Class 1A powers oust Bovina, Farwell
Neither Farwell nor Bovina had favorable draws in the first round of the Texas Class 1A football playoffs, and both were eliminated Thursday night.
Bovina (8-3), making its fourth playoff appearance in the past five years, fell behind 35-0 at halftiime and absorbed a 63-27 loss at the hands of second-ranked Wellington in a Division I bi-district game at Kimbrough Stadium in Canyon. Meannwhile, Farwell went down to a 48-7 loss at the hands of No. 5 New Deal in Division II at Frenship High School in Wolfforth.
Bovina played creditably in the second half against Wellington, but the Skyrockets (10-0) simply had too big of a cushion.
Desmond Fox rushed for 96 yards for the Mustangs and scored twice — on a 40-yard run in the third quarter and a 71-yard fumble return in the fourth.
Wellington, though, got four first-half touchdowns and a touchdown pass from quarterback Westin Williams. He had runs of 28, 4 and 27 yards for scores, returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown and threw a 13-yard scoring pass to Matt Cummings.
The other touchdowns for the Mustangs came on an 18-yard pass from Dorian Vela to Ricardo DeLaRosa and a 2-yard run by Frankie Guevara.
Farwell (5-6) trailed 14-0 late in the half, but couldn’t keep New Deal (11-0) in check after that. Robert Urballe rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns for New Deal, while quarterback Isaac Chavez-Ward threw for a pair of touthdowns.
Farwell’s lone score came early in the final quarter on a 75-yard completion from Landry Actkinson to Colby Read. Actkinson completed 13-of-20 passes for 168 yards.
