ROPESVILLE — The Ira Bulldogs lost to Ropes 34-18 in a non-district football game Friday.
Adam Salas gave Ropes a 6-0 lead with a 26-yard touchdown run with 7:23 left in the first quarter.
Ira tied the game at 6-6 when Karson Valentine completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Brazil.
Ropes scored two touchdowns later in the quarter. Salas caught a 43-yard touchdown pass and Zack Randall caught an 11-yard touchdown pass, both from Kaiston Terry. The Eagles led 20-6 going into the second quarter.
Terry completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Salas to increase Ropes’ lead to 26-6 with 2:07 left in the first half.
Valentine’s 26-yard touchdown run cut the deficit to 26-12 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Salas scored on a 20-yard touchdown run to give Ropes a 32-12 lead. Valentine completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Kade Sanders with 8:17 left in the game. The Ropes’ defense recorded a safety later in the quarter.
Valentine led Ira’s offense with 145 yards rushing and one touchdown. He completed 9-of-13 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Sanders caught five passes for 67 yards and one touchdown.
On defense, Valentine had 11 tackles and Anthony Coy had 4½ tackles, followed by Brazil with four tackles.
Ira (3-2) will play at Ackerly Sands Friday.
ROPES 34, IRA 18
Ira 6 6 0 6—18
Ropes 20 6 6 2—34
First Quarter
ROPES — Adam Salas 26 run (kick failed), 7:23
IRA — Matthew Brazil 42 pass from Karson Valentine (kick failed), 6:10
ROPES — Salas 43 pass from Kaiston Terry (kick failed), 4:00
ROPES — Zack Randall 11 pass from Terry (Braxton Garrett kick), :02
Second Quarter
ROPES — Salas 24 pass from Terry (kick failed), 2:07
IRA — Karson Valentine 26 run (kick failed), :13
Third Quarter
ROPES — Salas 20 run (kick failed), :10
Fourth Quarter
IRA — Kade Sanders 21 pass from Valentine (kick failed), 8:17
ROPES — Safety, 2:54
IHS RHS
First Downs 8 12
By rush 4 7
By pass 3 5
By penalty 1 0
Total yards 259 363
Rushes-yards 29-144 30-227
Passing yards 115 130
Comp-Att-Int 9-13-0 11-19-0
Punts 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-lost 5-3 1-1
Penalties-yards 3-25 4-30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Ira, Karson Valentine 21-145, Matthew Brazil 4-12, Anthony Coy 3-(minus 6), Nathan Goodwin 1-(minus 7). Ropes, Adam Salas 14-189, Isaac 9-42, Jackson Hisel 4-2, Kaiston Terry 1-0, Angel Apodaca 1-0.
PASSING — Ira, Karson Valentine 9-13-0 for 115 yards. Ropes, Kaiston Terry 7-15-0 for 106 yards; Jackson Hisel 3-3-0 for 17 yards; Adam Salas 1-1-0 for 7 yards.
RECEIVING — Ira, Kade Sanders 5-67; Matthew Brazil 3-51; Anthony Coy 1-(minus 3). Ropes, Adam Salas 3-75; Ryan Terry 2-14; Zack Randall 2-13; Jackson Hisel 2-12; Braxton Garrett 1-15; Isaac
Salas 1-1.
SCHS 54, Hermleigh 40
HERMLEIGH — The Hernleigh Cardinals lost to Sterling City, 54-40.
Devin Hildebrand rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns while Payton Rivera ran for one touchdown.
Hildebrand complete 6-of-12 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns.
Richie Clement completed 4-of-6 passes for 60 yards and two touchdowns.
Tucker Barton, Kelton Carroll, Matt Gonzales and Blake Hancock each caught a touchdown pass. Barton had three catches for 53 yards while Carroll caught three passes for 47 yards. Rivera led the defense with 13 tackles.
Hermleigh (3-2) will play at Meadow Friday.
STERLING CITY 54, HERMLEIGH 40
RUSHING — Hermleigh, Devin Hildebrand 27-146, Richie Clement 1-39, Kelton Carroll 2-19, Payton Rivera 3-5.
PASSING — Hermleigh, Devin Hildebrand 6-12-0 for 97 yards; Richie Clement 4-6-0 fo 60 yards.
RECEIVING — Hermleigh, Tucker Barton 3-55, Kelton Carroll 3-47, Blake Hancock 3-37, Matt Gonzales 1-23, Richie Clement 1-6, Luis Gonzalez 1-1.