High School Sports

By SHANE STARK
Staff Writer

RED OAK -- Red Oak waited four weeks to play its first home game of the season.

The Hawks made it worthwhile, dominating from start to finish in a 31-14 victory against Whitehouse on Friday night at Billy Goodloe Stadium.

Red Oak (2-2), which was celebrating its homecoming, scored five minutes into the game and never trailed.

Whitehouse, which was competitive the first three weeks, remains winless on the season at 0-4.

Red Oak, which entered the win column last week against Waco University, came into the game knowing it could win by playing mistake free. Last season, the Hawks turned the ball over five times deep inside Whitehouse territory in a 17-10 loss.

Though they fumbled four times and loss two, the Hawks never allowed mistakes to hurt them. Ishmael Harrison, a running back, put them ahead 7-0 on an 18-yard reception from quarterback Travis Wallis with 6:48 remaining in the opening quarter.

Whitehouse pulled to within one early in the second quarter, but Red Oak went into the half up 21-6 on a 1-yard run by Wallis and a 90-yard interception return by Jeremiah Gaines.

Wallis finished 11-of-17 for 133 yards and a touchdown, plus ran for two scores.

Making his first start, Whitehouse's Casey completed 30 of 50 passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns with three interceptions. His favorite targets were receivers Trey Metoyer (13 receptions, 174 yards) and Skip Caldwell (11 receptions, 161 yards, 13-yard touchdown).

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Red Oak 31, Whitehouse 14

At Billy Goodloe Stadium

Whitehouse 0 6 8 0 -- 14

Red Oak 7 14 10 0 -- 31

First Quarter

RO -- Ishmael Harrison 18 pass from Travis Wallis (Justin Mendoza kick), 6:48.

Second Quarter

WHI -- Conner Cashion 4 pass from Colby Casey (kick failed), 11:54.

RO -- Wallis 1 run (Mendoza kick), 9:50.

RO -- Jeremiah Gaines 90 interception (Mendoza kick), :06.

Third Quarter

RO -- FG Mendoza 25, 2:56.

RO -- Wallis 1 run (Mendoza kick), 1:23.

WHI -- Skip Caldwell 13 pass from Casey (Chad Lewis run), :31.

WHI RO

First Downs 24 16

Rushes-Yards 13-44 39-202

Comp.-Att.-Int. 30-50-3 11-18-0

Passing Yards 401 133

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2

Penalties-Yards 4-32 5-40

Punts-Average 2-35 4-31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Whitehouse,

Brenden Hedges 4-22, Trey Metoyer 3-20, Chad Lewis 4-18, DeJuan Shelton 1-11, Team 1-(minus 27);

Red Oak, Kentrell Holmes 4-70, Mandel Dixon 3-57, Ishmael Harrison 5-39, Jeremi Lewis 3-22, Travis Wallis 21-21, James Satterwhite 3-(minus 7).

PASSING -- Whitehouse,

Colby Casey 30-50-3 -- 401.

Red Oak,

Wallis 11-17-0 -- 133, Satterwhite 0-1-0 -- 0.

RECEIVING -- Whitehouse,

Metoyer 13-174, Skip Caldwell 11-161, Lewis 2-17, Terrance Franklin 1-27, Taylor Burns 1-12, Matthew Lockwood 1-5, De'Monta Brown 1-4, Hedges 1-1.

Red Oak,

Harrison 4-54, Holmes 2-33, Lewis 2-11, Claud Person 1-20, Dominique Bonner 1-8, Ryan Starek 1-7.

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