FOOTBALL: Grandfalls-Royalty 80, Balmorhea 38

GRANDFALLS Thomas Burns led the Cowboys in rushing and passing to see help them beat Balmorhea 80-38 Friday.

Burns completed 11-of-17 passes for 100 yards and rushed 14 times for 203 yards.

He also went 6-for-9 kicking extra points.

Grandfalls-Royalty improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in District 6 Division II. Balmorhea dropped to 4-5 overall and 4-3 in district. 

Balmorhea................ 0.. 16   22     0   —    38

G-R......................... 15.. 28   21   16   —    80

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

Grandfalls-Royalty: Colin Beard 55 pass from Thomas Burns (Gilbert Nunez pass from Burns), 4:46.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Junior Marquez 65 run (Burns kick), :46.

Second Quarter

Grandfalls-Royalty: Burns 70 run (Burns kick), 7:09.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Marquez 45 pass Burns (kick failed), 5:39.

Balmorhea: Abraham Garcia 20 pass from Diego Estrada (Gabriel Salcido), 2:42.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Marquez 40 pass from Burns (Burns kick), 2:23.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Colin Beard 20 pass from Burns (kick failed), :4.

Balmorhea: Alex Mendoza 70 run (Salcido kick), :0.

Third Quarter

Grandfalls-Royalty: Marquez 50 run (Beard pass from Burns), 8:50.

Balmorhea: Justin Ramos 5 run (kick failed), 6:25.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Burns 15 rrn (Burns kick), 5:32.

Balmorhea: Ramos 45 run (Salcido kick) 5:27.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Marquez 15 run (kick failed), 3:07.

Balmorhea: Alex Mendoza 60 run (Salcido kick), 4:20.

Fourth Quarter

Grandfalls-Royalty: Nunez 10 pas from Burns (Burns kick), 7:13.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Burns 5 run (Burns kick), 3:14.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing

Balmorhea: Justin Ramos 15-127.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Thomas Burns 14-203.

Passing

Balmorhea: Diego Estrada 7-15-1-42.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Thomas Burns 11-17-1-100.

Receiving

Balmorhea: Justin Ramos 4-20.

Grandfalls-Royalty: Colin Beard 3-80.