Second Round Victory!

  The Clements Rangers win 36-33

in a second-round match-up with the

Beaumont West Brook Bruins !!!

Clements was up 14-13 at the half, but was down 21-33 with 8:11 to go at the end of the game---and made an amazing comeback!  Our final touchdown came with 21 seconds left, making the score 34-33.  We went for the two-point conversion, and on the second attempt (after a penalty) made the 2 points on a Derek Carr run from 8 yards out.  Chris Lenoir had three touchdowns and Walker Dille had two.  Matt Heitzer had one interception.  We beat what appeared to be a bigger, stronger, faster team!  Way to go, Rangers!!!

The Rangers are now 12-0, and go to the third round of the Texas 5A playoffs on December 1.  Only one other team in Clements football history (the 1992 team) has gone to the third round of the playoffs.  Only three Clements teams have had more than 8 victories in a season: 1987 (10-2), 1992 (10-3), and 2007 (12-0).

Four new records are set!

In the November 24, 2007, game against Beaumont West Brook, Derek Carr and Walker Dille each set two new Clements football records:

Derek Carr

Completions in a season.  12 in the game for a total of 97, moving ahead of Kyle Wilkerson, who had 93 in 2002.

Passing yards in a season.  203 yards in the game for a total of 1417, moving ahead of his own total from last year of 1381.

Walker Dille

Pass receptions in a season.  6 in the game for a total of 32, moving ahead of Bobby Darnell, who had 31 in 1995.

Touchdown receptions in a season.  2 in the game for a total of 8, moving ahead of Bobby Darnell, who had 7 in 1996.

See the list of all 32 remaining teams (16 in Division I and 16 in Division II).

See 5atexasfootball.com's end-of-season rankings of the top 25 teams.