Dawson shuts out Alief Elsik 28-0 to punch ticket to the playoffs

November 1, 2023

STINGY DEFENSE
Dawson junior LB Tregan Williams (32) sacks Elsik QB Kaden Mendenhall for a loss as the Eagles shut out the Rams 28-0 in a District 23-6A contest.
Dawson held the Rams to 119 total yards (15 rushing, 104 passing). The Eagles play their final game of the regular season against the Alvin Yellowjackets on Thursday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Pearland ISD Stadium.
(Photo by Nate Jones)

Dawson may have begun the season 0-3 while dropping two of the early games by a single point in two of the non-district game but head coach Mike Allison knows the real season began when they began playing in district.

With one game remaining in the regular season, Dawson is now 5-4 overall and 4-1 in district and in a three-way tie for first place with Pearland and Shadow Creek.

The final game will be against district foe Alvin who is 2-7 overall and 0-6 in district so it is safe to say that the Eagles should get an easy win to finish the regular season at 6-4 while advancing to the Class 6A Region III Div. II playoffs.

The Dawson defense took control of the entire game as the Eagles allowed only 119 total yards (15 yards rushing, 114 yards passing) and no points.

Meanwhile, the Eagles offense had 370 total yards (216 yards rushing, 154 yards passing) while scoring four times.

Dawson opened up the scoring in the first quarter on a 3-yard scoring run by Tony Roberson III for a 6-0 lead after the PAT was missed by Aaron Jensen.

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LEADING RUSHER
Dawson senior running back Bryce Burgess enters the final game of the regular season with 997 yards on 131 carries and 14 TDs.
The speedster will go over the 1,000-yard mark as the Eagles get ready for the post-season. Burgess had 189 yards on 17 carries and two scores in the 28-0 win over Alief Elsik last week.
(Photo by Nate Jones)

The Eagles added another score in the second quarter when QB Gage Greene tossed a 4-yard scoring pass to WR Noah Rhodes to make the score 14-0 following a successful two-point conversion on a QB keeper by Greene.

The third quarter saw two more scores by Dawson when senior RB Bryce Burgess scored on a 3-yard run and later in the period Burgess found the end zone again -- this time on a 56-yard scoring jaunt. Jensen hits one PAT and Ayden Treadaway added the second PAT to post the 28-0 final score.

Greene was 14-of-23 passing for 148 yards and one score.

Bryce Burgess led the ground attack with 17 carries for 189 yards and two TDs while he caught two passes for 18 yards.

Rhodes led all receivers with five catches for 66 yards and one TD. Roberson had five grabs for 30 yards; and Braylon Howard had five receptions for 31 yards.

The Eagles play their final game of the regular season against the Alvin Yellowjackets on Thursday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Pearland ISD Stadium.