Falcons run over La Porte

By: CHUCK HLAVA , Citizen Staff

09/07/2004

Clear Lake now 2-0, hosts Baytown Lee

Clear Lake gets to take its turn on the new turf at District Stadium on Thursday when the Falcons host Baytown Lee.
Kickoff is 7 p.m.
The flying Falcons are off to a 2-0 start after downing La Porte 35-17 on Friday.
The Ganders are 1-0 after defeating Strake Jesuit Aug. 27 and had last week off.
Lake boosters will recall last year's game in District Stadium when it was still a mud bowl and the Ganders handled the bad conditions much better than did the Falcons en route to a 27-0 blowout.
With its year-old implemented option game, Clear Lake will have an edge in the footing department that Lee doesn't.
One interesting aspect of the upcoming game against Lee is that Clear Lake was also 2-0 when the Falcons hosted the Ganders last year.
In its first two games Clear Lake is averaging 328 yards on the ground. Quarterback Scott Oswald has 250 yards in the two games and is averaging nearly six yards each time he touches the ball.
Against La Porte, the Falcons scored first and never fell behind. It was La Porte's season opener.
Clear Lake held a comfortable 21-10 lead at the break and outscored the hosts 14-7 the rest of the way.
The Falcons had 380 yards rushing while La Porte only had 104. The Bulldogs did add another 111 yards passing to Lake's 32.
Oswald won't throw much and only completed one of five tosses, but the one he did connect went for 32 yards and a touchdown to Devin Williams in the second period.
So dominating was Clear Lake on the ground that the Falcons didn't have to punt once. But they fumbled the ball five times, losing three of them. Oswald also was intercepted once.
Clear Lake's defense pounced on one fumble and picked off two Bulldog passes.
The Falcon scoring was done by Elrick Jones (7 yards, 46 yards) and Oswald (5, 17), in addition to the 32-yard pass play.
The closest the Ganders came in the game was 6-3. After Jones went in from the six (the PAT failed) Rett Thibodeaux kicked a 37-yard field goal to narrow the gap. But Clear Lake scored two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion to take command.