The Coahoma Bulldogs wait out the storms and take care of buisness
COAHOMA - It took all of five hours to get it done, but where it was all over, the Coahoma Bulldogs had a happy homecoming and the Colorado City Wolves were still searching for that ever elusive win.
Both teams had to endure a three hour lightening delay and Coahoma turned back a upset minded Colorado City team to come away with a 26-12 win, evening its record to 2-2 for the season while Colorado City falls to 0-4. The Wolves are mired in a 25-game losing streak dating back to Nov. 9, 2018 when they defeated Stanton 48-7.
The game was just two minutes old when the lightening came. Coahoma was moving down the field with a first and 10 from the Colorado City 38yard line. Three hours later the game resumed at 10:34 p.m.
Coahoma coach Chris Joslin was relieved to get to play. "It was good to get the game in tonight," Joslin said. "Both sides agreed on it and I'm just thankful Colorado City and their officials wanted to get the game in. It throws you all off for the next week if you have to play on Saturday."
When play resumed Coahoma promptly went the remaining 39 yards, 23 of it came on a pass from Billy Bailey to Ky Kemper. Brysen Kerby scored from eight yards out and Coahoma was up 7-0.
The remainder of the half was a struggle for the Bulldogs however. Colorado City hardly resembled a winless team and it gave Coahoma all it wanted. In fact the Wolves did something they hadn't done all season, score two touchdowns in a game. Those scores came in a matter of about three minutes.
Chris Ortiz climaxed a 45-yard C-City scoring drive with a seven-yard run. On Coahoma's next possession Jordan Garza picked off Bailey's pass and the Wolves were in business again. It took the
Wolves five plays to go 38 yards. Aedan Briseno scored from four yards out and all of a sudden, Colorado City led a stunned Bulldogs team 12-7 early in the second period.
Enter Arian Emerson who rapidly breathed life into his Coahoma team. He promptly took the ensuing kickoff back 75 yards for a score. Once he made it to the sideline, he made one cut and raced untouched to the end zone. Coahoma went into halftime leading 13-12.
Emerson wasn't through with his heroics however. He helped ice the game late in the fourth period by catching a 28-yards scoring pass from Bailey. In between those plays, Coahoma got a 51-yard scoring run by Isaiah Eleda.
"We were ready to go at the start of the game. We had our best pre-game warmup this year," Joslin said. "But then what can you say about a three hour delay.? We corrected some things at halftime and came back in the second half and played a lot better. My hat goes off to the kids."
Coahoma will be on the road Friday when they travel to Merkel to play the Badgers at 7 p.m. C-City Coahoma
11 15 38-180 34-157
38 112 7-15-0 9-14-2
2-1 1-1 5-65 3-20 6-32 2-40
First downs Rushing Passing C-A-I Fum/lost Pen./yds Punts/ave
C-City 06-06-00-00 - 12 Coahoma 07-06-07-06 - 26
Score by
Scoring Summary
1st- C-Brysen Kerby 8 yd. run, Reagan Chapman kick, 7:56.
CC- Chris Ortiz, 7 yd. run, kick blocked, 1:37. 2nd -CC - Aden Briseno 4 yd . run, try for two fail, 11:55.
C - Arian Emerson 75-yd. kickoff return, try for two fail, 11:41.
3rd - C - Isaiah Eleda 51-yd. run, Chapman kick, 8:30.
4th- C - Billy Bailey 28-yd pass to Emerson, kick fail, 4:27.
Individual Stats
Coahoma - Rushing - Kerby 26-90, Bailey 5-6, Eleda 3-61; Passing Bailey 9-14-112 yds., 2 int, 1 TD; Receiving - Kemper 3-36; Emerson 3-52; Jaidyn Vineyard 2-20, Rance Redden 1-6.
Colorado City - Rushing - Chris Ortiz 8-21; Mayson Monroe 7-2; Ryan Hernandez 6-18; Chris Green 5-79; Jordon Garza 1-10; Joseph Connell 2-7; Passing - Ortiz 1-4-20 yds ; Monroe 4-11-18 yds; Receiving -Green 3-40; Jordan Raschke 2-5; Jordan Garza 1-minus 3; Hernandez 1-minus 4.