Week 0 featured some offensive explosions

Week 0 of the 2010 season is now in the books and there were some impression displays of offense in the first weekend of games. Here are just some of the games where the winners (and sometimes losers too) scored 40 or more points—

Huffman Hargrave 63, Hardin-Jefferson 0
Hargrave combined for 623 yards of total offense to surprise the Hawks. Senior Cole DeBerry completed 23 of 35 passes for 348 yards and four TDs and also rushed for two more scores.

Montgomery 56, Crosby 30
Montgomery senior running back Leroy Dobbins rushed for 232 yards on 18 carries and scored a career-high five touchdowns at Crosby on Friday night. Crosby quarterback Dominic Merka rushed for 131 yards with three touchdowns and went 10-for-23 passing for 102 yards with an interception.

Lumberton 56, Jasper 35
Lumberton rebounded from an early 14-0 deficit to win going away against Jasper on Friday night at Raider Stadium in Lumberton. Ryan Asher rushed for 169 yards and four touchdowns.

Willis 50, Davis 0
Scoring on their first five possessions, the Willis Wildkats jumped to a 43-0 halftime lead over their HISD opponent at Berton Yates Stadium on Friday. The Willis defense held the visiting Panthers to minus-14 total yards, and also logged a safety.

Bridge City 50, Shepherd 0
Bridge City junior quarterback Matt Menard’s first two passes went for touchdowns and the Cardinals opened up a 41-0 lead at the half to coast to victory on Friday night at Larry Ward Stadium.

Clear Creek 49, Pasadena Memorial 14
C.J. McElroy, son of former Astros' pitcher Chuck McElroy, accounted for five touchdowns for the Wildcats on Saturday in League City. The senior flex back rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns, caught four passes for 85 yards and a touchdown, threw a pass for a 74-yard score and even returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Clear amassed 581 yards of total offense.

Friendswood 49, Angleton 28
In a game between two of Class 4A’s preseason favorites, Friendswood scored 35 first-quarter points and held the Wildcats in check the rest of the way in a 49-28 victory, despite a huge game from Angleton senior quarterback Quandre Diggs, at Wildcat Stadium on Friday night.

Spring 48, Conroe 12
Spring scored on six of their seven possessions in their victory over Conroe Friday night at Moorhead Stadium, the debut for new head coach Sam Parker. Greg Livingston ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more to lead Spring.

Texarkana Texas 48, Vidor 41
It took two overtime possessions, but Texas High outlasted Vidor in this Class 4A shootout on Friday night at Lobo Stadium in Longview. Even in defeat, Vidor managed to produce two 100-yard rushers in the game, Kody Sutton (266 yards) and Brentyn Clark (140 yards).

Tomball 45, Morton Ranch 16
Tomball took advantage of Morton Ranch miscues to score 21 points in five minutes in the third quarter to put the game out of reach at 42-3. Quarterback Justin Dvorak finished the game with 232 yards of total offense and three touchdowns for the Cougars, who totaled 407 yards on offense.

Katy 44, North Shore 6
Katy overcame a shaky start to win in a blowout. The Tigers wore down the Mustang defense with a bruising running game, while their defense held North Shore to 186 total yards.

The Woodlands 44, Monterrey Prepa Tec 7
The Woodlands Highlanders took control early and cruised to an easy victory over the 11-time Mexican national champions. Quarterback Joseph Schneider completed 17 of 25 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns. Kicker Ben Pruitt added three field goals.

Hightower 44, Eisenhower 39
The Hurricanes scored two touchdowns in the final 8:11 to erase a ten-point deficit and deliver a victory in Barry Abercrombie's coaching debut on Saturday. Hightower junior quarterback Bralon Addison (8-for-12) passed for 195 yards and three touchdowns. Eisenhower quarterback James Jones accounted for 329 yards of offense, rushing for 187 yards and 5 touchdowns and passing for 142 yards.

Alief Taylor 43, Dobie 13
Leading 9-6 when the second quarter began, Alief Taylor exploded with four second-quarter touchdowns, as the Lions spoiled Jim Phillips’ debut at Dobie on Friday night.

Manvel 43, Willowridge 19
Manvel took advantage of Willowridge turnovers and scored 20 points in the final 5:38 of the second quarter on the way to a 43-19 victory on Friday night at Alvin Memorial Stadium. Trevion Alexander and Richard Rose each rushed for two touchdowns in the win. For Willowridge, Chris Heartfield threw two TD passes and rushed for another.

Strake Jesuit 42, St. Thomas 6
Strake won for the thirteenth consecutive time over private school rival St. Thomas at Crusader Stadium on Friday night. Senior quarterback Graham Chapman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for two more. Junior Jordan Underwood ran for 123 yards and one score and senior receiver Clay Martin also caught five passes for 123 yards with three touchdowns.

Foster 42, El Paso Hanks 20
Class 4A Foster rushed for 458 yards and posted 577 yards total offense against a Class 5A opponent on Saturday afternoon at the Dave Campbell's Texas Football Classic at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Falcon quarterback Luke Tomas rushed for 153 yards on 13 carries and threw for 119 more and two touchdowns and was named the game’s most valuable player.

Cinco Ranch 42, Klein Forest 21
Cinco Ranch scored 21 unanswered points after halftime to break a 21-21 tie, after Klein Forest lost highly-recruited junior quarterback Matt Davis for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, on Thursday night at Rhodes Stadium in Katy. Cougar sophomore Jamel James (20 carries, 144 yards) and senior K.C. Nlemchi (14 carries, 97 yards) combined for 241 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Klein 41, Aldine 12
Klein won it's first game with a new offense under new head coach Shane Hallmark, who coached Hightower to the Class 5A Division I state championship game in 2008. Utah commit Eric Rowe returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, running back Keshawn Hill rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Mike Edel completed 8 of 15 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown.

West Orange-Stark 40, Nederland 19
Class 3A WO-S emphatically rolled past Class 4A Nederland in Friday night’s season opener at Bulldog Stadium in Nederland.

Clear Springs 40, Dawson 23
Clear Springs took a 27-15 lead at halftime and then thwarted second-half comeback attempts by Dawson to collect the win on Thursday night at CCISD Memorial Stadium in League City.