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The Eagle 8/3/10 Rudder quarterback Kyle Danford
carries during the Rangers' first practice of the season Monday. Rudder will open its schedule Aug. 27 at Taylor.
The Eagle 8/3/10 A Test of Endurance... Rudder offensive lineman Kyle Bading takes a break from drills on a practice field at Rudder High School on Monday morning. The day was one of the hottest days of the year with a high of 101. The record high of 105 dates back to 1998. Tuesday is expected to have a high of 100.
2009-2010 HIGHLIGHTS:
Rudder quarterback Kyle Danford loses his footing while being chased by Madisonville's Terry Livingston on Thursday at Merrill Green Stadium.
Rudder's Ty Klintworth gets tackled while trying to run back a blocked extra-point kick attempt against Brookshire Royal on Friday.
Rudder quarterback Kyle Danford picks up a first down in front of a Brookshire-Royal defender during the first quarter Friday at Merrill Green Stadium.
 Eagle photo/Dave McDermandRudder Ranger running backs and receivers do calisthenics during their first football practice Monday morning at the Rudder practice field. 2008 Season Highlights
Rudder takes its lumps in first game Published Saturday, September 06, 2008 6:05 AM By DAVID CAMPBELL The Rudder Rangers' learning curve got steeper every time a Cleveland Indians back veered to the outside. Cleveland took control of both lines of scrimmage early and rolled to a 48-0 victory over Rudder in the Rangers' inaugural varsity football game Friday at Merrill Green Stadium. From humble beginnings... "There's nowhere to go but up," Rudder head coach C.M. Pier said. "I don't care how good you are, when you turn the ball over and you can't rush it or stop the rush, most of the time you aren't going to win -- against anybody on any level." The Indians moved to 2-0 with a combination of smash and dash, picking up 536 rushing yards while scoring touchdowns in every quarter. From the opening kickoff, they appeared bigger, stronger and faster against a Rangers team with an upper class consisting of sophomores. Led by a second-half surge by sophomore quarterback Tre Hammond, who rushed for 67 yards, the Rangers picked up 103 total yards. "Tre is a warrior and will fight you all the way," Pier said of his quarterback, who took several hard hits at the end of runs. "He may be [sore], but that old rascal is tough." Hammond directed Rudder's best drive of the night. Aided by a horse-collar penalty, Hammond opened with an 11-yard run and had four carries as his team moved from its 29 to the
Cleveland 25. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Rudder lost a fumble, and the drive ended. The young Rangers looked nervous early, dropping the ball on their first two snaps but losing neither. Cleveland's 6-foot-5 sophomore defensive end Cedric Reed helped the Indians add to an early 6-0 lead by returning a Rudder fumble to the 14-yard line. Three plays later, Jamal Gibson swept
left and scored from nine yards out. Steven Robertson bulled in for the two-point conversion and a 14-0 Indians' lead with 6:26 left in the opening period. Gibson capped a six-play, 63-yard drive for Cleveland on the Indians' opening possession. The Indians scored on four of their first five possessions in the opening half, halted only by a fumble recovery from Rangers defensive lineman Kelvin Caldwell. The turnover gave the ball to Rudder at the Cleveland 21, but the Rangers lost yardage on three straight plays and a fourth-down pass fell incomplete. Cleveland retaliated by moving 74 yards in six plays, with 255-pound junior fullback Joe Robertson blasting through to finish a 16-yard scoring run. There was less contact on the next offensive play for Cleveland when Gibson broke free on the right sideline for a 69-yard run but was pushed out at the one. It took him two more carries to score. "There were some times when we did some good things, even early in the game," Pier said. "We would break a run but lay it on the ground. We would stop 'em, stop 'em and jump offsides. We would stop 'em and then miss tackles." It took a toll, with a deep corps of Cleveland running backs taking turns breaking big plays in the second half. Benny Wright raced the final 30 yards of a 91-yard drive to open Cleveland's second half. The march consumed 5:12 off the clock. Cleveland also scored on its only other two complete drives of the second half, taking a knee to end the game after five plays on their last possession. The extensive playing time forced on his defense had Pier thinking of ways to get more fresh players on the field. "That's something we've got to look at, finding a way to expand our depth with who we've got," Pier said.
High School Football Scrimmage Roundup C.M. Pier got what he wanted in the Rudder Rangers' second scrimmage Thursday against Splendora: improvement. "Our defense was fitting up a little better than last time," said Pier, whose Rangers' first scrimmage was against New Waverly. "They scored their first big play on a sub snafu when our cornerback was subbed for, ran one play and ran off the
field. On the next play, they threw a pass to a wide-open receiver. We were going ballistic, but we saw on the field that no one was at corner. It's easy to have success when nobody is covered." Rudder did not score and gave up three touchdowns late. "We are getting better, and they didn't score until late," said Pier, who said several starting positions are still up for grabs. "We just fell asleep while we were playing and lost our concentration." Rudder is off during Week Zero but opens the season Sept. 5 at home against Cleveland. "This week is going to be a work week, where we're fixing everything," Pier said.
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