1 September, 2010 / High School Sports
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Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath football teams are hosting the RISD’s inaugural Heritage Honor Before Victory Classic this weekend.
Rockwall was scheduled to meet Trevone Boykin and No. 4 area ranked West Mesquite (after presstime) Thursday night at Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium in Zero Week action.
Rockwall-Heath will take on Garland Naaman Forest tonight at WSS with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m.
The idea for the Classic originated from Rockwall’s participation during the past four years in the season-opening ASCO Midland Football Madness in Midland. RHS head coach and RISD athletic director Scott Smith felt RISD could host such an event at the newly renovated (2009) Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium.
“Having gone to Midland, we thought it would be exciting for our school district to host games during Zero Week in our community,” said Smith. “We transitioned that into the Classic tying it in with our Honor Before Victory leadership program.”
When Smith proposed the idea RHHS head coach Mickey Moss was on board quickly. All that remained was to find a commercial sponsor to underwrite the scholarships to students from each of the four participating schools.
Steve Gates from Heritage GMC Buick provided that commitment. Gates and the coaches agreed that football games and scholarship programs were natural tie-ins with the RISD’s 3-year old Honor Before Victory program. That program teaches student athletes to give their best in competition, but in a fair and upright manner that respects opponents. Finding nearby schools to participate was no problem.
The Naaman Forest head coach, Mark Elam, established the Honor Before Victory program while he was RISD athletic director.
Elam was scheduled to be honored at Thursday’s game between the Yellowjackets and West Mesquite.
The Heritage Before Victory Classic is intended to become an annual event. West Mesquite and Naaman Forest have already agreed to return for Zero Week in 2011, when West would play Heath and Naaman would take on Rockwall.
30 August, 2010 / High School Sports
ROCKWALL – Wide receiver Tyler McLaughlin returned a blocked field goal 78 yards for a touchdown, and Javon Hernandez scored three times from inside the 3-yard line as Rockwall-Heath held off Garland Naaman-Forest, 35-28, at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium on Friday night.
Hernandez, who scored on runs of 1, 1, and 2 yards, set up the game-winning score with a 67-yard kickoff return after Forest had tied the score, 21-21, on Tank Mitchell’s 7-yard run with 7:25 left in the game.
Dorian Lawry scored on the next play following Hernandez’s return to put Heath up for good, 28-21.
Mitchell finished with three touchdowns and topped all rushers with 172 yards on 18 carries.
27 August, 2010 / High School Sports
ROCKWALL — Trevone Boykin ran for 212 yards and accounted for four touchdowns, but it was the defense that came up big late in the fourth quarter, helping West Mesquite hold on for a 32-28 victory over Rockwall at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium on Thursday night.
Boykin helped to set up a Raashaan Reason burst up the middle from 5 yards out to give West Mesquite, SportsDay’s fourth-ranked Class 4A area team, the advantage with 2:19 left.
Rockwall, which controlled much of the second half with its running game, was thwarted on its ensuing possession as Markeith Thomas intercepted a pass thrown into the middle of the line.
West Mesquite quarterback Boykin ran for three touchdowns and threw for another in the first half, but Rockwall kept him off the field for much of the second half. Josh Broach was the workhorse for Rockwall, carrying the ball 24 times for 109 yards in the second half. He finished with 150 rushing yards.
Rockwall quarterback Alan Reed also had a strong game, running for two touchdowns and throwing for another two.
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