On this rainy Thursday night, Klein Collins and Spring Westfield would fight face to face. This game would prove to be vital in both of their aspiration’s in making the playoffs. But on this night, only one of them would come out on top.
The game began with Klein Collins taking possession of the ball. After the moving the ball downfield quite easily on the Westfield defense, Kenneth Centamore would find the end zone on a 7 yard run. After the quick touchdown, Westfield would try to find the formula to put some points on the board. But after several mistakes, Westfield would be forced to punt the ball. The Westfield offense would not be able to find the end zone until only 2 minutes left in the first quarter, with a beautiful 21 yard pass by Jacoby Walker to Christian Jones. This would even up the score 7-7.
The score would remain the same throughout the first half of play. Both teams bottled up in a game of field position, in which neither team would be able to add points before the quarter ended. The second half began with a repetition of what happened in the first quarter of play. But this time it would be Westfield who would strike first with a 31 yard touchdown run by Josh Jenkins. But a quick response from the Klein Collins offense would come with a 6 yard run by Brett Hume who would pound the ball into the heart of the Westfield defensive line. With this the game once again turned into a defensive struggle between both teams. In which neither was able to add points to the scoreboard.
After a hard fought 4th quarter, overtime would be the only solution in order to find a victor in this game. Overtime would prove to be a difficult struggle for two equally balance teams. Westfield drew first blood on a 5 yard run by Jacoby Walker to start of the extra allotted time. But Klein would not be negated a win tonight as Brett Hume found a wide open Jacob Bennet 25 yards into the end zone for a spectacular touchdown. The 1st quarter of overtime would end in a tie 21-21. Only minutes later would Klein respond again with a touchdown with a 2 yard touchdown run by Brett Hume, that would seal the deal for Klein Collins for a hard earned victory. Final score 28-21 Klein Collins defeats Westfield.
Klein Collins next game will be against Dekaney, meanwhile Westfield hosts Klein Oak.
