Katy High school will play in the State championship (San Antonio: title, yard)

[usc619]

Katy romps 66-21, off to state final
The beginning wasn't pretty, the end got ugly, but the middle was just fine for Katy, which ran off 52 straight points to earn a spot in the state title game.

Pflugerville awaits next Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Alamodome.

[Guerilla]

The Tigers are just beasts. Completely destroyed San Antonio Madison.

[usc619]

SAN ANTONIO — The Katy Tigers got tested on Saturday, and they passed.

In fact they got an A-plus.

Katy struggled early against San Antonio Madison, but the Tigers found their way and went on to beat the Mavericks 66-21 to advance to the 5A Division II state title game.

"That was the best defense we have seen all year," Katy quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell said. "They really gave it to us in the first half, but we have the kind of coaches who can make adjustments. We made them and got the job done."

The Tigers will make the return trip to the Alamodome next Saturday at 7 p.m. to play Pflugerville, a 20-14 overtime winner over Abilene, in the 5A Division II state championship.

After Katy went up 7-0 early in the first, the Madison defense struck. Defensive back Andrew Green picked off a Katy pass and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown.

Katy scored again on a 26-yard catch by Terrence Avie, but Madison came right back, tying the game again, when Brendan Skipworth caught a 22-yard pass from Bryan Ehrlich.

In that first quarter, the Tigers went three-and-out on three straight drives.

"After I threw that interception, it was obvious they had momentum and were fired up and we struggled getting our offense going," Mitchell said.

A big part of that was the fact that the Tigers' running game was pretty much non-existent. Aundre Dean had just 19 yards midway through the second quarter and if Katy's defense hadn't been solid from the start, the score might have been much different.

"I wasn't really frustrated," Dean said. "Our defense was great and (Mitchell) had made some good plays. I knew eventually the holes would open up."

With just under four minutes left until halftime, they certainly did. Avie had another stellar catch, for 30 yards, on a fourth-and-5, to put Katy on the Madison five yard line.

On the ensuing play, Dean took the ball in five yards for the score to put Katy up 21-14.

The Tigers never looked back. They took the momentum with them into halftime since Mitchell found Joey Fuda for 54 yards and a touchdown with 11 seconds left until the break. At the half, Katy led 28-14.

"At halftime, Coach (Gary) Joseph told us to breathe, then (Dean) told us to look to the guy to our left and the guy to our right and say 'I got you,"' Mitchell said. "We just needed to go back out and play our game."

The next six times the Tigers touched the ball, they scored.

Tight end Marc Ferris caught a five yard pass in the endzone to start the second half, then Dean went on to score two consecutive touchdowns. In the meantime, the Katy defense held Madison to three-and-outs on its first three drives.

"We knew that if we kept holding them, the offense would score," defensive back Terrence Frederick said.

Katy went up 56-14 just before the fourth quarter when Joey Fuda returned a punt for 60 yards and the score. The Tigers scored another touchdown and a field goal to cap off the game. Madison put up seven more points late in the fourth on a Joey Boyd catch.

"In the second half, the kids just played their hearts out," Joseph said. "They struggled in the beginning but they listened to their coaches, listened to each other and dug deep."

The Tigers get one more test this year.

"We got here and we have the opportunity to play for a state championship," Joseph said. "More importantly, we have more than a chance to play for win, we have the chance to win the title."

[mom22bless]

not surprising.

[jfre81]

And this is a newsflash...how?

Go Tigers - go represent the Gulf Coast once again.

[Rick4Life]

I'll be rooting for them

[Guerilla]

To no surprise, Katy dominated winning 28-7.