Football: Alpine 31, Kermit 24

ALPINE The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks overcame a sub-par passing game from Dominic Scott on Friday night and rallied to defeat Kermit 31-24 at Jackson Field.

Scott, who has five 300-plus yard games on the season, completed 16-of-37 passes for 153 yards Friday. But his key numbers were no interceptions three touchdown passes including a 9-yard throw to Carlos Mendoza with 5:20 to play to put the Bucks (9-0, 4-0 in District 4-2A) up for the first time on the night.

Gabriel Chavez was able to help keep Kermit (5-4, 1-3) ahead most of the night with 160 rushing and 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Tony Alvarez kept Alpine in the game by answering a Chavez touchdown with an 80-yard kickoff return touchdown as time expired in the first half. It cut the Kermit lead to 16-14.

The victory for Alpine sets up a showdown for the district championship Friday at Crane’s El Ave Stadium.

Kermit........................ 10     6..................................... 8     0................................... —  24

Alpine........................... 0   14................................... 10     7................................... —  31

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

Kermit: Steven Alvarado 34 run (Albert Carrasco kick), 6:12.

Kermit: Carrasco 20 field goal, 0:21.

Second Quarter

Alpine: Carlos Mendoza 5 pass from Dominic Scott (Javier Vispo kick), 6:56.

Kermit: Gabriel Chavez 1 run (pass failed), 0:02.

Alpine: Tony Alvarez 80 kickoff return (Vispo kick), 0:00.

Third Quarter

Alpine: Vispo 17 fiel goal, 5:55.

Kermit: Chavez 45 run (Michael Orona run), 2:42.

Alpine: Taylor O’Bryant 19 pass from Scott (Vispo kick), 0:51.

Fourth Quarter

Alpine: Mendoza 9 pass from Scott (Vispo kick), 5:20.

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TEAM STATISTICS

Yardstick                      Kermit                                      Alpine

First Downs                         17                                              9

Total Yards                        392                                          244

Rushes-Yards             54-281                                      19-91

Passing Yards                   111                                          153

Passing                        7-12-1                                   16-37-0

Fumbles-Lost                    3-3                                          0-0

Punts-Avg                          0-0                                        3-38

Penalties-Yards               4-37                                        3-25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing

Kermit: Albert Carrasco 3-(-6), Steven Alvarado 12-97, Gabriel Chavez 24-160, Fabian Aranda 9-37, Michael Orona 6-(-13).

Alpine: Dominic Scott 7-14, Areal Huerta 2-8, Emilio Lopez 5-15, Alfredo Armendarez 5-54.

Passing

Kermit: Albert Carasco 7-12-1-111.

Alpine: Dominic Scott 16-37-0-153.

Receiving

Kermit: Bryan Simonds 1-7, Steven Alvarado 2-18, Michael Orona 2-26, Gabriel Chavez 2-60.

Alpine: Carlos Mendoza 8-70, Taylor O’Bryant 6-71, Oscar Trevino 1-10, Alfredo Armendarez 1-2.