OCTOBER 7: Midlothian 56, Granbury 7

GRANBURY – De’ago Benson scored three touchdowns and Jordon Richburg added a pair as Midlothian (7-0, 5-0) remained unbeaten with a dominating victory over Granbury (4-2, 2-2) in a 4-5A Division I contest.

Midlothian, No. 9 in the SportsDayHS 5A area rankings, bolted to a 21-0 first-quarter advantage. Xavier Ruffin opened the barrage, scooping up a fumble and returning it 12 yards for a touchdown on the game’s opening possession.

Chad  Ragle scampered 67 yards on a quarterback keeper to set up Jordon Richburg’s 15-yard TD run. Then on the team’s next possession, Ragle raced 50 yards on a fourth-and-14 fake punt from Midlothian’s 48-yard line, with Benson finishing the drive on the next play with a 2-yard score.

Richburg had a 62-yard TD run and Benson a 30-yarder in the third quarter, as Midlothian churned out 422 rushing yards on 36 attempts in the contest.

Midlothian is off to its best start since the 1984 squad had an undefeated regular season and finished 12-1.

MD – Xavier Ruffin 12 fumble Return (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – Jordon Richburg 15 run (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – De’ago Benson 2 run (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – De’ago Benson 9 pass from Drew Wendel (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – Jordon Richburg 62 run (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – Michael Garber 1 run (Tyson Williams kick).

GB – Jadon Rogers 2 run (Drew Henderson kick).

MD – De’ago Benson 30 run (Tyson Williams kick).

MD – Cam Hill 2 run (Tyson Williams kick).

First Downs MD: 20 GB: 11

Rushing Yards MD: 36-422 GB: 33-128

Passing Yards MD: 98 GB: 82

Passing MD: 9-11-1 GB: 10-16-2

Punts-Avg MD: 0-0 GB: 3-28.7

Penalties MD: 3-32 GB: 4-30

Fumbles-Lost MD: 0-0 GB: 3-2

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing – MD: Jordon Richburg 6-85, De’ago Benson 5-46, Cam Hill 5-38, Chad Ragle 9-150, Michael Garber 2-3, Drew Wendel 2-35, E.J. Milton 4-33, LJ Adeniran 3-32. GB: Team Stat 3-28, Caden Crouch 8-62, Walt Hartman 1-0, Tyler Rodgers 4-13, Jadon Rogers 17-81.

Passing – MD: Chad Ragle 2-3-1-33, Drew Wendel 7-8-0-65. GB: Caden Crouch 5-7-1-27, Walt Hartman 5-9-1-55.

Receiving – MD: Paul Wilson 1-1, De’ago Benson 1-9, E.J. Milton 1-1, Bryant Wesco 5-77. GB: Chad Flatt 1-2, Christian Paddack 2-47, Tyler Rodgers 1-12, Jadon Rogers 2-3, Jeff Lenard 2-13, Solomon Hanchell 1-2.