TEMPLE- On a blistering hot day, the Round Rock Stony Point Tigers got a blistering performance from QB Nyk McKissic posting a 5-0 mark en route to their first trip to the 7 on 7 State Tournament since 2001. In the championship game, the Tigers scored with less than a minute left to take the 27-20 win over district rival Round Rock McNeil. Due to only ten teams being in the SQT, only one team from this SQT is advancing to state. Waco Midway will host an 8 team mini-SQT on June 28 to determine the final spot in the State Tournament.
POOL A RECAP
In Pool A things got started with a bang as Temple and Stony Point played an absolute thriller going to overtime tied at 40. Stony Point DB Julian Dozier then made the big play jumping an out route and taking it 47 yards the other way for the score and the 46-40 win. On the other side Austin Bowie’s DeAndre Perry caught a touchdown pass on the last play of the game to knock off Tyler John Tyler 25-21. In the second set of games Temple was involved in another thriller but this time on the winning end as time expired Tevin Reese made a sensational leaping catch in the end zone to give the Wildcats a 37-35 win over John Tyler. Stony Point beat a game Lockhart squad 39-20 to improve to 2-0. In the final set of games before the break, John Tyler beat Lockhart 21-20 while Austin Bowie held on for a 39-34 win over Temple. In the return from the break Austin Bowie knocked off Lockhart 44-20, while Stony Point drilled John Tyler 31-7. Lockhart did get a win in their final game beating Temple 19-14 and Stony Point beat Austin Bowie 38-25.
POOL A SCORES
RR Stony Point 46 Temple 40 OT
Austin Bowie 25 Tyler John Tyler 21
Temple 37 Tyler John Tyler 35
RR Stony Point 39 Lockhart 20
Tyler John Tyler 21 Lockhart 20
Austin Bowie 39 Temple 34
Austin Bowie 44 Lockhart 20
RR Stony Point 31 Tyler John Tyler 7
RR Stony Point 38 Austin Bowie 25
Lockhart 19 Temple 14
POOL B RECAP
Two old rivals opened things up in Pool B as Killeen and Copperas Cove got together and Cove bounced back from an 18-14 halftime deficit to beat the Kangaroos 28-18. Round Rock McNeil made an early statement by drilling Austin Westlake 48-8 to open the day. Killeen got themselves in the win column with a 31-26 win over Austin Westlake in their second game, while Copperas Cove jumped out to a quick 20-0 lead on Bastrop and cruised to a 32-14 win. Austin Westlake got in the win column with a hard fought 27-25 win over Bastrop while Round Rock McNeil held off a feisty Killeen bunch 30-20. The break seemed to hurt Copperas Cove as when they returned from break they were flat as Austin Westlake stunned the Bulldawgs 20-14 while Round Rock McNeil scored 28 straight points in the second half to beat Bastrop 34-7. Killeen got their second win of the day as they defeated Bastrop 27-25 to round the day out. In the game of the day Round Rock McNeil got a hard fought win over Copperas Cove 34-33 as the Mavericks scored late to get the spot in the semi-finals.
POOL B SCORES
Copperas Cove 28 Killeen 18
Round Rock McNeil 48 Austin Westlake 8
Killeen 31 Austin Westlake 26
Copperas Cove 32 Bastrop 14
Austin Westlake 27 Bastrop 25
Round Rock McNeil 30 Killeen 20
Round Rock McNeil 34 Bastrop 7
Austin Westlake 20 Copperas Cove 14
Round Rock McNeil 34 Copperas Cove 33
Killeen 27 Bastrop 25
FINALS
RR Stony Point 27 RR McNeil 20