By Michael Adams
michael@otssports.com
Vandegrift used a big first half and cruised to a 41-17 victory over rival Cedar Park Friday at Monroe Stadium in Northwest Austin.
On Vandegrift’s first possession quarterback Deuce Adams found Zaid Oliver to move the Vipers down to the 3-yard line. That set up the game’s first touchdown when Adams found his brother Eli Adams for a 3-yard touchdown pass to give the Vipers an early 6-0 lead.Â
Adams connected with Miles Coleman for a 64-yard touchdown on the Vipers next possession to give Vandegrift a 20-3 lead. It was the first of back-to-back touchdown passes between Adams and Coleman.Â
Cedar Park’s offense struggled in the first half as quarterback Ayden Arp couldn’t shake off Vandegrift’s big defensive front.
Late in the first quarter, Oliver scored on a 2-yard run out of the wildcat offense with 5:04 left in the first half. The Adams brothers connected for another touchdown late in the first half to send the Vipers into the locker room at halftime with a comfortable 34-3 lead.Â
“In an rivalry game, with the energy so high, it’s good to start like that and go into the locker room up 30,,” said Vandegrift head coach Drew Sanders.
Cedar Park finally got going in the second half when Arp scored on a 1-yard tun for the Timberwolves first touchdown of the game and getting the Cedar Park faithful something to cheer about.
Midway through the fourth quarter Arp finds senior Blake Suber for a 17-yard score to pull the Timberwolves to within 17.
The Vipers, however, put the final stake in the ground with a 6-uyard touchdown run by Diego Segura in the final minutes of the game to give the Vipers the 41-17 victory.
Cedar Park coach Michal Quintero said the early lead was too big of a hurdle to overcome.
“We spotted them 21 points off of mistakes, self inflicted mistakes,” Quintero said. “You can’t do that against a team like this. They are too good.”
Up next: The Vipers take on Waco Midway at Mary Hardin Baylor on Friday while Cedar Park hosts Round Rock at Gupton Stadium on Thursday.