcats hold off Burleson Kerr 28-22 Tuesday at Aledo Middle School.
Kerian Patrick had touchdown runs of 72, 12 and 45 yards in the first half as the Bearcats jumped out to a 28-8 lead just before half time before Kerr mounted a comeback.
Patrick took Aledo’s first offensive play 72-yards to give Aledo a quick 6-0 lead.
Right after the Bearcats took the lead, Trace Clarkson came down with the first of his two interceptions to give the ball back to Aledo. Seven plays later quarterback Austin Keith thew a 7-yard scoring pass to Rhett Uselman. Keith then thew a pass to Tyson Timms for the two point conversion to give Aledo a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter.
A quick three and out by the Aledo defense allowed the Bearcats to put together a quick two-play scoring drive that was capped by Patrick’s 12-yard TD run with 3:24 left in the first half. Keith kicked the extra point to give Aledo a 21-0 lead.
The two teams then combined for three scores in the final two minutes of the half as Kerr started to make things close.
Kerr got a 40-yard TD pass and two point conversion to make it 21-8 with 2:03 left in the half.
Patrick ran around right end then cut all the way back to the left sideline as he broke several tackles on his 45-yard TD run. Keith’s PAT kick made it 28-6 with just 56 seconds left in the first half.
Kerr got a 12-yard TD pass and two point conversion with eight seconds left in the half to cut the lead to 28-16.
Aledo started the second half by losing a fumble but Jayton Owens intercepted the ball to stop a Kerr drive. Kerr got the ball back with an interception of their own and then tossed a 40-yard TD pass to cut the lead to 28-22 with 2:32 left in the third quarter.
The Aledo defense came up with two turnovers in the fourth quarter to help the Bearcats hold off Kerr. Clarkson stopped one Kerr drive with his second interception near midfield.
After the Aledo offense was stopped on downs at the Kerr 10, Alex Arana came up with a fumble recovery to end Kerr’s final chance to take the lead.
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Scoring Summary
A – Kerian Patrick 72 run (run failed)
A – Austin Keith 7 pass to Rhett Uselman. (Keith pass to Tyson Timms)
A – Patrick 12 run (Keith kick)
B – 40 yard TD pass (Run)
A – Patrick 45 run (Keith kick)
B – 12 yard TD pass (Pass)
B – 40 yard TD pass (run failed)
Alex Arana recovered this fumble to stop Kerr’s final change to take the lead. Photo by Tom Marvin
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