Sept. 9, 2000, 11:04PM
BAYTOWN — Port Neches-Groves’ defense dominated Crosby on Saturday at Stallworth Stadium.
Port Neches-Groves limited Crosby to 102 offensive yards for the game and only two first downs in the second half.
The Indians’ Jeff Bergeron scored the game’s only touchdown with a two-yard run in the closing seconds of the third quarter. The score came on fourth-and-one.
Bergeron led all rushers with 54 yards on 13 carries.
— Reported by Carl Theiss
Port Neches-Groves Crosby
First downs 10 5
Rushes-yards 33-109 34-53
Comp-Att-Int. 9-17-1 3-13-1
Passing yards 101 49
Punts-avg. 7-33.7 9-32
Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-1
Penalties-yards 5-35 4-23
Port Neches-Groves (1-0) 0 0 7 0 — 7
Crosby (0-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0
PN –Jeff Bergeron 2 run (Joey Price kick) 0:18, 3rd
Leading rushers PN–Jeff Bergeron 13-54, 1 TD. C–Ricky Fontenote 14-19, Ronnie Blumstrom 9-19.
Leading passers PN–Kirk Hallmark 9-17-1, 101 yards. C–Blumstrom 3-13-1, 49 yards.
Leading receivers PN –Joey Price 4-70. C–Sean Roden 2-37.
