Ware carries Westbrook to first state title in upset win over unbeaten May

Share or Save for Later

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Save to Favorites

ARLINGTON - First time was the charm for the Westbrook Wildcats, which made their state championship debut by upsetting the May Tigers, 72 – 66, to win the 1A Division I State Championship on Wednesday at AT&T Stadium.

Westbrook (11-4) relied on star athlete Cedric Ware to make history for the Wildcats. The electric running back was named the game’s MVP on both sides of the ball after rushing for 304 yards and seven touchdowns while also completing his only pass for a TD.

He was responsible for five touchdowns to get Westbrook the lead in the first half, including a 56-yard heave to Aiden Sullivan to take a 46-44 lead with four seconds left in the second quarter.

May (14-1) came out swinging in the third to claim a 60-52 lead, but that didn’t last for long.
The turning point came after a Ware seven-yard touchdown. Westbrook attempted the on-side kick and caught the high bounce off a May player. The Wildcats took full advantage with another Ware touchdown to go up a score. He tacked on one more for good measure late to make it appear like Westbrook had the title locked up.

May, though, wasn’t done. The Tigers drove down the field with under a minute left and faced a 4th down with 11 seconds left. It appeared as though May tied the game up when the Tigers looked to have completed a pass in the endzone, but a Westbrook defender knocked the ball out just before he could complete the catch to secure the victory.

Kaden Halk helped May stay in the game with 20 carries for 171 yards and three touchdowns, 48 yards and one touchdown receiving, and remained a force on defense with 8.5 total tackles with 7 being solo.

Ware finished with 14 tackles – 10 solo – and a sack.

 

  Westbrook May
  17 18

Rushing Attempts

38 45

Rushing Yards

395 343

Rushing Avg

10.4 7.6

Receptions

6 4

Receiving Yards

184 146

Receiving Avg

30.7 36.5

Passing Yards

184 146

Pass C-A-I

6/11/00 4/9/00

Plays-Yards

49-579 54-489

Yards/Play

11.82 9.06

WESTBROOK

Passing                    

UNI

NAME QBR COMP ATT INT % YARDS TD LONG SACKED
24 S. STARK 263 5 10 0 50 175 2 56 0
4 C. WARE 505.6 1 1 0 100 9 1 9 0
                     
                     
                     

Receiving

                 

UNI

NAME REC YARDS AVG TD LONG        
9 A. SULLIVAN 2 65 32.5 1 56        
11 C. WALTERS 1 55 55 1 55        
4 C. WARE 1 35 35 0 35        
15 H. WHITE 2 29 14.5 1 20        
                     
  Rushing                    

UNI

NAME ATT GAINED NET AVG TD LONG      
4 C. WARE 25 304 304 12.2 7 60      
20 J. ROBERTS JR. 9 68 68 7.6 0 20      
32 J. RAMIREZ 3 24 24 8 0 13      
TM TEAM 1 0 -1 -1 0 0      

MAY 

Passing                    

UNI

NAME QBR COMP ATT INT % YARDS TD LONG SACKED
14 B. HARRELL 290.7 4 9 0 44.4 146 3 48 1
                     
                     

Receiving

                 

UNI

NAME REC YARDS AVG TD LONG        
4 K. KING 2 80 40 1 41        
22 K. HALK 1 48 48 1 48        
25 A. WILLIFORD 1 18 18 1 18        
                     
                     
                     
                     

Rushing

                   

UNI

NAME ATT GAINED NET AVG TD LONG      
22 K. HALK 20 177 171 8.6 3 57      
25 A. WILLIFORD 12 176 170 14.2 3 50      
3 B. STEELE 3 11 10 3.3 0 8      
14 B. HARRELL 9 19 -2 -0.2 0 10      
10 L. MCKENZIE 1 0 -6 -6 0 0      

 

This article is available to our Digital Subscribers.
Click "Subscribe Now" to see a list of subscription offers.
Already a Subscriber? Sign In to access this content.

Sign In
Don't Miss Any Exclusive Coverage!

We've been the Bible of Texas football fans for 64 years. By joining the DCTF family you'll gain access to all of our exclusive content and have our magazines mailed to you!