Timberview shocks Colleyville Heritage with late field goal

By Bob Kowalski

Mansfield Record

An opportunistic Timberview football team rallied in the second half to set up Carlos’ Carmona’s game-winning field goal in a dramatic 43-42 homecoming victory over Colleyville Heritage on Friday night at Vernon Newsom Stadium.

The Wolves (2-2, 1-1 District 3-5A DII) erased a 35-13 second-half deficit on big plays – one from the offense, one from special teams and two from the defense – that led to Carmona’s 26-yard kick with 14 seconds left to give Timberview only its second lead of the night.

After the Panthers (2-2, 1-1) scored on Bodey Weaver’s 15-yard TD pass to Lucas Sunwall – Weaver’s second scoring throw of the game – midway through the third quarter, Timberview answered quickly with the Wolves’ lone offensive touchdown of the second half.

A false-start penalty pushed Timberview back to its own 20-yard line, but Timberview quarterback Mylez Davis hit receiver Braylin Barnett in stride up the middle. Barnett shook off a would-be tackler and took the ball to the end zone to cut Colleyville Heritage’s lead to 35-20 with 5 ½ minutes left in the third.

The teams traded possessions, but Colleyville Heritage answered with a TD of its own on the first play of the fourth quarter when Weaver found Trevi Preische from 29 yards out to give the Panthers a short-lived 42-20 lead. Timberview speedster Davin Hill caught the ensuing kickoff on the goal line, then surged past a crowd of tacklers and up the sideline 100 yards for a touchdown that made the score 42-27 with 11 ½ minutes to play.

Then the Timberview defense took its turn. On the Panthers’ second play, Timberview linebacker Truistan Douglas picked up a fumble and ran 21 yards for a touchdown to bring the Wolves within 8 at 42-34, with nearly 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

The defense forced Colleyville Heritage to go three-and-out, then the Wolves’ offense mounted a 12-play drive before turning the ball over on downs deep in Panthers’ territory. That would work in Timberview’s favor.

On Colleyville Heritage’s second play, a blitzing defense resulted in an interception by Douglas, who scored his second touchdown in 6 ½ minutes by returning the pick 26 yards. A fumbled snap on the 2-point conversion attempt left Timberview trailing 42-41 with just under 4 ½ minutes in the game.

The Panthers were able to eat less than 2 ½ minutes off the clock before punting the ball back to the Wolves, who turned to sophomore quarterback Steven Hall. He completed four passes, including a 19-yarder to Barnett on second-and-19, to move the Wolves to Colleyville Heritage’s 9-yard line with 17 seconds left. After a Panthers’

timeout, Carmona coolly delivered the winning points through the uprights, setting off a raucous celebration on the Wolves’ sideline and among the homecoming crowd.

Weaver’s pass on Colleyville Heritage’s last play fell harmlessly to the turf as the final gun sounded.

At the game’s start, the Wolves stopped Colleyville Heritage’s opening drive when Geraci Martin intercepted a pass on the first play of the game. The teams traded punts before Davis led a five-play scoring drive – with four completions, including a 37-yarder to Dayln Hill that set up a 25-yard TD toss to Chance Collins for a 6-0 first-quarter lead.

Colleyville Heritage would score four of the next five touchdowns to build their lead.

In other Mansfield ISD action Friday, Summit (2-1, 1-0 3-5A DII) beat Burleson, 34-30, at Burleson-Elk Stadium; Hewitt Midway edged visiting Mansfield (1-3), 42-34; and host North Forney defeated Lake Ridge (3-1), 55-28. On Thursday, Legacy (2-2) fell to Rockwall Heath, 49-7.

Next week, Summit marks its homecoming by meeting Grapevine at 7 p.m. Thursday at Newsom Stadium. Legacy plays host to North Crowley at Newsom at 7 p.m. Friday; Mansfield plays host to Boswell at R.L. Anderson Stadium at 7 p.m. Friday; and Timberview visits Everman at 7 p.m. Friday. Lake Ridge is idle.

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