The Brownwood Lions earn their 11th straight win this season and take their first round playoff victory Thursday night against the Iowa Park Hawks in Springtown with a score of 88-24. Not only does this win keep them in the playoff, but the score puts the team in the BHS history books with the highest BHS score in modern game history (that is since UIL ranking was adopted).
It was a very intense game that took about three and a half hours to complete. Brownwood controlled an amazing part of the game as the score shows, with 574 total offensive yards. Of those yards, 127 were rushing and 447 were passing. Iowa Park had 457 total yards, 264 rushing and 187 in the air.
Iowa Park punted 6 times compared to the one punt from Brownwood. It was a penalty filled game with each team racking up 12, Brownwood lost a total of 100 yards and Iowa Park lost 128.
The atmosphere of the game heated up with some Iowa Park personal fouls, late hits, and Brownwood Head Coach Bob Shipley did not take it lightly.
“I’m disappointed in the way things progressed through the game. Not much to say but that I’m going to protect my kids,” stated Shipley. “We’re lucky we didn’t have some kids seriously hurt with all the late hits.”
With this win, Brownwood will go on to play in the 3A Division 2 Area playoff game November 19th against either Bridgeport or West.
Scoring drives and highlights of the game:
Iowa Park recovered their onside kick but were held off by Caden Ellis who got sacked the quarterback in the first few plays of the game. Derek Longoria had an interception with a 60 yard return that was called back due to an off sides penalty; however Brownwood kept possession of the ball.
The Lions got the ball and fumbled it back to Iowa Park. On the very next play, Jaxon Shipley got an interception at the 12 yard line. With 8:24 left in the 1st quarter, QB Graylon Brown Connected with Shipley who scored on a 78 yard bomb. Dillon Ellis delivers the extra point and Brownwood led 7-0.
With 7:24 left in the first quarter, following an interception by Caden Ellis, Stehl Ratliff got a 1 yard rushing touchdown. Dillon Ellis scored the extra point, putting the score at 14-0.
Iowa Park answered back with 5:02 on the clock and a 20 yard pass that ended with a touchdown followed by an extra point, putting the first points on the board for the Hawks, 14-7.
The next Iowa Park possession resulted in a 54 yard scoring drive that put another touchdown on Iowa Park’s side of the scoreboard, making it a tied game of 14-14.
1:15 left in the quarter, Graylon Brown connects with Cade Johnson who managed to break through a couple of tackles for a 24 yard touchdown. The score was now 20-14. The extra point was no good.
Iowa Park received the kick off at the 1 yard line and took a knee. On the next play, Caden Ellis and Peyton Christopher sacked the quarterback for a safety and brought the score to 22-14.
In Brownwood’s next possession, they ran a trick play and Longoria threw to Dillon Ellis for a touchdown, which made the score 29-14 after Dillon Ellis made the extra point.
During the Hawk’s next drive, Shipley ran down an Iowa Park receiver, closing in on 30 yards for the tackle, keeping them from a touchdown and forcing the Hawks to settle for a 27 yard field goal. The score was brought to 29-17.
Iowa Park’s Chris Tucker was ejected from the game after a personal foul call.
In Brownwood’s next possession, Brown sends a 33 yard pass to Cade Johnson who got the touchdown making the score 36-17 after Dillon Ellis delivered another extra point.
With 8:25 left in the half, Brown tossed the ball to Shipley for another touchdown which brought the score to 42-17. The Lions opted to go for two points; however Iowa Park intercepted.
Shipley gets a 58 yard touchdown on Brownwood’s next drive which then made the score 48-17.
2:46 in the half, Levi Perez runs for a 1 yard touchdown, which set a new first half scoring record for the Lions. The score became 55-17 after the extra point.
With only 2:16 left in the first half, Iowa Park gets a 65 yard touchdown and the extra point. The score rises to 55-24.
With only 26 seconds left in the half, Brown again connects with Shipley for an 81 yard touchdown that was called back because of a personal foul called against the Lions.
8:41 left in the 3rd quarter, Shipley gets a 39 yard rushing touchdown. Ellis delivers another extra point bringing the score to 62-24.
The next Iowa Park possession was interrupted by an interception by Vance McShan. With 7:04 left in the quarter, Ratliff got a rushing touchdown followed by Ellis extra point. The score was then 69-24.
3:00 on the clock in the 3rd quarter, Brown connected with Caden Ellis for a 38 yard touchdown, making it 75-24, a record score for Brownwood Lions in modern day football.
Brown runs then locates Dillon Ellis for a 9 yard pass for the touchdown which brought the score to 81-24 after Ellis made the extra point.
Vance McShan made a huge interception and ran it back for a 94 yard touchdown. Ellis made the extra point and brought the score to an amazing 88-24.
The Lions secure the Bi-District trophy as the look to the Area round next Friday.
See photos from the game by clicking the photo gallery below.
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