Bowers Overpowers With Homecoming Heroics

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by Justin Thomas

The Dragons bounced back from their first loss inbrdistrict in emphatic fashion Friday, dominating Lewisville on both sides of thebrball en route to a 51-0 victory.

It is the second straight year Carroll has topped thebrFarmers convincingly after coming out on top, 49-7, a year ago.

Quarterback Will Bowers had a standout game for thebrDragons, playing a part in six touchdowns, including five in the first halfbralone as Carroll built a 35-0 advantage.

Bowers, the Dragon Pride Player of the Week, fired a pair of touchdown passes in the firstbrquarter before connecting on two more and rushing for another in the secondbrquarter.

For the game, he finished an efficient 12-of-14 for 189bryards to go with 53 yards on the ground.

For the first time in 2017 star running back TJ McDanielbrfailed to eclipse 100 yards for the Dragon attack, but had a healthy 6.8 yardsbrper carry on 10 rushes, while Eli Furgal and Tavian Gould made the most ofbrtheir carries rushing for 58 and 47 yards, respectively.

WR/DB RJ Mickens reels in a 23-yard TD pass from Will Bowers in the first quarter of the 51-0 victory over the Lewisville Farmers. Photo by S.Johnson/SnappedDragons.com

 Not only was Bowers efficient as usual, he spread thebrball around to four different receivers as Darryl Crockett, RJ Mickens, HudsonbrShrum and Jacob Doddridge all hauled in touchdown passes.

For the game, Carroll racked up 434 yards despite holdingbra large lead at the break.

As effective as the Dragons' offense was, their defensebrwas just as much in control.

Carroll limited Lewisville to 112 yards and just sixbrfirst downs on the night.

Ryan Thompson led the way with 15 tackles, while MichaelbrParrish forced a fumble that Jake Fex scooped up.

Mickens also got in the scoring act on special teams withbra punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter that gave Carroll a 48-0brlead.

The Dragons will look to keep the defensive effortbrrolling Friday when they take on a Marcus squad that boasts standout rusherbrJustin Dinka, but that has managed just 17 points over its past two districtbrgames. 

Scoring Summary

Carroll 51, Lewisville 0

Lewisville              0               0               0               0               —             0

Carroll                     14            21            13            3               —             51    

Dragon Offensive Statistics

Rushing: TJ McDaniel 10-68, Will Bowers 5-53-2, TavianbrGould 7-47, Racer Seacat 3-1, Clayton Webb 1-(-)2, Eli Furgal 7-58.

Passing: Will Bowers 12-14-1-189, Clayton Webb 1-3-0-26

Receiving: TJ McDaniel 1-(-)2, Cade Bell 3-56, HudsonbrShrum 3-51, Tavian Gould 1-14, RJ Mickens 1-23, Darryl Crockett 2-39, JacobbrDoddridge 1-8, Julian Roe 1-26.

 

Dragon Defensive Statistics

Ryan Thompson: 15 tackles, two sacks

Jake Fex: nine tackles, one fumble recovery

Michael Parrish: eight tackles, one forced fumble

Cameron Shoupp: six tackles

Patrick Traynon: four tackles