What a night

Wow.

Really, that's all I can say.

The sad part is, it may not get better than that all season long, and that could include some pretty good games along the way. But it'll be hard to match up to that one, even though the Cats did come out on the losing end.

A few thoughts on my end before we call it a night:

*The way the defense responded to the challenge presented to them series after series was spectacular. As a coach, I don't think you could ask for anything else. That unit gave it everything it had out there, that's for sure.

*Kenny Green and Co. will learn from this experience. In fact, he might already be. Instead of moping off the field after the game, I saw Green talk to teammates, make sure they were okay. That's the sign of a real team leader. This one will be tough for a while, but Green and the team will learn and grow from it.

*Finally, and I know this isn't breaking news to anyone, but Terrance Simon is a beast. The final tally came to 145 on 25 carries, by my count. That includes the drive early in the fourth that saw him almost single-handedly will his team to victory. On that nine-play, 64-yard drive that tied it at 14, Green opened the series with a five yard run. From there, it was all Simon.

The Wildcats' youth showed through tonight in some of the mistakes they made, but the good news for PHS fans is all the mistakes that were made seem to be fixable with time and teaching.

Palestine rally falls short

Despite a valiant effort from its defense and an almost heroic final drive from its offense, the Palestine football team came up short against Brownsboro, 20-14.

Wildcat quarterback Kenny Green had a pass intercepted inside the Brownsboro five-yard line as time expired, ending the rally.

Westwood fell in Tyler to open the Bryan Price-era, 50-10, to Chapel Hill.
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Mistakes catch up with Cats

The Palestine defense withstood a muffed punt. It couldn't withstand a fumble four plays later.

Brownsboro converted Palestine's second turnover of the fourth quarter into points, leading 20-14 with 3:30 remaining in the game.

Cayuga opened 2010 with a resounding 30-6 win over Overton.

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The Terrance Simon show

The Wildcats needed an answer to the last BHS score, and they got it courtesy of Terrance Simon.

The senior just carried Palestine in for the tying score, a drive highlighted by a 28-yard run by the senior.

It's tied at 14 with 2:30 left in the third.
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Bears retake lead

A 3-yd run by Brownsboro's Keantis Thompson just put the Bears back on top, 14-7, with 6:59 left in the 3rd quarter.
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Westwood falling fast

It hasn't gotten any better for the Westwood Panthers who trail Tyler Chapel Hill, 42-3 at the half.
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Fw: grapeland

From our correspondents Wayne and Christina Stewart at the Grapeland/Centerville contest

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From: "christina cutler" <ccutler@palestineherald.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:46:36 GMT

To: <justinrains25@gmail.com>

Subject: grapeland

Centerville leads Grapeland 7-6 at halftime.

Noteable plays: Cameron Boyd threw a 65 yard TD pass to Reshawd Shepherd.

Cameron Boyd has 113 yards passing.
Reshawd Shepherd has 105 receiving yards.

PHS/BHS tied, Yuga rolling

The Wildcats and Bears head into half time tied a 7 apieceM after a shaky startN the Cats offense and defense seem to have settled in for a dogfight.

In CayugaN the defending champs came out swinging and currently lead Overton, 24-0.
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Cats answer

Jeremy Sias just blocked a Brownsboro punt into the endzone.

It was fallen on by 2 Wildcats for the score.

It's 7-7 with 7:20 left in the half.
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Westwood down big

The Panthers face an uphill climb in Tyler, trailing Chapel Hill, 21- 0 after the first quarter.
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