BAYTOWN — The Nederland Bulldogs led the Barbers Hill Eagles for only 1:28 of gameplay, but it was the late score that gave the Bulldogs a 27-21 victory at Eagles Stadium on Friday.

Both teams started off hot, scoring on both of their first two drives. Barbers Hill struck first with an 11-play, 84-yard drive capped off with a 1-yard run.

The Bulldogs didn’t take long to respond with score off their own. On the fourth play of the drive, running back Kade Scott took his first carry 49 yards to the end zone. A blocked extra point made the score 7-6 in favor of the Eagles with 8:00 left in the first quarter.

https://www.facebook.com/portarthurnewssports/videos/275500306419249/

Barbers Hill put together another long drive that was capped off with a 9-yard touchdown pass. The Bulldogs responded with a seven-play drive that covered 70 yards. The highlight of the drive was a 37-yard pass from Blaysin Fernandez to Carson Arline that got the Bulldogs down to the Eagles’ 18. A few plays later Fernandez found Blayne Burnett in the end zone to make the score 14-13 with 46 seconds left in the first quarter.

Both teams exchanged fumbles on their next drives.

 

The game changed when … 

The Bulldogs defense, trailing 21-19, came up with a huge stop, forcing the Eagles to punt the ball with 2:33 left in the game. Scott took the first carry of the drive 14 yards before breaking a 36-yard run to bring the ball inside the Eagles 10. Three plays later, Scott bulldozed his way into the end zone to take the lead for the first time with 1:28 left in the game.

The Bulldogs defense came up big again after a tackle on the Nederland 42 stopped the Eagles inches short of the first down line on fourth down. The Bulldogs kneeled out the rest of the clock.

 

The game ball goes to …

The Bulldog offensive line, which opened up lanes for the running backs who finished the game with 277 yards on 33 carries. Josh Mazyck had 12 carries for 57 yards.

 

Next Up …

The Bulldogs will host Dayton at Bulldog Stadium on Friday. The Eagles will travel to Baytown to face Lee. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7:30 Friday.

 

Bulldogs 27, Eagles 21

Nederland 13 0 6 8 — 27

Barbers Hill 14 0 7 0 — 21

First quarter

BH — Spencer Long 1 run (Fidel Anaya kick), 8:59

Ned — Kade Scott 49 run (Kick failed), 8:00

BH — Cameron Cauley 9 pass from Hayden Johnson (Anaya kick), 3:04

Ned — Blayne Burnett 8 pass from Blaysin Fernandez (Payne Barrow kick), 00:46

 

Third quarter

BH — Jaden Meredeth 19 pass from Johnson (Anaya kick), 7:15

Ned —Burnett 2 pass from Fernandez (two-point fail), 3:06

 

Fourth quarter

Ned — Scott 5 run (two-point conversion), 1:28

Ned   BH

Rushes-yards 33-277 27-119

Passing yards 145 261

Total yards 422 380

Comp-Art-Int 14-24-0 21-37-1

Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-1

Penalties-yards 4-30 6-47

 

Individual leaders

RUSHING — Nederland: Scott 15-190, Josh Mazyck 12-57, Fernandez 4-21, Bryce McMorris 2-9. Barbers Hill: Long 18-108, Johnson 7-16, Conner Dunham1-0.

PASSING — Nederland: McMorris 12-18-0, 100; Fernandez 2-5-0, 45, Carson Arline 0-1-0, 0. Barbers Hill: Johnson 19-35-1, 238, Dunham 3-3-0, 23.

RECEIVING — Nederland: Blayne Burnett 6-56, Arline 1-37, Armani Douglas 2-17, Mazyck 3-15, Landon Hiltz 1-15. Barbers Hill: Dalton Holland 10-86, Meredeth 4-73, Long 1-30, Christian Rhodes 3-28, Canden Grogan 2-28, Cauley 2-16.