Friday, Nov. 07, 2008

Friday Night Football

Week 10 Coverage

Sports Department

We've got a final in Colleyville Heritage vs. Grapevine ...

Colleyville Heritage 41, Grapevine 10 (Nov. 7)

The Colleyville Heritage football team wrapped up district play with a 31-point victory over Grapevine.

Bryan Head rushed for 74 yards and three touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass in the contest for the Panthers, and Stephen Hill passed 257 yards and three touchdowns.

J.D. James kicked a 29 field goal for Grapevine and John Mundy rushed for a 1-yard touchdown run, but the Mustangs fell to 0-10 on the season.

- John English

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We've got a final in Grapevine vs. Keller Central ...

Keller Central 47, Grapevine 0 (Oct. 30)

In what was likely Grapevine's only chance at a victory this season, Keller Central's offense exploded tonight, particularly in a four-score second quarter.

Central quarterback Dustin Stenta had five touchdown passes, two of them going to Marcus Fore, who also had three interceptions on the night.

Next Friday wraps up the regular season for both teams, as Central visits Northwest and Grapevine faces Colleyville Heritage in the annual rivalry game.

-Randy Sachs

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We've got a final in Grapevine vs. Trinity ...

Trinity 45, Grapevine 0 (Oct. 24

Grapevine dropped its fifth district game on Friday night, losing at home to Trinity.

The Trojans jumped out to a 42-0 halftime lead, and Grapevine only picked up two first downs in the contest.

The Mustangs also had four turnovers in the game.

Grapevine has its best shot at its first victory of the season on Thursday night at Keller ISD Stadium when it takes on Keller Central, a team that is also winless in district competition.

-John English

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We've got a final in Grapevine vs. Fossil Ridge ...

Fossil Ridge 45, Grapevine 13 (Oct. 17)

Fossil Ridge won its second straight game on Friday to pull its district record to 2-2.

Ridge took a 24-point lead into the half, and outscored Grapevine 21-13 in the second half.

Grapevine dropped to 0-7 on the season with the loss.

The Panthers have clawed their way back into the playoff hunt with the victory, as the team is now in a three-way tie for fourth place with Northwest and L.D. Bell.

Grapevine will host Trinity next Friday.

-John English

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We've got a final in Grapevine vs. Keller ...

Keller 56, Grapevine 7 (Oct. 10)

Keller improved to 2-1 in district with a 56-7 victory against Grapevine on Friday night.

The Mustangs fell to 0-6 on the season with the loss.

Grapevine trailed 42-7 at the break.

The Mustangs scored their lone touchdown on a pass from Reed Ryan to Travis Trenkle.

-John English

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We've got a final for Grapevine vs. L.D. Bell ....

L.D. Bell 35, Grapevine 14 (Oct. 3)

As time expired in the first quarter of Friday's game, Grapevine quarterback Reed Ryan connected with Christian Ballard on a 20-yard touchdown pass to give the Mustangs a 7-0 lead.

Bell scored with four and a half minutes left in the second quarter on a 10-yard touchdown run from Lehi Tonga to tie it up.

Bell made it 14-7 just before the half on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Tonga to Josh Mauro, and that was the score at the break.

Bell went up 21-7 three minutes into the third on a 16-yard run from Tonga.

Bell scored again on a 61-yard touchdown pass from Tonga to Cameron Duvall to lead 28-7 at the end of the third.

Grapevine answered with an 8-yard pass from Ryan to Ballard with nine minutes to play in the third to make it 28-14 Bell.

The Blue Raiders answered two minutes later with a 29-yard touchdown reception from Tonga to Duvall.

Bell won 35-14.

-John English

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We've got a final in Grapevine vs. Northwest ...

Northwest 40, Grapevine 0 (Sept. 25)

Northwest rebounded from a loss just before the start of district play with a 40-0 victory over Grapevine earlier tonight.

Grapevine remains winless on the season.

Texans quarterback Brysen Curb connected on an 11-yard touchdown pass with Taylor Barnhill and rushed for two more, while Tyler Collins ran for two touchdowns.

Northwest is moved to 3-1 on the season and 1-0 in district.

Grapevine next heads to Bedford to take on L.D. Bell next Friday.

Northwest will play Colleyville Heritage at Northwest ISD Stadium next Friday.

- John English

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We've got a final in the Colleyville Heritage game and in the Grapevine game ...

Colleyville Heritage v. Irving MacArthur, Sept. 6

The Colleyville Heritage football team improved to 2-0 on Friday night with a 35-20 victory against Irving Macarthur.

Quarterback Steven Hill passed for 260 yards and two touchdowns in the contest.

Bailey Crego added two rushing touchdowns.

The Panthers will play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 13 against Plano East at Mustang-Panther Stadium.

- John English

Aledo 37, Grapevine 14, Sept. 5

The struggles continued for the Mustangs as they lost their second consecutive game, done in by a three-touchdown second quarter for Aledo.

Grapevine has now been outscored 92-17 on the season.

The Mustangs host Lewisville next Friday.

- Kevin Lonnquist

We've got a final in the Grapevine/Marcus game ...

Marcus 55, Grapevine 3

Turnovers were the story of the first quarter of the Grapevine at Marcus game tonight, as two Mustangs fumbles and an interception allowed Marcus to jump out to a 14-0 lead.

Brode Boyd ran 25-yards on a keeper to give the Marauders a 7-0 lead, and Stephen Hopkins ran for a 2-yard score after a botched punt was kicked out of the end zone.

The trouble continued for Grapevine in the second half, as Marcus scored again on a 2-yard run by Hopkins to give Marcus a 20-0 lead after a failed kick.

Grapevine threw another interception with just under five minutes to play in the half, and the Marauders capitalized three minutes later on a 9-yard run by Hopkins.

Marcus leads 27-0 at half-time.

The Marauders scored four more touchdowns in the second half, including an 88-yard kickoff return with five seconds left, to give Marcus a 55-3 victory.

Grapevine hosts Aledo next Friday at 7:30 p.m.

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