Posted Friday, December 7, 2012
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ECHO - The Echo Cougars defeated the Ione Cardinals 52-0 on Friday, November 2, 2012. It was a nice evening with the temperature in the mid 50s. Echo was able to score very quickly chewing up the ground rapidly.
Echo was leading 14-0 picking up action with nine minutes to play in the second quarter. Echo had the ball in their own territory with a 3rd down and nine to go. Five running plays brought the Cougars to 1st and 10 on the Cardinal's 25 yard line. Echo quarterback Dalton Hughes then scored on a quaterback keeper. Hughes then connected with Conner Bettencourt on the two point conversion to give Echo the 22-0 lead with 7:04 to go in the first half.
The next scoring opportunity for Echo came in the last two minutes of the second quarter. Echo took a Cardinal punt on their own 13 yard line. The five play series was all run with Brian Gutierrez running it in for the touchdown. The two point conversion was missed giving Echo the 28-0 lead.
Echo led 28-0 at halftime.
Ione took the opening kickoff of the eecond half and ended up punting to Echo with 10:10 to go in the third quarter. Echo then took four plays to score their next touchdown. Ulisses Barrerra scored on a one yard run. There was holding on the two point conversion making the score Echo 34-0.
The next scoring drive for Echo came very early in the fourth quarter. Echo took possession of the ball with about a minute to play in the third quarter. Five plays later Echo quarterback Dalton Hughes scored on a keeper. Echo missed the two point conversion giving Echo the 40-0 lead.
The next Echo scoring drive began with 11:24 to go in the fourth quarter after receiving a punt by the Cardinals. Five plays later David Lara scored on a 45 yard touchdown run. The two point conversion was no good. Echo led 46-0 with 9:22 to go in the game.
The next score for Echo came after taking possesion of the ball on downs on the Cardinals' 34 yard line. The Cougars battled to the 9 yard line when they gave the ball back to Ione over on downs. Ione then funbled the ball which was recovered by Brian Gutierrez in the endzone for a Cougar touchdown. The tow point conversion was missed. Echo's final score came with less than a minute to play giving the Cougars the 52-0 win.
Photos by Terry Aichele