Mount Pleasant’s Cullen Grubbs Accounts for Four Touchdowns in 34-20 Win Against Liberty-Eylau

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Quarterback Cullen Grubbs accounted for four touchdowns and threw for 245 yards to lead Mount Pleasant to a 34-20 win against Liberty-Eylau on Friday night.

Grubbs completed 19 of 34 passes, including six for 59 yards and a first-quarter touchdown to Baylor-bound receiver K.D. Cannon. Running back T.L. Taylor followed up last week's 258-yard, three-touchdown performance with a 21-carry, 150-yard effort against Liberty-Eylau.

Grubbs' second touchdown run of the game gave Mount Pleasant a 34-14 lead to seal the game with 5:27 remaining.

Liberty-Eylau quarterback Rashaan Donelson had a career night throwing the ball. He completed 16 of 31 passes for 339 yards for two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Donelson threw a 12-yard touchdown strike to Corey Braxton early in the third quarter after Mount Pleasant led 15-0 at halftime, then hit Keith Wynkoop for a 75-yard touchdown with 5:14 remaining to leave the final score 34-20.

Liberty-Eylau standout Davion Hall, who is also committed to Baylor, caught two passes for 27 yards, but left the game in the third quarter with an apparent leg injury and did not return.

Following L-E's Donelson-to-Braxton strike, Mount Pleasant regained momentum when linebacker Joshua Scoggin scooped and scored from 68 yards for a 21-6 lead five minutes into the third quarter. Mount Pleasant's Andrew Flanagan caught four passes for 64 yards, while Jaquille Rodgers' one catch -- a 73-yard touchdown -- gave the Tigers a 28-6 lead late in the third quarter.

Liberty-Eylau's Wynkoop caught four passes for game-high 133 yards, while Michael Carr caught four passes for 60 yards.

Mount Pleasant visits Terrell next week. Texas High hosts Liberty-Eylau.

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Mount Pleasant 34, Liberty-Eylau 20

Sam Parker Field, Mount Pleasant

Liberty-Eylau -- 0 0 6 14 — 20
Mount Pleasant -- 0 15 13 6 — 34

Second Quarter
MP-Cullen Grubbs 7 run (Juan Buitron kick) -- 7:20
MP-K.D. Cannon 5 pass from Grubbs (Andrew Flanagan pass to Jeremy Johnson) -- 4:07
Third Quarter
LE-Corey Braxton 12 pass from Rashaan Donelson (pass fails) -- 9:58
MP-Joshua Scoggin 68 fumble return (kick fails) -- 7:01
MP-Jaquille Rodgers 73 pass from Grubbs (Buitron kick) -- 0:56
Fourth Quarter
LE-D.Q. Steels 8 run (Ricky Johnson run) -- 9:29
MP-Grubbs 3 run (kick fails) -- 5:27
LE-Keith Wynkoop 75 pass from Donelson (pass fails) -- 5:14

                 L-E                          MP

First Downs                                   19                              20
Yards Rushing                             20-54                        35-197
Yards Passing                               339                             245
Passes A-C-I                             29-16-2                      34-19-1
Fumbles-Lost                                4-1                              2-0
Penalties-Yards                             5-25                            2-10
Punts-Avg.                                  3-31.7                         2-37.0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: LE-Donelson 10-39; Hoof 1-5; Steels 9-30, Teams -17; MP-Tarrence Taylor 21-150; Grubbs 11-19, McCoo 2-20, Ladarius Craddock 1-8.
PASSING: LE-Donelson 16-31-2-339; MP-Grubbs 19-34-1-245.
RECEIVING: LE-Lavonta Johnson 1-12, Donelle Hoof 1-31, Davion Hall 2-27, Wynkoop 4-133, Michael Carr 4-60, Braxton 2-51, Steels 1-8, Malcolm Gant 1-17. MP-L. Craddock 3-14, Andrew Flanagan  4-64, K.D. Cannon 6-59, Ladarius Patterson 1-7, Jaquille Rodgers 1-73, Taylor 2-16.