Calallen’s first loss brings end to season
Wildcats fall behind early, fail to recover
By George Vondracek (Contact)
Originally published 12:13 a.m., December 1, 2007
Lk. Travis 45, Cal. 14
Wildcats' run to state falls just short with defeat to Unicorns 2007
SAN ANTONIO — It was a situation to which Calallen High School
was accustomed this season – playing from behind and coming back to win.
That situation changed in a resounding way Friday night at Comalander
Stadium on the Alamo City’s northeast side.
Unranked in the statewide Class 4A poll, Austin Lake Travis punished
the second-ranked Wildcats as few ballclubs have been able to do. With
very little going Calallen’s way, the Cavaliers rumbled past the Wildcats
45-14 in the Region IV-4A Division II semifinals.
It was the Wildcats’ first loss in 13 outings. The victory sends the 12-1
Cavaliers into next week’s regional championship game against Beeville, a
24-10 winner of Cibolo Steele.
The District 31-4A champions had fallen behind in nine of 12 ballgames this
season, only to have rallied. That didn’t happen Friday in front of a crowd
of 4,003. Lake Travis running back Chris Aydam rushed for 176 yards and three
touchdowns and highly touted junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert threw for 163
yards and two scores and rushed for another 114 yards on just five carries.
Buried by Lake Travis’ offense and frustrated by numerous dropped passes, the
Wildcats were held scoreless until scoring a safety in the third quarter off
a bad punt snap. On the ensuing series, they then came up with only one of
two scoring drives, a 48-yarder capped by Dustin Vaughn’s 35-yard pass to
Kenneth Rosas.
That only closed the gap to 38-8 and the Cavaliers answered that immediately
on the next series. Gilbert, one of the nation’s most-sought recruits as a
junior, connected with Jason Bird on a 6-yard TD pass, Gilbert’s 38th scoring
pass of the season. Lake Travis totaled 425 yards of offense.
Calallen came right back on Vaughn’s 42-yard scoring pass to Bryden McClure
with 10:54 remaining but it was far too little too late. Vaughn finished
with 209 yards passing on a 13-of-30 effort.
Though the Wildcats outgained the Cavaliers in the second half 213-95, the
damage was done by Lake Travis in the first 24 minutes. Big plays were a huge
part of the Cavs’ attack. Sixteen of Lake Travis’ 56 plays covered at least
10 yards, four covered at least 30 and two — 63- and 61-yard runs by Gilbert
and Aydam, respectively — set up Lake Travis scores.
Before intermission, the proverbial fork was jammed into the Wildcats, who
trailed 38-0. The Cavaliers amassed 330 yards of offense, averaging 11 yards
per play. Aydam had three TD runs and 142 yards on but 10 carries, and Gilbert
had thrown for another 104 and a score and rushed for 84 yards.
....................Q1...Q2...Q3...Q4-- FINAL
Lake Travis (12-1)..10...28....0....7 --45
Calallen (12-1)......0....0....8....6 --14
November 30, 2007 - Blossom Stadium
team stat Comparison Lake Travis Calallen
Points.......................45........14
Total Touchdowns..............6........ 2
Touchdowns (Rush-Pass-Other)3-2-1....n/a-2-n/a
Field Goals (Made-Attempts-Long)1 .......0
Total Offensive Yards.......384..........268
Offense (Plays-Average Yards)52-7.4......58-4.6
Total Rushing Yards..........280..........60
Rushing (Plays-Average Yards-Long)28-10.0-n/a.. 26-2.3-n/a
Total Passing Yards..........104..........208
Passing ..........15-24-n/a-4.3-n/a........13-32-n/a-6.5-n/a
Total First Downs............17............17
Penalties (Num-Yards).......9-78...........7-45
Punting (Num-Avg)...........4-30.0.........8-36.5
Fumbles(Num-Lost) ............1-n/a.......2-1
Fumbles(Forced-Recovered-Yards)0-1-0.......0-0-0
Safeties......................n/a..........1
scoring Summary
Team Play Time Players
1St Quarter
Lake Travis FG 10:08:00 Thomas Rebold 20yd
Lake Travis RUN 02:51:00 Chris Aydam 15yd - Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
2Nd Quarter
Lake Travis PASS 10:09:00 Cade McCrary 13yd from Garrett Gilbert - Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
Lake Travis FUMBLERETURN 09:14:00 Ryan Erxleben 0yd - : kick Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
Lake Travis RUN 04:18:00 Chris Aydam 2yd - Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
Lake Travis RUN 01:35:00 Chris Aydam 1yd - : Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
3Rd Quarter
Calallen SAFETY 05:16:00 Boys TEAM Noneyd
Calallen PASS 03:54:00 Kenneth Rosas 35yd from Dustin Vaughan
4Th Quarter
Lake Travis PASS 11:42:00 Jason Bird 6yd from Garrett Gilbert - kick Thomas Rebold for 1pt(s)
Calallen PASS 10:54:00 Bryden McClure 42yd from Dustin Vaughan
Lake Travis Passing
............................CP/AT YDS TD INT
Garrett Gilbert............ 15/24 104 2 0
Calallen Passing
............................CP/AT YDS TD INT
Dustin Vaughan..............13/30 208 2 0
Jeramie Marek...............0/2 0 ..0 ..0
Lake Travis Rushing
...........................CAR YDS AVG TD LG
...........................Chris Aydam 16 176 11.0 3 -
...........................Garrett Gilbert 5 114 22.8 0 -
...........................Taylor Wrinkle 3 6 2.0 0 -
Calallen Rushing
...........................CAR YDS AVG TD LG
Jeramie Marek...............11 57. 5.2 0 -
Dustin Vaughan...............5..2...0.4 0 -
Oliver Price.................2..2...1.. 0 -
Lake Travis receiving
............................REC YDS AVG TD LG
Jason Bird................... 7 78 11.1 1 -
Cade McCrary..................5 44 8.8 1 -
Cohl Walla....................2 24 12.0 0 -
Austin Pollard................1 17 17.0 0 17
Calallen receiving
............................REC YDS AVG TD LG
Kenneth Rosas................4 76 19.0 1 -
Steven Guajardo..............3 67 22.3 0 -
Bryden McClure...............3 56 18.7 1 -
Jordan John..................1 4 4.0 0 4
Jeramie Marek................1 3 3.0 0 3