FREDDY GONZALEZ | Staff Writer
RAYMONDVILLE–Jacob Posas’ 57-yard touchdown scamper down the home side of the field within two minutes of starting the game should have been an indication that the Lyford Bulldogs were in for a long night.
If it wasn’t, the four touchdowns the Bearkats scored during the second quarter did the trick.
Posas passed for 110 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for another 124 yards and two touchdowns as the Bearkats handedly defeated the Bulldogs 49-0 in the annual Cotton Bowl on Friday night.
With the win, Raymondville improved to 2-1 and hits the road to face Brownsville St. Joseph next week.
“ First and foremost, I’d like to give all the glory to God because I feel so blessed to be here, I feel so blessed to have these kids come out here and play with heart and play with class,” Raymondville coach Frank Cantu said. “We said we were going to come out strong and we did. Last week against Grulla we had a bad third quarter, and that was one of our goals to just come out strong in the second half.”
Offensively, the Bearkats amassed a total of 488 yards, with Posas leading the way.
“Jacob is finding his own way,” Cantu said. “He’s been the starting quarterback but he has never really had those kind of reps, and with every game you can see him improve. He’s getting good reads, and he is a hard tough-nosed quarterback that can run.
“Today, we wanted to show that he can also throw the ball. Because of the score we weren’t able to do much throwing, but we did want to come out and throw a bit, and I think we showed today that he can throw and run. I’m just proud of the way that he is coming along.”
If there was any optimism that the Bulldogs could turn things around during the second half, it took less than one minute to think twice. It took Raymondville a handful of plays in the third quarter to add to the score as Posas found Zaravian Aremendarez in the end zone to increase the lead to 42-0.
Defensively, the Bearkats posted another shutdown performance, holding the Bulldogs to 127 yards and two interceptions.
“I’m so happy the way we’ve been coming along,” Cantu said of the defense. “We’re tackling and we’re very aggressive, and the kids are doing a great job. We are filling in really nicely for what we lost last year, but we just have to come out and keep it going.”
Offensively, Lyford produced 79 yards during the first half and just 48 in the second.
The loss drops the Bulldogs to 2-1. They head to George West to start the district season Sept. 28.