Calallen High School Football

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Football Time! Fightin' Wildcats Tangle with the Red and Blue Wildcats. Calallen Wildcats were the dominant team with the score 51-12.

Gregory-Portland Stadium, Sept.28, 2007

Article Credit: Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

Game Summary:

Calallen proves to be a dominant 'Cat
Marek runs wild in victory over G-P
By Lee Goddard (Contact)
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Calallen 51, G-P 12

PoORTLAND — Jeramie Marek seems to be getting the hang of being a two-way player.

Marek has been one of the area’s best defensive backs, but he is relatively new as
Calallen’s quarterback. On Friday night, he showed he can play two ways and be three-dimensional.

Marek rattled off scoring runs of 1, 83 and 47 yards, blowing through the G-P defense,
as Calallen’s Wildcats blistered the Wildcats of G-P 51-12 in a non-district contest
between old rivals.

The scoring runs were just the tip of Marek’s night. He rushed for 213 yards and passed
for another 172, all in less than three quarters of action. With injuries limiting some
of Calallen’s running backs, Marek accounted for 314 of his team’s first 318 total yards.

And, lest Marek seem two-dimensional as only a runner and passer, he ended two G-P drives
with interceptions.

Just imagine what Marek will do when he gets into a comfort zone on offense.

“I’m used to defense. I played that as a sophomore,” Marek said. “But I’m still kind of
getting used to the offensive position. Everything, the offensive player in me, is based
on what our line does.”

The line must have been on early. Two big plays by Marek at the start set the tone.
On Calallen’s first possession, a 70-yard pass with Mathew Garza on the receiving end
put Calallen on the G-P 1. Two plays later, Marek took it over for a 7-0 lead.

On the next possession, Marek tore off an 83-yard scoring run, putting G-P in the role
it would be in all game — chasing Marek and Calallen.

“The guy is awfully good, throwing and running,” said G-P coach George Harris.
“He’s got good speed, good agility. He made it a tough night for the Wildcats —
the G-P Wildcats, that is.”

Calallen did, at times, make the pursuit a little easier for its rivals, getting
flagged nine times in the first half for 65 yards in penalties.

But Marek helped overcome the setbacks. He had 100 rushing yards before two minutes
ticked off in the second quarter, and hit 100 passing yards before the midpoint of the second.

G-P, meanwhile, moved the ball but couldn’t finish off drives. Four of G-P’s first-half
drives ended in Calallen territory, but only one was finished with points on the board —
that being a 35-yard first-quarter field goal from Jonathan Velasco.

Marek squelched one G-P drive with a pick at the Calallen 6. An interception by
Adam Hoelscher ended another G-P effort, a failed fourth-down conversion — with a huge
stop from Alan Ford — and a missed 40-yard field goal made for a futile half for G-P.

“We drove to the 18, the 21. We dropped a pass that could have given us six,” Harris
said. “Those are the times they made the plays and we didn’t.”

But the one big playmaker on both sides was Marek, who seems to be doing just fine
learning the ropes at quarterback.

“It was just clicking,” Marek said. “I was running and linemen were opening the holes.
Credit to everyone. We were coming out fired up to play, and that’s what we did.”

OTHER GAMES:
Rockport-Fulton 15 Alice 13
Flour Bluff 35 Moody 0
Kingsville 27 Miller 0
Pleasanton 23 Tuloso-Midway 0
Sinton 25 Robstown 14
Skidmore-Tynan 21 Three Rivers 7
Refugio 49 Taft 6
Beeville 30 S.A. McCollum 28
Victoria 40 S.A. Highland 0

.................... Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FINAL
Calallen (5-0)....... 14 17 7 13 51
Gregory-Portland(2-3). 3 0 0 9 12

September 28, 2007 - Gregory-Portland H.S.
.............................team stat Comparison
..................................Calallen......Gregory-Portland
Total First Downs......................27............... 11
Total Offensive Yards..................572.............. 255
Offense (Plays-Average Yards) .........70-8.2........... 48-5.3
Fumbles Lost...........................0................ 1
Total Rushing Yards....................315.............. 145
Rushing (Plays-Average Yards)..........37-8.5........... 24-6.0
Total Passing Yards.................... 257............. 110
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) .............16-33-1-7.8 .....11-24-3-4.6
Punting (Num-Avg) ......................2-31.5 ...........5-31.2
Penalties (Num-Yards) ..................15-95.............8-60
Field Goals.............................1.................1
Touchdowns..............................7.................1
Touchdowns (Rushing-Passing-Defensive). 6-0-0.............1-0-0
Scoring Summary
1St Quarter
Calallen RUN 09:27:00 Jeramie Marek 1yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
Calallen RUN 05:43:00 Jeramie Marek 83yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
Gregory-Portland FG 01:29:00 Jonathan Velasco 35yd
2Nd Quarter
Calallen RUN 09:24:00 Jeramie Marek 47yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
Calallen RUN 01:12:00 Bryden McClure 1yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
Calallen FG 00:34:00 Anthony Cantu 28yd
3Rd Quarter
Calallen RUN 03:53:00 Luis Gracia 12yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
4Th Quarter
Calallen RUN 10:45:00 Dustin Vaughan 5yd - CONV: kick made by Anthony Cantu for 1pt(s)
Gregory-Portland RUN 10:16:00 Holden Rios 64yd - CONV: kick made by Jonathan Velasco for 1pt(s)
Calallen PASS 04:45:00 Dillon Denman 5yd from Dustin Vaughan
Gregory-Portland SAFETY 04:45:00 Brett Parker Noneyd

Calallen Passing
CP/AT YDS TD INT
Jeramie Marek 9/22 172 0 1
Dustin Vaughan 7/11 85 0 0
Gregory-Portland Passing
CP/AT YDS TD INT
Sterling Martin 11/24 110 0 3

Calallen Rushing
CAR YDS AVG TD LG
Jeramie Marek 15 213 14.2 3 -
Luis Gracia 9 36 4.0 1 -
Dustin Vaughan 6 29 4.8 1 -
Oliver Price 1 21 21.0 0 21
Bryden McClure 3 10 3.3 1 -
Gregory-Portland Rushing
CAR YDS AVG TD LG
Holden Rios 6 67 11.2 1 -
Derek Parker 6 40 6.7 0 -
Bud Mayo 4 29 7.2 0 -
Sterling Martin 1 12 12 0 12

Calallen receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Matt Garza 4 120 30.0 0 -
Steven Guajardo 3 38 12.7 0 -
Travis Nesloney 2 32 16.0 0 -
Dillon Denman 3 30 10.0 1 -
Hunter Whetsel 1 19 19.0 0 19
Gregory-Portland receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Kaleb Shrader 4 43 10.8 0 -
Holden Rios 3 32 10.7 0 -
Bud Mayo 1 15 15.0 0 15
Brett Parker 1 11 11.0 0 11
Joey Sanchez 1 6 6.0 0 6

The Calallen High School Touchdown Club of 2007. President: Rusty Heim, VP: Steven Floyd.

Here comes the Gregory-Portand Wildcats. # 62 junior Kaleb Eddleman has school spirit -- We are number 1.

Qb Jeramie Marek fades back fires to #1 Mathew Garza. on the 31, the 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 45, 40, 35...,

30, 25, 20, 15, the opponents are gaining on Garza...,

Run Garza run, 10, 5, 4, tackled on the 1-yd line. A 70-yd galloped. Wow!

#42 junior Morgan Cole blocks one way, and #40 junior Jordan John blocks the other way, and senior qb Jeramie Marek slides through the crack for the touchdown!

#10 Holden Rios on the sweep, but #3 Bryden Mclure brings him down.

Bryden McClure has his arms around and Holden is going down. coming to assist; #55 Chris Molano, #52Kevin Mahany and #9 Kris Guerrero.

GP qb Sterling Martin throws the long bomb, #2 Derek Parker and #5 Jeramie Marek go up for it, and #5 Jeramie Marek comes down with the interception. Mark would have 2 interceptions tonight.

Senior Qb Jeramie Marek fires a completion. Tonight, Marek had 3 touchdown, 172 passing yards, 213 rushing yards, and 2 interceptions. That's Cool!

The Dynamic and dynamite duo drills it home. Check out the excellent blocking from end-to-end. CalCats 14-0.

Back-up qb Dustin Vaugan fires a 5-yd touchdown Pass to #20 Dillon Denman.

The recent elevated junior varsity to varsity, #25 Luis Gracia slams through the line and goes 12 big yards for the touchdown.

The Calallen Wildcats plug the Wing-T holes, GP Wildcats are going nowhere. #43 Travis Nesloney is about to be in the tackle, too.

Football Calallen vs Photo Gallery.

John " Doc" Dickerson issues the webmaster a sideline pass.	The fans coming in. These four were from my time, the Fifties.
A cool helcopter flys among the white clouds.	Little Leal, brother of Red Leal, a CHS quarterback, a few years back.
Our competitors finish their pre-drills.	Matt Bode (R) one of many fine CHS running backs, Brent (M) and a friend.
Football boy: Connor Lowrance playing catch.	Yonder goes Willie-the-Wildcat, just strollin' on the track lane.
Wildcat Fans filling up the stand, I see an old buddy, Tino Lopez.	The injured reserve list, down to three; Huddleston, Hoelscher and Moseley.
Three trainers and one Statistician Lady Wildcat.	More trainers to assist Doc in case of injuries.
Willie and the varsity cheerleaders.	The 2007 CHS TopCats.
Photo 1, smile.	Photo 2 with flash, smile.
The rest of the CHS cheerleader wait for the game to begin.	Again, Coach Danaher ponders about winning this game.
First Group, Calallen Alma Mater Time.	Second Group, Calallen Alma Mater Time.
Third Group, Calallen Alma Mater Time.	Fourth Group, Calallen Alma Mater Time.
A second look at the opponents tonight.	The Calallen Fightin' Wildcats during the National Anthem.
Now that is one outstanding group of football players, holding the small American Flag during the National Anthem.	Check this week slogan. How true.
Here come the State #5 ranked team, the pride and Joy of South Texas.	And here comes, the back-flipping, cart-wheeling cheerleaders, and Gregory-Portland Wildcats.
We are here to conquer this territory for another year.	CHS Captains tonight: Captain #5 Jeramie Marek, Captain #1 Matt Garza, Captain #3 Bryden McClure and Captain #88 Alan Ford.
Coach Danaher is relaxed, chuckles at the captains.	Almost ready, but first a moment of reflection, of injured lists, the sick and for a free injury game.
I see #62 Kaleb Eddleman, strong player, met him, on Power lifting meets, when he was a freshman.	The kick-off 43 Travis Nesloney and #42 Morgan Cole fight through the defenders to get to the ball-carrier.
Calallen #5 Chris Molano, #9 Kris Guerrero and #75 Colton Parker see the runner go by. GP #3 is Senior Kaleb Schrader.	Kris and Kevin, shoe-string tackle #16 Brandon Perez.
Aha! Channel 3, Sport Blitz sportman, Alan Harwell is here. And on our side of the field. Mr.Odem Chats with him.	Okay, here we, "Come to me, piggie." Completion. Matt is off to the races.
Matt jukes between two red Wildcats.	Matt accelerates, here come #2 Derek Parker.
Derek closes the gap, Matts keeps moving.	5, 4, 3 and is stopped on the 1 yard, a 70-yard pass play from qb Jeramie Marek.
Another look as Marek slants in through the crack for the td.	Marek is in for the touchdown!
The referee makes it official. Wildcats lead blue Wildcats 7-0 after the PAT.	There goes the pigskin to the uprights. Cal 7-0.
The Gregory-Portland has a nice crowd in the stands.	Calallen has a nice visiting crowd in the visitor stands.
The kickoff, Calallen brings the runner down. Red #26 is senior Ruben Ortiz, #53 senior Aaron Gomez.	#10 Holden Rios meets #3 Bryden McClure.
McClures wraps his Anaconda grip on Holden.	And Holden is down.
#9 Linebacker Kris Guerrero assist on the tackle. #75 senior Colton Parker is rushing in to assist.	The Gregory-Portland Cats are moving into Calallen Territory.
Captain Jeramie Marek makes the interception.	Calallen starts from their own five.
Qb Marek hands off to #3 Bryden McClure.	Qb Marek fades back and fires.
This Wildcat makes the reception and the CalCats are moving down field.	Marek breaks into the secondary...,
Marek has running room, the 17, 20,30, 40..,	50, 40, 30, Jeramie cuts to the sideline, 20...,
Marek on the 20...,	on the ten..,
Touchdown!	The Calallen Crowd cheer.
The home fans are disapointed.	#8 senior soccer-turn-football players drills it home. Calallen 14-0.
The pre-kickoff huddle. No. 8 is Anthony Cantu.
Calallen 25 Luis Gracia has moved up from the junior varsity squad.	The forward motion of the kicking team -- Boom!
The Red and Blue Wildcats on offense. #21 on defense is Oliver Price.	#5 Jeramie Marek is a 3-dimensional player. Here he is on defense as the GP runner goes down.
Linebackers, #52 Kevin Mahany and #9 Kris Guerrero brings down the red runner.	Their dynamic duo, #82 Travis Wright holds and #5 Jonathan Velasco drills a 35-yard field goal, and Gregory-Portland is on the scoreboard with 3 points.
The GP kicker drills the football away.	And the kicker runs to help on the tackle.
I believe, the Calallen Receiver signaled fair catch, dropped the ball and GP recovered the ball.	Yep, Calallen defense is in there.
The defense stops the runner. #7 is Sterling Martin, the qb.	GP has a fair defense, Marek is stopped on this play.
A pass play for yardage.	Jeramie Marek, on the keeper, slams in to the middle of the line, need two for a first down...,
The officials bring the chain in for a measurement -- First down!	Marek fades back to pass, the middle is left open, and Marek is off and running, the 47, the 45, 40, 30, 20, 15, 10, 5 --Touchdown! His second.
And the score raises to 21 to 3.	The CHS Flag runners.
Ah, here is the whole 5-boys, flag runners, team.
Holden Rios punts the ball, Jordan John makes a great try as he flies past the defender.	#3 Bryden McClure receives the punt, and he is off and running.
Bryden still running 30, 20, 10..,	Touchdown! Wait! The official throws the flag. Holding against Calallen, this fine run is negated.
#10 Logan Verrett makes a reception.	Here comes QB Marek.
Marek is stopped on the one.	Marek calls cadence. #3 Bryden McClure is the running back.
We have a pile up.	And McClure has a 1-yard touchdown.
An experiment in photography, I tried to get the ball as it went through the upright. The stadium lights interfere with the photo, but you can see the white stripes if you look closely. On the other hand it could be a flying seagull.
Just like that #13 Anthony Alcantar gets an interception for Calallen.	#33 Hunter whetsel gives an atta-boy to Anthony. Listening is #56 Luke Selbert.
#5 J. Marek is stoppped on the 28.	The dynamite and dynamic duo drills a 28-yd field goal. Referee signals Good!
Visitors 31, Home 3.	The Pride of South Texas, CHS Band entertains the fans.
Members of the TD Club having a post first half discussion.	CHS Band member of the Week.
The Gregory-Portland band on the field. Great music.	Here comes the Pride and Joy of South Texas. Kris Guerrero on the lead.
Captain Matt Garza and Bryden McClure opt to receive the footbll.	The Wildcats came firing the football. It was a 3 and out for the CalCats.
From the sideline, Marek, Coach Danaher and Lady Statistician Jessica check the action on the field.	Marek keeps piling those yards up.
#14 on defense is LaChristianThomas.	#55 Chris Tipton putting the rush on Marek.
Coach Danaher checks out qb Marek.	No problem, Marek fires away.
Looks like a fumble.
Tall man QB Dustin Vaughan is going into the game.	Collin Simpson, #23 breaks away for a first down.
Again, Collin Simpson runs for daylight and another first down. On this run, Collin came out with an injury to his ankle.	Marek comes in again, gets more yards, down to the twelve.
Here he comes down the middle, #25 Luis Gracia, the twelve, Eleven...	10, 5 -- Touchdown!
In the end zone, Luis comes to a screeching halt.	The scoreboard reads 38-3. and block that!
#8 Anthony Cantu drills the pig again.	#9 Kris Guerrero leans into the pile to stop it from creeping forward.
Fight Wildcats Fight -- Hold those Red Wildcats back.	And the pile comes to a stop.
#10 Holden Rios Punts away.	#2! Oliver Price sweeps left and get 21 yards. Cool matched his jersey number.
And, Oliver Price runs out of bounds.	#22 Dustin Vaughan continues to improve, his best game, ran for one touchdown, pass to Denman for another, passed for 85 yards,and rush for 29 yards in 6 carries, No interceptions.
Steven Guajardo. 3 receptions for 38 yards.	Qb Dustin fires above the stretch arms of #14 LaChristianThomas.
#43 Travis Nesloney makes the reception. Tonight he had 2 for 32 yards.	#81 Steven Guarjardo with another fine reception.
#22 Dustin Vaughan on the keeper, down the middle, Touchdowns!	Yep, looks like Dustin.
It is Dustin, his first touchdown. This young man keeps improving, weekly.	The dynamic duo drills it home.
Some of the loyal home crowd start for the exits.
The Calallen defense was outstanding.	#20 Dillon Denman catches ball.
Again Dillon makes a reception. 3 catches for 30 yards, including one touchdown.
Qb Dustin Vaughan fires away.	#43 Travis Nesloney makes the reception.
Touchdown! Dillon Denman scores on the 5-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan.
Dillon walks back to the huddle.	Jessica is release from her statiscian duties.
The A-team on break.	Same team, 2nd photo.
More Wildcats on break.	#9 Guerrero has a few words for #5 Marek.
Kris, Matt and Bryden.	Matt and Bryden.
The Chs linebackers, Kris and Kevin, or AKA K and K.	Jeramie and Jared, or AKA J & J.
Aaron, Dillon and Jeramie.	Trainers: Desiree Porche and Abby Ball. Fine performance, Lady Wildcats.
#51 is junior Joe Villarreal.	Cheerleader of the Week, Tess Roark.
Two Cheerleader doing a fine job tonight.	#88 Alan Ford and #76 Eron Vorhees, football boy.
"Doc" explains about using the Crutches.	The Final score: 51-12.
Sportmanship: Traditional game-ending handshake.	GP Wildcats walk over for their post game de-briefing.
The Gregory-Portland coaches wait for the GP Wildcats to assemble for the game de-briefing.	Coach Phil Danaher gives his post game de-briefing.
Hunter Whetsel is back from the injury list.	junior Jordan John played a fine game.
Coach Asa and Kristi Chambless.
Coach Joel and Sandra De La Paz and daughter.	#9 Linbacker Kris Guerrero, his sister, cheerleader and his mom and dad.
Coach Danaher gives the game interview.	#13 Anthony Alcantar, one interception, to keep the Calallen momentum going.
Qb Dustin Vaughan is interviewed about today's game.	Qb Dustin, his brother Dillon, his mom and dad.
Coach of the Week, Defense Cordinator, coach Steve Campbell, his wife and children.	#25 Luis Gracia and his friend after the game.