Lee football defeats Odessa High 51-13
What happened: LHS soundly defeated Odessa on a rainy night in Midland 51-13 rushing for over 300 yards. The win moves Lee to 2-1 in district play and 6-3 overall with a season finale set up next week against their cross town rival the Midland Bulldogs.
The big picture: Maddox Marquez opened the game with a kickoff return to the Bronco’s 37 yard line and Hayes Hamm ran the first snap into the end zone and a wildcat run by Tyler Day. Odessa’s first possession resulted in a fumble recovered by Lee’s middle linebacker Lorenzo Carrillo. Lee’s JP Reyes connected with Ja’braylen Anders for a 64 TD pass and Day’s second 2 point conversion run. OHS responded with a 15 yard TD pass from QB Phillips Carrasco to Eric Rodriguez to make it 16-6. LHS responded with a quick drive resulting in a Hamm 2 yard TD and Day tacked on his 3rd 2 point conversation to make it 24-6. LHS stopped OHS in the red zone on a 4th down attempt, Reyes connected with Anders again for a 35 yard score. Day then made another appearance blocking an Odessa field goal attempt. Maddox Marquez then took a handoff 58 yards for a TD and a 37-6 lead only about 5 minutes into the second quarter, putting the game well out of reach for Odessa.
The first half stats showed Lee’s offensive dominance by not punting and racking up 428 total yards compared to 188 for Odessa and OHS with 2 turnover to zero for Lee. JP Reyas was 12/19 for 230 yards passing and 3 TDs, Hayes Hamm had 166 yards rushing and 3 TD, and Ja’braylen Anders had 7 catches for 171 yards and 3 TDs.
What’s next: Midland Lee (2-1) will play Midland High (2-1) at 7 p.m. Friday, November 6th. The winner of that game will take 2nd place in district. Permian has already clinched the district title at 3-0 and having already defeated both Midland schools.