Bridgeport High School Indians

The Preston Knights will be glad to see Gavin Williams graduate.
 
Gabe Martin, too, for that matter.
 
A year after Williams rushed 6 times for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns and also ran a kickoff back for a score in Kingwood, he shone on Senior Night at Wayne Jamison Field, scoring 2 receiving touchdowns, 1 on the ground and 1 more on an interception return in a 63-14 Tribe victory that clinched a 34th straight winning season.
 
Martin, who was injured in that game last year, had a much better night this time around, rushing for 3 touchdowns and 188 yards on 9 carries.
 
Bridgeport forced 4 turnovers.
 
"We were opportunistic at times. There's things we need to clean up," Bridgeport coach Tyler Phares said. "(The seniors) have been with me the entire time. I took over as head coach when they were in eighth grade, so I've watched these kids grow up into very good young men. I couldn't be prouder of them."
 
Bridgeport scored on their opening drive as a few first-down runs set up a 44-yard pass from Graham Vincent to Williams.
 
Jaylen Brown's PAT gave the Tribe a 7-0 lead.
 
Preston moved the chains on an 11-yard rush by Crosby Taft, but a Tristin Noble sack of Rowan Cramer two plays later stunted the drive and forced a punt, which Graham Vincent returned to the Knights 38.
 
An 18-yard gain by Gabe Martin on the second play of the drive set up a 16-yard Williams TD rush: 14-0 with 5:54 left in the first quarter.
 
Two stops for loss by the Bridgeport defense forced another Preston punt.
 
Gains of 22 and 14 by Martin moved Bridgeport into the red zone and Martin finished the job from 12 yards away: 21-0, 1:18 left in the first quarter.
 
Preston got on the board on an 81-yard touchdown pass from Cramer to Xavier Walcott with 28 seconds remaining in the quarter: 21-7 after Brady Taylor's kick.
 
A 51-yard catch-and-run from Vincent to Williams restored the 21-point gap, 28-7, on the opening play of the second quarter.
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"We tried to put in a little bit more in offensively and the kids executed it well," Phares said.
 
Preston lost 13 yards on 3 plays before a short punt set up Bridgeport at the 26.
 
A flag only gave Martin more yards to add to the stat sheet: 36-yard TD run, 35-7.
 
A 16-yard rush by Cramer and a third-and-7 pass to Taft for 11 yards moved the chains to midfield.
 
But Williams ran an interception back 77 yards to the house: 42-7 with 5:44 left in the half.
 
Preston got another score on a 60-yard strike from Cramer to Jake Gibson that followed a third-down roughing the passer flag on Bridgeport on the previous play: 42-14, 4:38 to go in the second.
 
Max Conley just missed a kickoff return off the squib kick, with Kaleb Stone saving the day, but Eli Knight scored on the first snap of the ensuing drive: 49-14, 4:22 remaining in the half.
 
"He's got to put it in the end zone," Phares joked of Conley. "We'll hit that hill a little bit next year. It was a great returm."



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