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ABILENE — With his team quickly building a commanding lead, and his offense humming like a well-oiled machine, Abilene Wylie senior quarterback Bryant “Bear” Meng stepped under center on first and goal.
Meng took a shotgun snap, faked a handoff to his running back and then snapped his head back in the opposite direction toward the near sideline. The senior planted his feet in the pocket and floated a ball toward the back corner of the end zone.
Senior wide receiver Hunter Hood hauled in Meng’s back-shoulder throw and dragged his toes for a 9-yard touchdown catch that kept the Bulldogs’ offense on the run with 31 seconds remaining in the first half.
The timely pass was one of many for Meng, who threw for six touchdowns to power Wylie’s high-octane offense and secure a 46-10 Bulldogs’ victory against El Paso Andress on Friday night at Sandifer Stadium in the bi-district round of the Class 5A Division II Texas high school football playoffs.
“I’m just really proud of the way our kids played and the effort we played with,” Abilene Wylie head coach Clay Martin said.
“Bear is an experienced quarterback and somebody we can count on every single day to come ready to work and prepare. He did a great job.”
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The Bulldogs got started quickly offensively, punching it into the end zone on the first drive of the game. Meng fired a bullet of a pass across the field to senior receiver Gage Heighten for a 40-yard touchdown catch just 80 seconds into the game.
Wylie then quickly ran into its first roadblock a few minutes later after an El Paso Andress…
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Author : The Abilene Reporter-News
Publish date : 2024-11-16 06:07:17
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