FOOTBALL: Langham Creek's comeback bid falls short against Klein Oak

Langham Creek and Klein Oak are incapable of playing a normal football game.

For the third consecutive meeting, the two teams had everyone on edge.

Klein Oak bested Langham Creek in a wild 50-44 win Saturday at Klein Memorial Stadium.

It looked like a Klein Oak rout at first. The Panthers were ahead 43-20 with four minutes left in the third quarter. But a furious Langham Creek comeback that included 24 unanswered points completely changed the landscape of this game.

"I told those guys at halftime," Langham Creek head coach Todd Thompson said."'We have a choice. We can keep letting the mistakes happen and keep going in the direction we're going in or we can turn this around. We're going to find out a lot about our team in the second half.'"

The Lobos certainly responded in the second half. But an 85-yard kickoff return from Klein Oak's Derrick Durden set up his 5-yard touchdown run with23 seconds left, allowing the Panthers to take the win back.

All Klein Oak early

It was all Klein Oak for nearly three quarters Saturday.

The way Langham Creek started the game helped. The first play of the game was an interception for Klein Oak's Jacob Harper. Quarterback Jose Blankenship turned that into a 3-yard touchdown down run.

The Panthers' second score was helped by another Langham Creek mishap. An illegal substitution penalty sustained a Klein Oak drive on 4th and 2. The Panthers drove down the field and capitalized with JT Smith's 1-yard touchdown run.

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FOOTBALL: Langham Creek's comeback bid falls short against Klein Oak