The Pampa Harvesters (1-1) hit the road on Friday night to travel to Plainview and face the Bulldogs (2-0). It was a warm night until the sun went behind the stadium to provide some shade.
The Harvesters started the game with the ball. The first play was a 14-yard pass from Senior Brant Hill to fellow Senior Leo Castro for a first down. Unfortunately, the drive quickly sputtered out after a couple of incomplete passes. Sophomore Jeremiah Davis had a nice punt booted to the Plainview 40 and that is where the Bulldogs would take over with 10:48 to play in the first quarter. Drive recap: 4 plays, 17 yards, 1:06. The Bulldogs went three-and-out on their opening drive.
Pampa’s next drive began at the 9:43 mark of the first quarter at their own 20-yard line. The Harvesters had another big play with an 18-yard connection from Hill to Junior Aaron Diaz for a first down. Then, just like the opening drive, Pampa has a couple of passes fall incomplete to end the threat on the drive. Davis had a punt boot this time to the Plainview 32-yard line. Drive recap: 5 plays, 19 yards, 1:58.
Pampa had Plainview in a third and long on several occasions on their ensuing drive, but were unsuccessful in stopping the Bulldogs. Plainview scored on a 5-yard touchdown run and nailed the extra point to take a 7-0 lead with 4:10 to play in the first quarter. The drive was 3:35 in length.
The Harvesters started their third drive at their own 21-yard line with 4:05 to play in the first quarter. A chop block penalty quickly derailed this Pampa drive and they were forced to punt again. The penalty also caused Plainview to take over in good field position after the punt at the Pampa 47-yard line with 2:06 to go in the first quarter. Drive recap: 3 plays, -5 yards, 1:59.
Plainview drove right down the field in under one minute to put another seven points on the board. The Bulldogs led 14-0 with 1:08 to play in the first quarter.
Pampa started the next drive with a 47-yard connection from Hill to Diaz. Sophomore Jarren Hill had a 6-yard run and Hill found Junior Judsen Hancock for 5-yards. Pampa faced a fourth down and it looked as though Hill found Hancock for a long touchdown play but the referees called it an incomplete pass. The Harvesters turned the ball over on downs. Drive recap: 7 plays, 49 yards, 2:35.
Plainview drove right down the field again for another touchdown and led 21-0 with about seven minutes to play in the first half.
The Harvesters had another promising drive after a 17-yard connection from (Brant) Hill to Castro. That play was followed by a 39-yard run on a reverse to Diaz. Those plays set Pampa up with first and goal at the Bulldog 3-yard line. Another drive ended without points for Pampa as the fourth down pass sailed over the head of Junior Bryce Lynn. Plainview took over deep inside their own territory with 2:19 to play in the first half and a 21-0 lead. Drive recap: 10 plays, 58 yards, 4:31.
Senior Cooper Smith had an interception to put Pampa in great field position again with 1:50 to play in the first half and hoped to score before halftime.
Jarren Hill took the ball on both plays and punched it in from 6-yards out to get Pampa on the board. Davis hit the extra point to make the score Plainview 21, Pampa 7. Drive recap: 2 plays, 8 yards, 0:55.
Halftime score rested at Plainview 21, Pampa 7.
Plainview began the second half with the ball after deferring their selection to the second-half. The Bulldogs began the drive at their own 25-yard line. The Harvesters forced a punt after Plainview couldn’t move the ball on three consecutive plays. Pampa would begin their next drive at their own 26-yard line with 9:45 to go in the third quarter.
The Harvesters gained a first down following a defensive pass interference call but that was the highlight of the drive, unfortunately. Pampa was forced to punt again and the boot went to the endzone. Drive recap: 4 plays, 7 yards, 2:22.
Plainview took over for their second drive of the second-half, and after just a few plays found themselves deep in Harvester territory already. The Bulldogs scored again and took a 29-0 lead with 4:44 to go in the third quarter after the two-point conversion was good.
Pampa’s next drive was a quick three-and-out. Drive recap: 3 plays, 0 yards, 2:05. Plainview took over for their next drive with 2:32 to play in the third.
The teams traded punts again to end the quarter. Pampa’s drive was another three-and-out and the punt landed at the Plainview 6-yard line with all zeros on the board to mark the end of the quarter. Drive recap: 4 plays, 4 yards, 1:36.
The Bulldogs looked to add more points on the board but started this drive at their own 6-yard line. The main goal for Plainview on the drive seemed to be just to milk as much clock as possible to put the game on ice. A pivotal fourth-and-one faced the Bulldogs at the Pampa 17-yard line with 6:48 to play in the game. The Bulldogs already milked more than five minutes off the clock on this drive so far. The Harvester defense bowed up and forced a turnover-on-downs deep in their own territory with 5:25 to play in the game.
Pampa began their first drive of the fourth quarter at their own 5-yard line. Jarren Hill began this drive in at quarterback. The Harvesters were unable to get anything going and had to punt again. Drive recap: 4 plays, -1 yard, 1:41.
Plainview took over and it was clear the goal was to try and milk the remaining 3:44 to play in the game. The Bulldogs scored again and made it 35-7 with 1:37 to play in the game. The bright spot here was Smith had an interception on the two-point conversion attempt.
Pampa took over for one final drive with 1:33 to play in the game at their own 18-yard line. The Harvesters were unable to get anything going on this drive. Drive recap: 4 plays, 0 yards, 0:39. Plainview took over the football after the punt and milked the remaining minute off the clock to end the game.
Final: Plainview 35, Pampa 7. The Harvesters fought hard but were unable to make the comeback two weeks in a row.
Unofficial Stats:
Brant Hill was 7-18 passing for 96 yards. Aaron Diaz led all rushers with 3 carries for 43 yards. Jarren Hill had 13 carries for 25 yards. Diaz also recorded 2 catches for 65 yards. Leo Castro had two catches for 31 yards. Jeremiah Davis had one extra point and many successful punts. Cooper Smith had two interceptions, one being on a two-point conversion
Other District Scores:
Canyon outlasted Perryton 42-34. Lubbock Estacado rolled Dumas 42-9. Borger (non-district) beat River Road 42-0. Hereford beat Wichita Falls High 45-40. Randall was all over Clovis N.M. The score was 43-10 in the 3rd Quarter at press time.
The Harvesters will come back home next Friday night to face the Caprock Longhorns. Caprock lost to Hereford to open the year and fell to Palo Duro Friday night. They are 0-2 to begin the year. The Caprock game will kick off at 7 pm at Harvester Field on September 8th.
