Here is an in-depth preview of the Tascosa Rebels game against Coronado on Friday!
SERIES: Lubbock Coronado leads the series 30-20 with a 14-11 series lead in Amarillo. However, the Rebels have won 8 of the last 10 games dating back to 2010 including a 4-1 record in Amarillo. The last Coronado win in Amarillo was a 35-33 victory in 2020.
BROADCAST: The Tascosa-Lubbock Coronado game will be an video & audio simulcast on the Texas Panhandle Sports Network with Adam Cox and Steve West on the call starting at 6:50 pm. The Coin Toss show with Mike Roden and Lance Lahnert starts at 6:30 pm.
LUBBOCK CORONADO: The Mustangs started the 2024 season in fine fashion with a 41-34 win over Wichita Falls Legacy. However, since then they have struggled in the last three games allowing 46.3 points per game while scoring 12.0 points per game in 3 consecutive losses. The Mustangs are led ay senior running back Demarion Finch. Through 4 games, he has rushed 77 times for 499 yards (6.5 YPC) and 3 touchdowns. Through the first four games, the quarterback position has been shared by senior Isaiah Vasquez (31 for 54, 299 yards, 2 TD’s, 1 INT) and junior JJ Villalobos (23 for 41, 219 yards, 3 TD’s, 2 INT). In their most recent game against Abilene Cooper, Vasquez was 13 of 21 for 88 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT. Their leading receivers are junior Campbell Stanek (17 for 176, 10.4 YPC, 2 TD’s), senior Dominic Parrish (13 for 128, 9.8 YPC, 2 TD’s).
TASCOSA VS. ODESSA PERMIAN: Lots of highlights in this one as Tascosa travelled to Odessa and nearly pulled out a victory for only the 3rd time in Odessa in the long series dating back to 1959. The highlights started right away in the first quarter as Permian’s Alexx Cruz took the opening kickoff back 92 yards for the first scoring. The score remained 7-0, until Tascosa’s Coltyn Fulton connected with TJ Tillman on the first of Tillman’s three touchdowns as he caught a pass and raced 60 yards for the tying TD with 10:27 left. Permian’s all-purpose running back Gavin Black responded with a 14-yard run for a 14-7 margin. However, Fulton responded with the 2ndof three TD passes on the day, this time a 12-yarder to Josiah Fields which tied the score after the point after TD. Permian’s Jakob Garcia completed the 1st quarter scoring with a 22-yard run to make it 21-14. The 35 total points scored in the 1stquarter was the most in a Tascosa game in the 1st quarter by both teams since Tascosa led 28-9 (37 points) at the end of the first quarter against Caprock in 2014. From there, Tascosa and Permian traded 2nd quarter TD’s as the Rebels Taurean Johnson scored on a 45-yard run with 11:43 left, followed by Black’s 6-yard run for a 28-21 lead with 4:33 left. The Rebels tied it up with Fulton’s 2nd TD pass to Tillman, this time from 58-yards out with 2:50 left and took the lead into halftime with a 9-yard run by Za’Cory Fisher with 1:14 left for a 35-28 lead. The start of the 2nd half was electric as Tillman took the ball back 106 yards on the kickoff to move the score to 42-28 for the biggest lead by either team of the night. The 106 yards was one yard short of the Tascosaschool record held by Stephon McQueen’s 107 yard kickoff return vs. Lubbock Monterey in 1990. Following that score Permian, went to work as they scored two 3rdquarter touchdowns on runs by Black of 8 and 2 yards followed up each time by successful 2-point conversions to jump into the lead 44-42 with the final TD with 1:04 left in the 3rd quarter. The scoring added a 4th quarter touchdown by Permian on a 7-yard pass from Garcia to John Paul Uranga to make the score 50-42 as Permian missed the PAT. Tascosaattempted a run back of the PAT attempt but was unsuccessful in adding two points. Then, the game came down to one final drive as Rebel backup quarterback Charlie McKinney scored from 9-yards out to make the score 50-42. However, he was unsuccessful in the tying-two point conversion run with 3:49 left in the game.
Tascosa Receiving Yards in a Game
1) 192, John Scarberry vs. Lubbock Monterey, 1989
2) 184, John Scarberry vs. Borger, 1989
3) 167, Steven Jurado vs. El Paso Montwood, 2010
4) 150, Tyson Dennis vs. Randall, 2007
150, Lamar Britton vs. Hereford, 2011
6) 135, TJ Tillman vs. Odessa Permian, 2024
