FW Arlington Heights beats FW Trimble Tech for first win

By Kevin Casas

Special to the Star-Telegram

It was an unfamiliar position being winless in four games for Fort Worth Arlington Heights.

The Yellow Jackets hadn't lost four games in a season since 2007, the last time they didn't make the playoffs.

Thursday, Sammy Webb rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns as the Yellow Jackets shook off last week's loss to state-ranked Aledo with a 35-21 District 7-4A win over Fort Worth Trimble Tech at Farrington Field.

Webb's play unfolded slowly. Through his first 13 carries, he averaged 5.6 yards.

Then late in the second quarter, Webb increased that average with a 67-yard run up the right sideline. That gave the Jackets a 28-7 halftime lead.

He was at it again on Heights' second possession of the second half.

Webb worked the left side on a routine sweep, but cut back across field and broke three tackles on his way to a 50-yard scoring run.

The Yellow Jackets (1-4, 1-1) moved swiftly early and built a 14-0 lead behind the strong rushing attack.

Quarterback Vincent Berrones found halfback Adrian McKenzie in the right flat to cap a six-play 42-yard drive, Heights' first offensive series.

After Heights' Kabione Guy picked off an errant pass, Berrones used the good field position to hook up with Paxton Hicks on a 5-yard touchdown pass.

Tech (1-4, 0-2) scored in bizarre fashion after Christian Romero's 29-yard field goal attempt was blocked. The ball bounded toward the goal line, hitting a Heights player before being recovered by tight end Percell Coleman for the Tech touchdown.

Tech's offense was minimal in the first half, but the Bulldogs used a big pass play from quarterback Jerrick McClain to Darien Tennon to set up McClain's 2-yard scoring run near the end of the third quarter.

McClain finished with two touchdowns and threw for 133 yards.

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