High School Sports

By CLINT BUCKLEY
Staff Writer

WHITEHOUSE - Another week, another tough Friday night for the Whitehouse defense.

Tyrik Rollison, Ryan Young and the Sulphur Springs offense gutted Whitehouse for 647 yards in a 52-33 shootout victory in the TylerPaper.com Spotted Game of the Week in front of about 6,500 at Wildcat Stadium.

Sulphur Springs, which lost to Whitehouse twice last season, enacted a bit of revenge on its painful 33-30 defeat in the postseason.

A week after allowing over 400 rushing yards in a season-opening 52-35 loss to Garland Naaman Forest, the Wildcats' defense offered little resistance to Sulphur Springs - either on the ground or through the air.

Rollison, one of the top quarterbacks in the nation, threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns. Young, a senior who transferred over the summer from Alba-Golden, piled up 236 yards rushing with two scores.

Sulphur Springs (2-0), which faces state-ranked Wichita Falls Rider Thursday night on ESPN2, did turn the ball over four times helping Whitehouse (0-2) remain in the game after three quarters.

Whitehouse trailed 35-27 to begin the fourth, but Brady Attaway's second interception of the game ultimately sealed his team's fate.

Bryant Jackson returned the miscue 57 yards to the Whitehouse 6-yard line. One play later, Young crossed the goal line for a 42-27 Sulphur Springs lead.

Sulphur Springs scored 10 straight points after that, capped by Rollison's 12-yard touchdown run with 6:55 remaining in the game.

Attaway, who passed for 331 yards, tried to mount a late rally by hooking up with sophomore sensation Trey Metoyer for a 53-yard touchdown, but it was much too late.

Metoyer finished with eight catches for 220 yards. He had 166 yards and four touchdowns last week.

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Sulphur Springs 52, Whitehouse 33

At Wildcat Stadium, Whitehouse

S. Springs 9 13 13 17 - 52

Whitehouse 7 13 7 6 - 33

First Quarter

SS-Safety; Jarone Reddick tackled in end zone, 6:09.

SS-Jace Jackson 7 pass from Tyrik Rollison (Fernando Arellano kick), 4:13.

WHI-Seth Cashion 1 run (Taylor Burns kick), 0:34.

Second Quarter

SS-Jackson 2 pass from Rollison (run failed), 10:20.

WHI-Asher Williams 33 pass from Brady Attaway (pass failed), 8:32.

SS-Rashad Hall 11 pass from Rollison (Arellano kick), 6:09.

WHI-Chad Lewis 2 run (Burns kick), 3:47.

Third Quarter

SS-Ryan Young 3 run (Arellano kick), 10:22.

SS-Jackson 7 pass from Rollison (kick failed), 4:16.

WHI-Lewis 9 run (Burns kick), 1:35.

Fourth Quarter

SS-Young 4 run (Arellano kick), 11:39.

SS-FG Arellano 26, 6:55.

SS-Rollison 12 run (Arellano kick), 3:51.

WHI-Trey Metoyer 53 pass from Attaway (pass failed), 3:03.

EST. ATT. -6,500.

SS WHI

First Downs 34 21

Rushes-Yards 43-329 29-92

Passing Yards 318 331

Comp.-Att.-Int. 25-34-1 20-38-2

Punts-Avg. 1-39.0 3-42.7

Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-0

Penalties-Yards 9-80 4-45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Sulphur Springs, Ryan Young 26-236, Tyrik Rollison 13-84, Kerry Duffey 2-9, Johnny McSheffery 2-0. Whitehouse, Chad Lewis 13-76, Jarone Reddick 9-45, Seth Cashion 1-1, Kevin Hickman 1-(-3), Brady Attaway 4-(-27).

PASSING-Sulphur Springs, Rollison 25-34-1-318. Whitehouse, Attaway 20-38-2-331.

RECEIVING-Sulphur Springs, Jace Jackson 9-90, Rashad Hall 6-100, Young 4-29, Shane McQueen 3-53, Garrett Ferguson 3-46. Whitehouse, Trey Metoyer 8-220, Hickman 3-17, Asher Williams 2-51, Reddick 2-0, Jayme Antu 1-17, Logan Newton 1-16, Braden McDaniel 1-7, Skip Caldwell 1-3, Jermaine Kennedy 1-0.

Updated Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. CDT

WILDCATS VS. WILDCATS: Whitehouse’s Jarone Reddick runs through the Sulphur Springs defense during football action Friday at Wildcat Stadium in Whitehouse.
(Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.)