High School Football: Abilene Wylie cruises past El Paso Andress in playoff opener

Bear Meng threw for 146 yards and three touchdowns – all in the first quarter – as Wylie thumped El Paso Andress 55-7 in a Region I-5A Division II bi-district playoff game Thursday at Hugh Sandifer Stadium.

Wylie (8-3) plays Argyle (9-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in a second-round game at Tarleton Memorial Stadium in Stephenville.

Argyle beat Fort Worth Wyatt 45-14 on Thursday in Argyle.

It’s a rematch of last year’s region final, won by Argyle 35-28 at Tarleton Memorial.

Andress, the No. 3 seed from District 1-5A D-II, ends its season at 4-7.

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Bulldogs start fast

Wylie had a 21-0 lead before the Eagles even had a first down.

The Bulldogs opened the game with an eight-play, 69-yard scoring drive. Meng capped it by throwing a 10-yard TD pass to Hunter Hood, who had three catches for 26 yards on the drive.

After forcing the Eagles to a three-and-out, Wylie scored on its next play from scrimmage. Meng threw a 59-yard TD pass to Braden Regala for a 14-0 lead with 8:02 remaining in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs recovered the ball on the ensuing kickoff at the Andress 21-yard line. The Eagles’ players shied away from the ball like it was a punt, and it was an easy recovery for Wylie.

Julius Lane ran 21 yards for a TD on the next play. Just like that Wylie scored three TDs on three consecutive plays by the offense.

Meng finished a seven-play, 82-yard drive with a 40-yard TD pass to Derrick Evans — playing his first game after sitting out last week’s game in concussion protocol. He was carted off the field at Sandifer Stadium after a nasty hit in the Bulldogs’ regular-season finale.

Wylie finished the half with three more TDs — giving them scores on all seven possessions in the half for a 48-0 halftime advantage.

Jaden Lucero ran 9 yards for a TD, while Keegan Anderson threw TDs of 47 and 8 yards to Hood and Gage Heighten.

The Bulldogs rolled up 404 yards of total offense in the first half — 236 passing.

Andress had 78 total yards — 46 passing — in the half.

After all the fireworks in the first half, there were two TDs — one for each team — in the second half.

Lucero got his second TD — a 5-yard run in the third quarter. Jadon Urbina threw a 3-yard TD pass to Jared Gordon for the Eagles’ lone TD with 50 seconds remaining in the game.

Thursday's stars

Bear Meng, Abilene Wylie

Meng completed 7-of-9 passes for 181 yards and three TDs in a little more than a quarter of action.

Hunter Hood, Abilene Wylie

Hood caught five passes for 108 yards — both game highs — and two TDs.

Mikeil Taylor, Andress

The sophomore receiver led the Eagles with four catches for 50 yards.

They said it

Wylie coach Clay Martin: “Just really proud of the way our team showed up ready to play from the jump. I thought we executed well, and I thought we established a big lead early. Really proud of all the kids that went in there. I thought we played hard throughout the night.”

Wylie QB Bear Meng: “I thought it was a great team win. Everybody got to play. It was just solid for everybody.”

Andress coach Chris Taylor: “Wylie came out to a fast start, and we didn’t play our best at the beginning. After that we were trying to play catch-up and that kind of got us in trouble.”

Up next

Abilene Wylie (8-3) vs. No. 7 Argyle (9-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in an area playoff game at Tarleton Memorial Stadium in Stephenville.

REGION I-5A DII

BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF

Abilene Wylie 55, El Paso Andress 7

Andress … 0 … 0 … 0 … 7 – 7

Wylie … 28 … 20 … 7 … 0 – 55

FIRST QUARTER

WYL – Hunter Hood 10 pass from Bear Meng (Brady Clark kick), 9:42

WYL – Braden Regala 59 pass from Meng (Clark kick), 8:02

WYL – Julius Lane 21 run (Clark kick), 7:55

WYL – Derrick Evans 40 pass from Meng (Clark kick), 1:31

SECOND QUARTER

WYL – Jaden Lucero 9 run (Clark kick), 7:17

WYL – Hood 47 pass from Keegan Anderson (run failed), 4:47

WYL – Gage Heighten 8 pass from Anderson (Clark kick), 00:26

THIRD QUARTER

WYL – Lucero 5 run (Payton Stone kick), 6:50

FOURTH QUARTER

AND – Jared Gordon 3 pass from Jadon Urbina (Emilo Burciaga kick), 00:50

TEAM STATISTICS

……………… AND … WYL

First downs … 11 … 21

Rushes-Yards … 30-104 … 38-237

Passing … 91 … 261

Comp-Att-Int …… 13-28-0 … 10-14-0

Punts …… 3-32.3 … 1-41

Fumbles-Lost … 3-0 … 1-1

Penalties-Yards … 1-10 … 5-50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Andress, Isaac Colmenero 9-54, Marcus Wilson 13-43, Jared Gordon 2-11, Jadon Urbina 6-(-4); Wylie, Malachi Daniels 12-77, Jaden Lucero 8-59, Julius Laine 2-41, Trevon Curry 8-30, Jaegan Smith 4-22, Bear Meng 2-18, Keegan Anderson 1-2, Team 1-(-12).

PASSING: Andress, Jadon Urbina 13-28-0—91; Wylie, Bear Meng 7-9-0—181, Keegan Anderson 3-5-0—80.

RECEIVING: Andress, Mikeil Taylor 4-50, Jared Gordon 4-9, Jordon Owens 2-18, Erick Blucher 2-11, Marcus Wilson 1-2; Wylie, Hunter Hood 5-108, Derrick Evans 2-61, Braden Regala 1-59, Kam Wright 1-25, Gage Heighten 108.

RECORDS: El Paso Andress 4-7; Abilene Wylie 8-3.

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