Waskom + Crawford Put Perfect Seasons on the Line in Friday’s 2A D-II Region III Semifinal

Class 2A Division II Region III

Semifinal

Waskom Wildcats (12-0)

vs.

Crawford Pirates (12-0)

7:30 p.m. Friday

Lumpkins Stadium, Waxahachie

Coaches

• Waskom: Whitney Keeling
• Crawford: Delbert Kelm

Last week

• Waskom: won 53-37 vs. Rosebud-Lott
• Crawford: won 21-13 vs. Arp

Next week

• Winner faces Centerville (11-1) or Corrigan-Camden (12-0) in the 2A D-II Region III championship.

Playmakers

Waskom

• RB Kevin Johnson, Jr., 5-9, 165 (96 carries, 1,477 yards, 22 TDs)
• ATH June Bug Johnson, Jr., 5-8, 150 (102 carries, 1,228 yards, 17 TDs; 7 catches, 304 yards, 5 TDs; 9 of 14, 130 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs)
• FB Dillon Benton, Jr., 5-9, 175 (93 carries, 1,068 yards, 15 TDs)
• QB Trace Carter, Jr., 6-1, 170 (17 of 34, 466 yards, 6 TDs, 2 INTs; 115 carries, 813 yards, 12 TDs)
• RB/LB Chandrin Amie, Soph., 5-10, 160 (16 carries, 236 yards, 2 TDs)
• DL Justin Spurlin, Sr., 5-7, 160
• WR Eric Stephens III (6 catches, 157 yards, 3 TDs)
• LB Mike Reason, Soph., 5-8, 155
• FB/DL Tony Ratcliff, Jr., 5-11, 185 (41 carries, 199 yards, 1 TD)

Crawford

• RB/LB Braden Murphy, Jr., 5-10, 180 (138 carries, 1,612 yards, 21 TDs; 57 tackles, 2 sacks)
• FB/DE Brody Jones, Sr., 5-10, 200 (137 carries, 1,157 yards, 20 TDs; 53 tackles, 7 for loss)
• QB/S Wyatt Griffith, Soph., 5-10, 160 (37 of 63, 768 yards, 10 TDs, 5 INTs; 103 carries, 567 yards, 7 TDs; 24 tackles, 8 pass breakups)
• WR/CB Cole Adamick, Sr., 5-10, 145 (24 catches, 502 yards, 8 TDs; 57 tackles, 7 INTs)
• ILB Matt Brown, Sr., 5-11, 185 (94 tackles, 8 for loss, 2 INTs)
• OLB Bo Pearson, Soph., 5-11, 165 (113 tackles)
• DE Dillon Van Zandt, Sr., 5-11, 195 (70 tackles, 3 sacks)
• S Hayden Winn, Sr., 5-11, 160 (55 tackles, 5 for loss, 1 INT)
• DT Cole Pisarchik, Sr., 5-11, 210 (47 tackles)
• OLB Tyler Smith, Sr., 6-3, 180 (40 tackles)

Just the facts

• Waskom is 12-0 for the first time in school history.
• Waskom averages 56.3 points per game and allows 19.7.
• Crawford averages 45.3 points per game and allows 15.9.
• Waskom averages 495.7 total yards per game: 446.0 rushing, 49.7 passing.
• Crawford averages 423.5 total yards per game: 358.3 rushing, 65.2 passing.
• Crawford yields 235.6 total yards per game: 127.3 rushing, 108.3 passing.
• Waskom has scored at least 53 points 10 times in 12 games.
• Crawford has scored at least 50 points four times in 12 games.
• Waskom has held 7 of 12 opponents to 17 points or fewer.
• Crawford has held 9 of 12 opponents to 16 points or fewer.
• Crawford is 105-19 since 2004, when the Pirates went 16-0 and beat Troup in the 2A D-II state championship.
• The four teams remaining in the 2A D-II Region III bracket -- Centerville, Corrigan-Camden, Crawford, and Waskom -- have a combined record of 47-1. Centerville is 11-1.
• Waskom led 36-7 in the second quarter of last week's 53-37 second-round victory against Rosebud-Lott.
• Rosebud-Lott is the only common opponent between Waskom and Crawford, which won 42-35 at Rosebud-Lott on Oct. 18.
• Crawford has played four games decided by single digits, while Waskom has played one.

Did you know? Crawford has played twice for the state championship. The Pirates went 16-0 in 2004 when they beat Troup 28-14 in the 2A D-II title game, but lost 36-13 to Thorndale in the 1994 1A state championship. ... Waskom had never won more than 10 games in a season until this year. ... Four Waskom players ran for at least 98 yards apiece in last week's 53-37 win vs. Rosebud-Lott: Trace Carter (125), June Bug Johnson (121), Kevin Johnson (102), and Dillon Benton (98). ... Crawford's Colton Adamick broke a 13-13 tie last week against Arp with a game-winning 96-yard punt return touchdown with 3:41 remaining.