Columbus 36, Yoakum 29
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COLUMBUS - The Cardinals ruined Yoakum's opening night by beating the Bulldogs 36-29 in a game that saw four lead changes.
Yoakum led 14-7 in the first half on a 7-yard run by William Markert and a 21-yard score by Trey Hights, his first of three for the night.
Columbus' Christopher Whitehead made the first of his three rushing touchdowns with a 63-yard run in the first quarter. Whitehead scored again midway through the second from 32 yards out. Quarterback Cordrie Carter scored late in the first half on a 3-yard run, giving the Cardinals a 21-14 lead at halftime.
Yoakum took back the lead in the third quarter when Hights took off for a 54-yard scoring run. Markert then punched it in for the 2-point conversion, lifting the Bulldogs to a 22-21 lead at the end of the third.
Columbus (1-0) grabbed the lead again on a 53-yard run by Whitehead. Jordan Benford gave his team a two-point conversion and a 29-22 lead.
A few minutes later, Yoakum came back when Hights scored by running the ball in from 21 yards out. Markert's kick tied the game up 29-29.
However, the tie lasted less than a minute, as Carter scored on a 50-yard run.
With four touchdowns coming on runs of 50 yards or more, both teams' backfields had big numbers. In fact, the average touchdown run for the night was for almost 34 yards.
Hights led the Bulldog offense, rushing 17 times for 166 yards.
The Cardinals' Whitehead had the biggest night, going 193 yards on only 11 carries, an average of more than 17 yards per carry. Carter also had a big night with 19 rushes for 114 yards.
