Trojans 'finish' Tigers' season By Doug Quinn 11/11/2006 BAD BREAK BA tailback Chris Ford goes to the turf, but the football isn't going with him. Jenks recovered the fumble and won the 6A first-round game, 28-7. JENKS - Four days before the Class 6A playoffs, coach Brent Whitson wanted Broken Arrow High School "to play our guts out" against No. 1 Jenks. Fans who braved howling north winds at Hunter Dwelley Stadium Friday night will attest to the fact they did exactly that. "I was proud of our effort," Whitson said. "That wasn't a problem." Whitson bemoaned what didn't happen in a 28-7 loss to the Trojans in a first round game of the Class 6A playoffs. "We didn't finish," Whitson said after the season-ending loss left BAHS 5-6 and under .500 for the first time since 2000. "We had our chances and didn't get it done. Jenks, though, had a lot to do with that." Three Broken Arrow drives penetrated the Jenks 20 yard line, but the Tigers didn't score. "A mistake here and there, that was all," Whitson said. "Against the good teams, you've got to score when you get those chances." The Trojans, in beating BAHS for a second time this season and for a fourth consecutive time, advance to this week's quarterfinals at Lawton. Yet, Broken Arrow - never manhandled on the scoreboard in its six losses - stayed in striking distance when many might have figured Jenks would have a cakewalk. Jenks had a 14-0 lead at half, but the Tigers - despite having only 50 yards total offense - threatened. Twice, BAHS had the ball at the Jenks 20 but came up empty both times. From the JHS 19, Cale Fulps hit Katero Reynolds on a short pass pass but the Tiger receiver fumbled and Jenks recovered at the Trojans 12 yards line late in the first quarter. On the Tigers' next possession and startng at the Jenks 39, Broken Arrow got the Trojans 20 but a 37-yard field goal try by John Dill missed the mark. With a 7-0 lead, Jenks stretched its advantage to 14 points with a TD only 2:48 before intermission on quarterback Mark Ginther's second scoring pass to Stephen Davis. "That was big," Whitson said. It appeared the Trojans had thrown the knock out punch early in the third quarter. Jenks' Devin Reed blocked J.T. Goins' punt and recovered it for a touchdown for a 21-0 lead. "That's was another big play," Whitson said. Later in the third, BAHS's John Burcham recovered a Jenks fumble at the Trojan 24. On third and six from the JHS 24, Chris Ford bolted 15 yards up the middle for an apparent first down but fumbled and the Trojans recovered at the 5 yard line. "We had our jumbo package and they weren't stopping us," Whitson said. "But, whatever we did, Jenks had answer." Broken Arrow's lone TD came late in the third quarter when the Tiger put together an 80-yard, eight-play drive. Ford polished off the march with a 2 yard run. | 
