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Lake Travis 41, Humble Atascocita 16
Cavaliers steamroll Atascocita to advance to 3rd round
Austin Community Newspapers Staff
Bryan —
Lake Travis (10-1) contained Atascocita (10-2) quarterback Greg Campbell for the first half while Dominic De Lira and Tyler Payne played pitch and catch as the Cavaliers defeated the Eagles 41-6 at Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan Saturday. Lake Travis will move on to play Dallas Jesuit, which defeated Rockwall 46-26 also on Saturday, in the regional round of the Class 5A, Division II playoffs.
For the second week in a row, the Cavaliers defense came ready to play and held Atascocita to just eight yards of offense in the first quarter on three possessions.
“It was an awesome first half… the second half we played pretty good, but defensively we had a let down,” said head coach Hank Carter. “A lot of that had to do with their kids. Their quarterback (Campbell) is a good player. He’s tough.
“The first (team) defense didn’t allow any points tonight. That’s big. That’s two weeks in a row and when you do that in the playoffs you’re doing something pretty good.”
In the meantime, De Lira and Payne found a formula to give Lake Travis a 20-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.
On Lake Travis’ first play from scrimmage, Payne caught a 39-yard pass from De Lira in double coverage and later caught an 8-yard touchdown.
De Lira found Payne again on Lake Travis’ second possession from 15-yards on the same play, which was set up by a 28-yard run by Shaun Nixon. After holding Atascocita to another three-and-out, Nixon had five straight carries to get the Cavaliers to the Atascocita 15-yard line where De Lira threw his third touchdown pass of the game to Grant Foster.
Things got worse for the Eagles when Campbell was picked off by Chris Roller. Lake Travis capitalized with Payne’s third touchdown catch of the game from 19 yards on the first play of the second quarter. Atascocita fumbled the ensuing kickoff return on its own 37-yard-line and Michael Mullett found the endzone six plays later to give Lake Travis a 34-0 lead with 7:35 left in the first half.
Campbell finally made some magic on the next drive with a 26-yard run, but two plays later James Bailey intercepted the quarterback and returned it 62-yards to give the Cavaliers a 41-0 lead after a Dylan Tracy extra point.
“That was crazy,” Bailey said. “I was just doing what I was supposed to do and I looked back and there was the ball and then my boys Zac (Canales) and Hagen (Patterson) set up a line and Tanner Bush had a great block to the sideline so I could get the touchdown.”
Up to this point, Atascocita had 26 yards of offense, but Campbell put together a nice drive late in the half, but the Eagles failed to convert on fourth down while threatening from the Cavalier 16-yard line.
Lake Travis’ defense held Atascocita to 103 yards in the first half while putting up 279.
The second half was much different as Lake Travis struggled to stop Campbell, who had a 68-yard touchdown run and a 21-yard touchdown pass to J.J. Gibson in the fourth quarter.
Campbell, who had over 3,000 yards of total offense going into Saturday’s game, finished with 169 yards rushing and 154 yards passing. De Lira threw for 204 yards on 15 of 20 passing and Nixon had 120 yards rushing, but was kept out of the endzone. Payne had 146 yards on six catches and three touchdowns.
Lake Trais 41, Atascocita 16
Lake Travis (9-1) 20 21 0 0 - 41
Atascocita (10-1) 0 0 0 16 - 16
Scoring summary
First quarter
L – Tyler Payne 8 pass from Dominic De Lira (kick failed)
L – Payne 15 pass from De Lira (Dylan Tracy kick)
L – Grant Foster 15 from De Lira (Tracy kick)
Second quarter
L – Payne 19 pass from De Lira (Tracy kick)
L – Michael Mullett 3 run (Tracy kick)
L- James Bailey 62 interception return (Tracy kick)
Fourth quarter
A-Greg Campbell 68 run (Campbell pass to Jemarcus Jones)
A- J.J. Gibson 21 pass from Campbell (Campbell pass to Taylor Stump)
Team stats
A LT
First downs 14 17
Rushes-yards 26-184 42-175
Passing yards 154 204
C-A-I 16-31-2 15-20-1
Fumbles-lost 4-2 3-0
Punts-avg. 3-36 2-25
Penalties-yards8-68 4-35
Individual stats
Rushing
LT: Shaun Nixon 26-120, Michael Mullet 10-26, Dominic De Lira 6-19. A: Greg Campbell 19-169, Jemarcus Jones 7-15.
Passing
LT: Dominic De Lira 15-20-1 204. A: Campbell 16-31-2 154.
Receiving
LT: Tyler Payne 6-146, Cade Green 3-30, Grant Foster 2-16, Dominic Packer 2-14. A: Taylor Stump 5-55, Quan Shorts 7-49, Tre Hamilton 2-19.
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