WEEK 5: Midlothian 47, Cleburne 15

MIDLOTHIAN – Senior Bryant Wesco had two touchdowns receiving and returned a punt for another score while senior running back Michael Garber ran for a career-high 182 yards and a touchdown for Midlothian.

No. 14 in SportsDay’s Class 5A area rankings, Midlothian (4-1, 3-0 District 4-5A Division I) jumped out to a 21-3 lead in the first quarter on the strength of three touchdown passes by senior quarterback Drew Wendel.

But a pair of fumbles inside the Cleburne 5-yard line by Midlothian in the first half kept Cleburne (1-4, 1-3), which broke a 15-game losing streak in its previous game, within striking distance.

MD – Zach Brown 39 pass from Drew Wendel (Zechariah Washington kick)

CB – Evan Melton 26 field goal

MD – Kole Tompkins 14 pass from Drew Wendel (Zechariah Washington kick)

MD – Bryant Wesco 10 pass from Drew Wendel (Zechariah Washington kick)

CB – Hayden Leifeste 1 run (kick failed)

MD – Bryant  Wesco 64 punt Return (Tyson Williams kick)

CB – Malachi Cunningham 31 pass from Luke Stewart (kick failed)

MD – Michael Garber 1 run (run failed)

MD – Bryant Wesco 30 pass from Drew Wendel (Tyson Williams kick)

MD – Nick King 3 run (run failed)

First Downs CB: 10 MD: 26

Rushing Yards CB: 28-91 MD: 39-282

Passing Yards CB: 165 MD: 194

Passing CB: 11-24-0 MD: 11-15-0

Punts-Avg CB: 6-30.5 MD: 1-19

Penalties CB: 6-58 MD: 5-45

Fumbles-Lost CB: 1-0 MD: 4-3

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing – CB: Major Marvell 1-6, Jaygen Wells 12-26, Hayden Leifeste 14-73, Stephen Anderson 1-2. MD: Slater Callahan 5-34, David Aborisade 4-21, Michael Garber 20-182, Drew Wendel 3-1, Bryant Wesco 1-11, Nick King 6-35

Passing – CB: Luke Stewart 11-24-0-165. MD: Colin Shannon 1-1-0-13, Drew Wendel 10-14-0-181.

Receiving: – CB: Major Marvell 1-1, Jaiden Reed 2-58, Malachi Cunningham 2-41, Christopher Kensley 1-16, Hayden Leifeste 1-6, Keeylen Pollard 2-9, Boston Bicknell 2-34. MD: David Aborisade 1-13, Zach Brown 3-73, Michael Garber 1-9, Bryant Wesco 4-81, Kole Tompkins 2-18.