Cumby grinds out win over Quitman

By Larry Tucker
editor@wood.cm
Posted 9/5/19

This one did not go as planned. The Cumby Trojans got revenge from last year’s 30-6 loss to Quitman by pounding out a 48-12 win. The Trojans took a 14-12 lead with 1:46 to go in the first half and …

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Cumby grinds out win over Quitman

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This one did not go as planned. The Cumby Trojans got revenge from last year’s 30-6 loss to Quitman by pounding out a 48-12 win. The Trojans took a 14-12 lead with 1:46 to go in the first half and never looked back as the Bulldogs fell victim to costly turnovers.

Head Coach Bryan Oakes was disappointed. “This was definitely a tough loss. We are disappointed that our guys underestimated the opponent. I had talked to them previously and hoped they were mature enough to understand that they were going to get Cumby’s best,” Oakes noted. “Cumby played well and we continued to shoot ourselves in the foot in the second half. I’m looking forward to practice to see how they respond.”

Cumby took the opening kick-off and drove 59 yards using 12 plays and over five minutes, scoring on a one-yard run by Keagan McCollum for a 6-0 lead. The Bulldogs took the kick-off and took just four plays and less than minute to score on an 11-yard run by Trey Berry with 5:15 to go in the opening quarter. The highlight was a 21-yard pass from Berry to Ty Holland.

Cumby’s next drive was halted by Quitman defensive back Rylie Flanagan’s interception. The Bulldogs took over on their own 22 yard line. Holland scampered for 23 yards. Holland and Berry connected on a third and 18 pass play for 19 yards to move into Cumby territory. The quarter ended with the score 6-6. Two plays into the second quarter, Berry hit a wide open Flanagan for a 23 yard touchdown pass and the Bulldogs led 12-6.

Cumby scored on an 18-yard run by Jacob DiMidio with just 1:46 left in the half. They added the two-point conversion run by quarterback Cameron Scott to give the Trojans a 14-12 lead at intermission. Scott gained 88 yards on 13 carries for the night while DeMidio netted 145 yards on 13 carries.

Holland took the second half kick-off for Quitman 25 yards to the Quitman 39. The Bulldogs used eight plays to get to the Cumby 26 yard line, but disaster struck. A Bulldog fumble, the first of several second half mistakes, was recovered by the Trojans. Cumby used seven running plays to drive 73 yards and score on a Scott one-yard plunge giving the Trojans a 20-12 edge.

Quitman lost another fumble at the Quitman 49 yard line. A sack put Cumby third and 16, but a penalty gave the Trojans a first, and three plays later Scott scored from six yards to make it 26-12 with 1:08 left in the period.

The Bulldogs lost yet another fumble and Cumby returned it to the home team’s 15 yard line. Cumby ran it down to the one yard line as the quarter ended. On the first play of the final quarter, Dimidio scored and the conversion was successful making it a 34-12 Trojan lead.

Holland returned the kick-off to the Quitman 38 and two plays later, Berry scored his second touchdown on a 59-yard jaunt closing the gap to 34-18.

Cumby came back with another DiMidio score from 56 yards with 4:55 to go to give the Trojans a 46-18 lead. The Trojans got two more points on a safety with 3:09 for the 48-18 final tally.

Berry scored twice and rushed for 113 yards on 13 carries. He was 4-10 passing for 62 yards and one touchdown. Holland ground out 42 yards and had an 18-yard completion to Berry. River Chaney and Elisio Turcois gained tough yards on short yardage situations while both were solid from their linebacker positions.

Last Thursday night the Quitman JV traveled to Cumby and came home with their first win taking down the JV Trojans 30-6. The JV is at home Thursday to play Scurry-Rosser.

Quitman varsity takes a long road trip this week to take on Scurry-Rosser. The Wildcats rang up a 51-26 win over Quinlan Boles in their opener. After last year’s game in Quitman was called off due to lightning, the Wildcats went on to a 3-6 record. The Wildcats return five offensive starters from last year, but just two defensive starters are back.