BEARCATS WIN! | Beckville drops 32 points in fourth quarter victory over Garrison

HENDERSON – For the first three quarters Friday night, we had a little “Anxiety Party” here at Henderson ISD Lion Stadium.

And in the fourth quarter, coach Cody Ross’s Beckville Bearcats took away all doubt.

Beckville scored 32 points, all in the fourth quarter, and knocked Garrison out of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 2A, Division I playoffs, 32-7.

Garrison’s seven points? They were also scored in the fourth quarter.

Beckville (7-4) moves on to round two, or the area round, as they call it, and will meet state-ranked Carlisle. That game will be played Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Pine Tree ISD’s Pirate Stadium in Longview.

Beckville will be the visiting team. All tickets are $8 each, and details will be announced soon. District, Texas High School Coaches Association, gold card and senior passes will all be accepted. And we’ll have more on that playoff game in the coming days here on ETBlitz.com.

Against Garrison, though, things were touch-and-go for three quarters, literally.

The first points of the game were scored on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Reese Davis to Ian Dyer. The extra point, though, was no good – the Bearcats were on the scoreboard, but led 6-0.

A Garrison fumble was just what the doctor ordered, and allowed the ‘Cats to take over at Garrison’s 38-yard-line. Keonte Jinks picked up a quick 5 yards, and then Davis picked up 9 more on a quarterback keeper.

Rudy Watts scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Davis. Beckville failed on its two-point conversion attempt, but led 12-0, with 8 ½ minutes left.

The next Garrison drive – well, it ended abruptly, too, and Beckville’s Seath Ryan made sure of it. Ryan picked off a pass by Garrison quarterback Cam Murray and returned it almost all the way back. The Bulldogs got him at the 1-yard-line.

Watts punched it in right away, and suddenly, with 6:41 left in the game, Beckville was pulling away – the Bearcats had grabbed an 18-0 lead.

Garrison punched back with a 65-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Caden Leadon, and Carson LeBlanc hit the extra point. But 18-7 with 6:30 left was as close as Garrison would get, as it turned out.

Beckville began its next drive at midfield, and Watts gained a quick 13 yards. This drive would be all Watts, as he scored on a 33-yard run.

This time, Brock Davis’ kick was good, and Beckville led 25-7 with four minutes left.

Garrison just could not score – they failed on a fourth-down conversion attempt, a turnover on downs.

The Bearcats took over at their own 5, and Watts would put the dagger in a couple of plays later from 89 yards out. Davis’s extra point kick was good, making it 32-7 with 1:20 left in the game, the game’s eventual final score.

Beckville, by the way, has won four straight games.