League recap: Lawton scores huge upset over Watervliet

By Staff Report Oct 24, 2012, 1:26pm

Southwestern - South league recap: 10/23/12

Southwestern - South recap Oct. 23, 2012

The biggest upset of the week belonged to Watervliet, who took down 127th ranked Watervliet, 33-26.

Hartford's David Mireles rumbled for the longest rushing play in Southwestern - South this season in his game against Lawrence last week. Mireles scampered for 90 yards on the play and finished with 302 on the day as his team topped the Tigers.

The Panthers' dynamic duo of Jake Cowsert and Deven Schultz proved tough for Lawton to stop, as they were the top passer and receiver in the league this week. Cowsert threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns and Schultz had 60 yards receiving. Javauntae Thomas helped Watervliet's passing attack out by catching four balls for 37 yards.

Watervliet's Cowsert and Travis Bolin have formed a dynamic duo this season, leading the league in both passing and receiving yards. Cowsert has thrown for 1569 yards this season, while Bolin, a 5-foot-9 receiver, has 37 catches for 872 yards. Hartford's Mireles leads the league in rushing yards with 1318.

In 119 carries Marcus Pompey has accumulated 968 yard this year.

A big matchup in the league this week will be when Dave Janicki's team takes on Decatur. As it stands, the Indians are in third, while the Raiders are in fourth.

The Blue Devils moved up to 150 from 187 in the state rankings this week, the biggest jump in Southwestern - South. Lawton was able to make move up by besting Jeremy Andrews' team 33-26.



Story is based on stats entered in MaxPreps by Tuesday 5am PST each week.