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Pace 2CTHE DENTON R E C O R D - C H R O N I C L E3, ID7I+* ■ *CastleBroncosCruiseBy CELESTE WILLIAMS Stall WriterPaul who?What was hilled as a ke\ rlash between the district 13 AAAA's top two tailbacks the Lewisville Fighting Farmers’ Paul Ft ice and theDenton Broncos' Tonv Castleturned into a romp for Castle and a 20*3 homecoming win for theBroncos Friday night Castle was nothing short otbrilliant as he churned out157 vards on 29 carries Hiscounterpart from Lewisvilledidn’t have quite as much luck with the Broncos’ “Big Five” Bubhn Beil, Stanley Ult;*ed. Austin Baker, Howard Wilkerson and Brant Bomardlt;*gging every footstep Rice finished with a much below par 59 yards on 18 carries The Bronco defense also came up with the key tur novers Wilkersonrecovered a tumble, setting up the Broncos’ final touchdown, and Dwane Lane and Abe Fry intercepted two oi Lewisville quarterback BoStewart’s passes late in thefourth quarter, killing theFarmers’ two final drives 1 teuton s defense also sackedStewart three times for a loss of 19 vards. : • *-■ : ^.7:yThe Farmers’ onlv score■. #Sfcame oarl\ in tin*quarter following a Castletumble at the Bronco 28Rice and fullback Art Brooks moved the team to the 13. but Stewart almost threw the ball awav to F*r\ who wasdefending on the pass Onfourth down and eight, BillyCoates put the Farmers oi.the scoreboard with a 21-yard field goal.The Broncos opened a long drive tr' . their own 43 and maneuvered inside the Farmer six-yard line on a 23-yard pass play from quarterback Tim Woolsev to Castle David Washington was dropped for a five-yardloss, hut Castle pushed theBroncos to the one on two carries, On a fourth and one, Jeff Richard was stopped short of the goal line and theFarmers took over fromthere.The Bronco defensechoked oft the Lewisville attack and a short. 15-yard punt by Billy Graham gave Denton the ball on the Lewisville 24 From there, Castle carried the ball six times and finally pushed in from the one early in the second quarter for the first Bronco touchdown. Brant Bomar kicked the extra point, giving Denton a 7-3 lead which hold into the halt Halftime statisticsweighed heavily in theBroncos’ lavor 34 plays to the F’armers’ 18; 103 rushing yards to just 56 total yards tor Lewisville; nine first downs to the F’armers' two -and Castle had out-rushedRice 94 vards to 41»* 'And the Denton scoring explosion was yet to come.The F’armers opened their onlv serious threat of the balli .1 o n \_v o »in the third quarter. Driving from the 20 following the opening kickoif of the second half, a 23-yard run by Graham and a personal loul levied against the Broncos pushed the F’armers to the 11. Rice was stopped ior no gain and then Reed dropped him tor a four-yardios*. Brooks w as dumped forfive-yard loss on a pass from Stewart. On a fourth and 19,Stewart's pass fell incomplete and the Broncos took over at their own 19.game 011theirfirstCastle picked up eigquick yards and an additional 15 yards on a F’ar-mer personal loul gave the Broncos the hall on the 43. Castle broke loose on runs ot 17 and 29 yards, setting the* Denton offense* up on the 13 Richard bulled into the end /one for the score. Bomar’skick was good and theBroncos led 14-3 The Farmers opened theirnext drive from the 2n. hut Bell, Reed and Bakercrunched Stewart for a seven-yard loss. And. on the next play. Brooks fumbled in midair and Wilkerson recovered for the Broncos atthe Lewisville nine.Washington almost broke loose on a run up the leftside, hut he was pushed out of bounds three yards short of the end zone. Castle took the ball in from there for the final Bronco touchdown The kick failed.The F’armers began rollinglate in the fourth quarter, but Lane and Fry stepped in withtheir interceptions, endingthe drivesBronco head coach BillyRyan was pleased with the effort ol his teamThe kidsgot after it pretty good.” he said.“Everybody was up. and wegot good effort from everyone. We showed what we could do it we give a little effort.”Thlt; Broncos finished with226 total yards on offenseBesides Castle’s stunning performance, Richard had22 yards on live carries andWashington and Randy\V alker each netted six yardson tour carries. Woolsev*completed two passes tor 37vards. Steve Dieb nabbed*one pass for 14 yards andCastle caught tin* other for•W* I eLewisville had a total of155 vards 117 on the* %ground and 38 in the air. Rice lod the team with 59 vardswHe was followed hvGraham's 38 yards ands’ 19.Denton Lewisville15 First Downs 9189 Rushes Yards 11737 Passing 382 8 0 Passes 6 13*25-32 6 Punts-Avq. 5-28 8 '5 45 Penalties Yards 4 40 1 Fumbles Lost 1Denton 0 7 13 0 —20Lewisville 3 0 0 0—3Scoring summary:L—Coates 26 FG.DCastte 1 run, Bomar klt;ck.D—Richard 13 run, Bomar kick. D—Castle 4 run, kick failed.il®isvillePhoto By DON BARNESBRONCO WING BACK DAVID WASHINGTON FINDS RINMNG ROOM DOWN SIDELINEDenton’s Rodney Smith (62) And Tony Castle Provide Blocking For Washington
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Sun, Nov 03, 1974
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