Galena Park 21 – Westbury 14
October 31, 2024 ~ Houston, TX ~ It was Seniors Night at the Galena Park Stadium, and the hosting Jackets defense held back the charging Huskies in the 4th quarter to retain their 1st place position in 5A-1 Region III District 10.
In the 4th quarter, Head Coach Spiro Amarantos’s Yellow Jackets led 21 – 7 with 6.5 minutes remaining in the game. The Huskies with the ball quickly scored on a pass play, making it 21 – 14. The Jackets got the ball on the ensuing kickoff but couldn’t move the ball downfield and had to punt it back to the Huskies.
The Huskies again quickly began advancing the ball downfield. With less than 3 minutes, they were inside the Jackets 30 yard, and it appeared that they were either going to tie the game or go for 2 points to move ahead. The Jackets defense made a heavy-collision gang tackle on the Huskies runner, who coughed up the ball to the Jackets.
With less than 2 minutes, the Jackets offense, led by quarterback Kendall Combs, passed downfield to receiver Hunter James around the Huskies 40 yard line for a 1st down.
The Huskies used their last remaining timeout to stop the clock at 1:40. Coach Amarantos wisely decided not to try to score again, and he had QB Combs take a knee 3 times to run out the clock.
Scorers: Andrew Cortes, 1 TD; Cary Clay, 2 TD’s; Juan Soto kicked for 3 extra points.
The Yellow Jackets play their final game on the road, 12 noon on Saturday, November, 9th against the Houston Austin Mustangs at Barnett Stadium.
Linda Jamail, photographer & statistician
The game is at 2pm on Nov 9th