Bay City Tribune

Tidehaven picked up its first District 29-2A win of the season Friday night, beating Danbury 14-7 on a muddy Humber Field.

It sets up next Friday's big game with Matagorda County rival Van Vleck at Tiger Taska Stadium in El Maton. The Leopards upset Boling 13-9 for their first district win as well.

Tidehaven running back Marcus Rocha raced into the end zone from 26 yards out to account for the only score of the second half with 1:23 remaining in the third.

The touchdown broke open a game that was knotted 7-7 at the half.

The closest Danbury came to a second-half score occurred when Dakota Sebesta broke through the line for a 35-yard run.

He would have sprinted 40 more yards for the touchdown except for a diving stop by a Tidehaven tackler, who was the last man between him and the end zone.

Tidehaven's lone second-half touchdown came on an eight-play drive that found success through the air.

Tiger quarterback Sean Daniels completed a number of short passes that eventually set up Rocha's scoring dash.

The touchdown was Rocha's second of the game. He also scored on a three-yard run with 1:13 left in the second quarter to erase a 7-0 Danbury lead.

The senior running back ended with 119 yards on 25 carries.

Daniels finished with a solid night throwing the ball, completing 14 of 26 passes for 122 yards.

Danbury's only score of the contest came on a long 18-play drive that took more than nine minutes off the clock in the second quarter.

The Panthers (1-3, 3-6) twice converted fourth-down plays on the drive, one of those resulting in a two-yard scoring run by Sean Bruemmer.

The Tigers helped the Panthers out on the drive, though.

After coming up with a fourth-down stop on the 3-yard line, an offsides penalty was called to give Danbury new life, with Bruemmer punching the ball in on the next play. Ismael Ayala booted the extra point for an early 7-0 Danbury advantage with 4:38 showing on the clock.

Colt Clontz caught five passes for 55 yards. Ian Wade caught four passes for 36 yards and Brian Biskup caught three passed for 29 yards