Top-ranked Bobcats bury Brahmas, 70-26

REFUGIO—The top-ranked Refugio Bobcats ran away from the game but outmanned Hallettsville Brahmas Friday by a 70-26 score in non-district football action.

The Brahmas struck first when Trevor McGee gathered in a 7-yard scoring pass from Braden Kahanek, but Refugio responded with an 18-yard scoring run by Terrence Smith and a 32-yard fumble returned for a score by danny Hernandez.

McGee and Kahanek hooked up again on a 5-yard scoring toss, but the Bobcats got a 53-yard TD run by Shiloh Whetsel to take a 21-12 lead.

A Whetsel scoring plunge and Marquise Brown’s 25-yard return of an interception for a score gave the Bobcats a 35-12 edge before Christian Wood-Dvorak hauled in Kahanek’s third TD pass of the night, a 12-yarder.

Refugio went on to a 42-20 halftime lead.

The Brahmas got a final score in the third period when Kahanek tossed his fourth TD of the night, a 17-yarder to Wood-Dvorak, but Refugio scored thre times in the third to make it 63-26.

Kahanek finished his evening completing 13 of 28 passes for 219 yards and four scores, but suffered three interceptions. The Bobcats rolled up 373 rushing yards, led by Whetsel’s 144 yards on eight carries.

Refugio 70, Hallettsville 26
Hallettsville      12      8      6      0—26
Refugio     21     21     21     7—70
Game Highlights
Scoring Summary
H - Trevor McGee 7 pass from Braden Kahanek (run failed)
R - Terrence Smith 18 run (Christian Padron kick)
R - Danny Hernandez 32 fumble return (kick blocked)
H - McGee 5 pass from Kahanek (pass failed)
R - Shiloh Whetsel 53 run (Draigon Silvas run)
R - Whetsel 1 run (Padron kick),
R - Marquise Brown 25 interception return (Padron kick)
H - Christian Wood-Dvorak 12 pass from Kahanek (Kahanek run)
R - Silvas 4 run (Padron kick
R - Cory Brown 55 pass from Aaron Perez (Padron kick), 9:43
H - Wood-Dvorak 17 pass from Kahanek (pass failed)
R - Silvas 2 run (Padron kick)
R - Whetsel 45 run (Padron kick)
R - Quentin Bellows 26 pass from Travis Quintanilla (Padron kick), 6:57

Team Statistics
                              Ref         Hal
First Downs         23         23
Yards Rushing    36-373     41-132
Yards Passing     176         219
Passes                  7-14         13-28-3
Punts                       N/A         4-136
Fumbles-lost          2-2         1-1
Penalties-yards     6-45         3-25
Individual Leaders
RUSHING -- Refugio, D. Silvas 9-69, S. Whetsel 8-144, T. Smith 6-80, A. Perez 4-30, B. Medina 2-13, T. Quintanilla 1-2. Hallettsville, C. Dolezal 8-37, B. Kahanek 19-47, R. Lenzy 12-57, B. Sitka 1-0, C. Wood-Dvorak 1-(-9).
PASSING -- Refugio, T. Quintanilla 2-3-32, A. Perez 5-10-144, D. Silvas 0-1. Hallettsville, B. Kahanek 13-28-219-3.
RECEIVING -- Refugio, C. Brown 2-62, T. Smith 1-8, B. Castellano 1-60, J. Soto 1-6, Q. Bellows 1-26, S. Whetsel 1-14. Hallettsville, C. Wood-Dvorak 6-90, T. McGee 5-108, B. Sitka 1-11, C. Schindler 1-10.