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Updated Friday, October 30, 2009 6:59 PM
LIVE BLOG -- McKinney at Sherman
It's senior night at Bearcat Stadium and a beautiful night for football. The 28 seniors are being introduced.
The field looks rough, but the fact it's playable is a minor miracle after all the rain.
Pink ribbons have been painted at each 15-yard line in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Kickoff coming up.
Well, that was quick. Sherman took the opening kick and went 61 yards
on six plays and John Welborn caught a quick dump from Madison Carter
with less than two minutes off the clock. Eric Hosek's PAT was wide
left, keeping it 6-0.
The Lions went three-and-out and the Bearcats strike quickly with a
completion from Carter to Zac Whitfield for 61 yards to the 1. Carter
kept for the TD, and it's 12-0 at the 8:03 mark. The two-point try was
no good.
McKinney got its first first down of the game on a 40-yard run by
Damion Willis, but the Bearcat defense held and Geoff Hooker batted
away a pass from McKinney's Matt Lipka. But the Bearcats just threw
their first interception all year at the 2-yard line, and several plays
later, McKinney's Zach Lee hit Lipka for an 89-yard pass play to cut
Sherman's lead to 12-7.
The Cats answer with a 68-yard drive covering 10 plays. J.J. Floyd took
it in from the 4, and Hosek's kick makes it 19-7 at the 8:41 mark of
the second quarter.
McKinney runs more than eight minutes off the clock and finally cuts it
to 19-14 with 24.6 seconds left in the first half on Lee's 2-yard
keeper. The Lions used 17 plays. Pretty impressive ball control.
The Bearcats get the ball back at midfield thanks to a good Floyd
return, but can't do anything with it and the half ends with the Cats
up by five.
At halftime both teams have 123 passing yards, but Sherman has 131
yards rushing while McKinney has 96. Whitfield has 94 rushing and 75
receiving yards. Neither team has a fumble, which is pretty remarkable
considering the field condition.
Here's a stunning halftime score: Bells 13, Melissa 0.
The second half is set to start. I don't get the sense that the
Bearcats are in any trouble. Other than the interception and the end of
the half, the Cats have moved the ball. But the Lions get the ball
first in the second half and Sherman will need a stop.
And it's a disaster from the start. Hosek slipped in the mud and
touched the ball when the Cats did their usual run-up on the kickoff.
The Lions get the ball on the 40. Nine plays later, including a key
fourth-and-long conversion, Lee took it un untouched to give McKinney
the lead. Lee's 2-point pass to Lipka was too high, keeping it 20-19
with 8:40 to go in the third.
Then Whitfield fumbled the ball at midfield and McKinney recovered —
there were actually two fumbles on the play, including one on the snap
which Carter saved and handed to Whitfield. The Lions go on the move
again, and Sherman just got hit with an unsportsmanlike-conduct
penalty, but a holding penalty wiped out a Lion touchdown by Lee.
There were six penalties in all in the series, but Sherman held when
Welborn hit receiver Devante Harrison a yard short at the 8. What a
wacky series.
The Bearcats go three-and-out and punt, and McKinney crosses midfield
quickly. The Lions have the ball at the Sherman 29 as the third quarter
ends. Hooker made a TD-saving tackle of Damion Willis at the 5 after a
24-yard gain. That tackle is huge because it cost the Lions four
points. The Cats hold them to a 25-yard field goal by Michael Gonsalves.
The Cats finally catch a spark offensively. They go 57 yards, and
Whitfield takes it in from 17 yards out. Hosek's PAT gives Sherman a
26-23 lead with 8:09 left in the game.
The Lions threatened with another time-consuming drve, but again the
Cats come up big, stopping the Lions a yard short of a first down at
the Sherman 35 with 2:39 to go.
The Bearcats run three plays and call time out with 40.2 seconds left.
The Lions will get about 30 seconds to win the game after the punt.
And the Bearcats do it. Lee passes for 21 to Lipka, but with time
running out, Lee is called for intentional grounding. The last pass to
Kody Minick is two yards short of a first down and still inbounds, and
the Lions can't run a play.
Sherman wins 26-23 and clinches the top seed in 4A Division I. They
will play Carrollton Newman Smith after Denison.
Sorry about the earlier format; the machine I was using didn't allow
paragraph breaks, even though to me it looked like I was putting them
in. It's fixed now.
 Comments ... 5 found!
Beating a dead horse : 11/3/2009
Of course its called friday night football! Its also about school spirit!! Gee whiz!! Get some!!!
Another Bearcat Fan
Beating a dead horse : 11/2/2009
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, MANY OF US (myself included) don't go to games to see the band! I DON'T CARE! MANY OTHERS DON'T EITHER! It's called Friday night football for a reason! Gee Whiz!
Mind your Ps and Qs
The Band : 11/2/2009
As a Denison fan, I went to the game to get a feel for what we would be facing this week. I have to say...what a pitiful site to see the band stuck in the stands because of the ridiculous field. I felt sorry for those kids who work hard all week to perform and they had to be relegated to sitting during halftime. Sherman- do something about your field. It is ridiculous. Don't give me 10 inches of rain in October...blah,blah,blah...It is a joke.
Denison Fan
Playoffs : 11/1/2009
Are we playing our 1st playoff game on the 13th or 14th? and where at in plano are we playing? How bout the Bearcats!!!
MP
McKinney at Sherman : 10/31/2009
Wow, what a game!!I was on the edge of my seat all four quarters!One thing I'm not understanding, where was our band?!I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the lack of school spirit!I am a long time Shermanite,graduated in 1984 and have a daughter who is on Drill Team,same as I was.We were not allowed to run all over the place during the game and the band was always playing!There was no question,we had school spirit and loved good ol' Sherman High!So,I ask the question again;Where was our band?!!I know you guys were there,heard you a few times and you sound wonderful,but seems to me that you guys,and girls,shouldnt be running around the stands,you should be cheering your great football team and playing your awesome instruments!Not fussing,just would like to see more school spirit!We have an absolutely outstanding football team and we need to let them know it by cheering them on,not only the parents and fans,but the band as well.
Bearcat fan
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