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    PHOTO BY COLTON MCWILLIAMS/WIMBERLEY VIEW Cooper McCollum attempts to pass with Moses Wray blocking for him

Texans sink the Pirates with last second defensive stand

Despite scoring with three seconds left in game, the Wimberley Texans stuffed the Rockport-Fulton Pirates on what would have been the game winning two-point conversion. The defensive stand sealed the Texans spot in the Regional Final for a 42-41 victory.

In a wild finish that saw both teams collectively score 20 points in the last two minutes of the game, it was the defense that came up strong in the end with the fore mentioned twopoint conversion stop and an interception returned for a touchdown by Christian Marshall.

“Before the game, we told the team it takes what it takes,” Head Football Coach Doug Warren said after the game. “We knew that offense was going to be tough to stop… We had to make plays and they made plays… I’m just so proud of those kids for just hanging in there.”

After forcing the Pirates to fumble on their first drive, the Texans took advantage of the turnover and turned it into seven points as Cooper McCollum found Josh Limely for the six-yard touchdown pass to take the early lead at 7-0.

The second quarter turned into an offense shootout kicked off by a Garrett Loudermilk threeyard touchdown run to tie the game up at 7-7.

The Texans responded on the following drive as Limely took the wide receiver sweep six yards for the touchdown run to retake the lead at 14-7.

Following a fourth down stop by the Wimberley defense, the Pirates scored following a strip and score by the Rockport Fulton defense to shockingly tie the game back up at 14-14.

The strip touchdown, the Texan offense respond quickly as McCollum hit Christian Marshall for the 64-yard touchdown pass to take the lead back 21-14.

In a foreshadowing for the fourth quarter, the Pirates scored with 30 seconds left in the second quarter to tie up the game at 21-21.

After receiving the ball to start the second half, the Texans gave the ball back to the Pirates following a fumble.

However, the Texan defense held strong and forced a turnover on downs to give the ball right back to the Wimberley offense.

Following a 75-yard run by Moses Wray, the Texans scored as McCollum found Jaxon Watts for the 16-yard pass to take the lead at 28-21.

The lead didn’t last long however as the Pirates tied the game back up again following a Joe Franks 13 yard run at 28-28.

After the Pirates stuffed the offense, Rockport-Fulton scored again to take their first lead of the game at 35-28 following a Franks 47-yard touchdown run.

After trading a couple of possessions in the fourth quarter, including the defense’s third fourth down stop of the game, the Texans finally broke through late in the fourth quarter as Moses Wray scored on the 12 yard touchdown run to tie the game up at 35-35 with 1:50 left in the game.

With the Pirates backed in their own territory, Rockport-Fulton attempted to pass on third and five but the pass was intercepted by Christian Marshall and returned all the way for the game leading touchdown at 42-35 with 50 seconds left in the game.

On the ensuing kickoff, the Pirates returned the ball all the way back to the Texan 24-yard line. The Pirates then scored following a Franks 12-yard run with three seconds left in the game.

Electing to go for the win instead of the tie, the Pirates went for the twopoint conversion. With their biggest stop of the game – and the season – the Texan defense stuffed the Pirate rushing attack one last time and gave the Texans the 42-41 victory.

The Wimberley Texans move on to the Regional Finals for the first time since 2017 in a rematch with Navarro. In their last meeting, the Panthers came away with the 42-14 win.

The rematch for the Region IV title will play at 3:30 on Friday in the San Antonio Alamodome.

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