By EDWARD SEVERN
Staff Writer
BROWNSVILLE — Brownsville Porter senior quarterback Alejandro Stevens ran for four touchdowns Thursday to give the Cowboys a 34-13 win over the PSJA Memorial Wolverines in a non-district meeting at Sams Memorial Stadium.
Porter (2-0) leaned heavy on seniors Stevens and Gunnar Williams against the Wolverines (1-1) in the second half. The Cowboys used both Stevens and Williams at quarterback, giving them designed running plays from the quarterback position to wear down the Wolverines.
After scoring a 23- yard touchdown to put Porter up 20-13, on the next drive, Stevens found daylight from 13 yards following a scrum to put the Cowboys up 27-13. A 6-yard touchdown by Williams sealed the win late in the fourth quarter.
PSJA Memorial quarterback Ryan Reyna capped off a 98-yard drive with a 1-yard run to tie the game at 13, but after that it was all Porter. The Cowboys’ defense buckled down, especially on fourth down.
Fumbles and a turnover on downs sandwiched two good running plays by the quarterbacks in the first half.
Reyna dropped a snap out of the gun, but the delay opened up the hole for the left-handed quarterback. Reyna breezed by the Porter defense from 26 yards to tie the game at 6 before the half.
Stevens opened the scoring with a 37-yard touchdown run. The senior went untouched on the misdirection play to give the Cowboys the opening 6-0 lead early in the first quarter.
