GRADY DENNIS BULLARD - Down two scores with eight minutes left, senior quarterback, Tyler Baker took the game over, running for a pair of late touchdowns to give The Guard their second win of the season as thy topped out Dallas Parish Episcopal 27-21 on Friday at Herrington Stadium.

The highly-recruited, Baker finished with 136 yards rushing and 94 more through the air. His 52-yard touchdown run pulled the Guard (2-0) to within 21-19 with 7:25 to play.

After Brook Hill held Parish Episcopal (1-1) on a fourth-and-2 at midfield, Baker took the first play of the drive 45 yards to the Panther 2. Baker called his own number again on the next play, finishing the drive with a dive into the end zone. The pointafter pass to a wide-open J.B. Moss on the point-after try gave the Guard the 27-21 lead with 3:58 to play.

A staunch defense spear-headed by Tallen Harris, Jared Dickey, Grady Dennis, Moss and Baker also made key plays defensively for the Guard as they had a tough time stopping the Parish rushing attack, rolling up 320-yards.

TALLEN HARRIS The Guard got on the board first on a fake field goal from the Panther 4. Back to kick, Moss instead took a pitch and outran all comers to the pylon for six. However, Moss missed the ensuing PAT.

The Panthers responded with a sevenminute, 16-play drive that encompassed 79 yards for Panthers first lead at 7-6.

Baker answered right back bobbled a squib kick, recovered it at his own 4 and sprinted through the Parish Episcopal defense for a touchdown. With the score, the Guard took a 12-6 lead into halftime.

A 77-yard score came midway through the third quarter as Parish Episcopal took a 14-12 lead.

Parish stretched the lead to 21-12 as a three-yard score and PAT had Brook Hill worried.

That was before Baker took over with the final two scores, and the pass to Moss for the win.

JARED DICKEY “This was a good win for us,” said Brook Hill head coach, Terry Pirtle after the game. “They are a playoff team from a year ago that went deep into the playoffs and should do the same again this year.

“They have got some talent but I feel like we made the big plays when we needed them and that is all you can ask of your team,” Pirtle added.

The Guard (2-0), will have another handful of runners to trek down on Friday as the Pittsburg Pirates come to Herrington Stadium for a 7:30 kickoff.

Pittsburg pounded Palestine 51-16 last week.
Brook Hill 27
Dallas Parish Episcopal 21
Parish Episcopal 0 7 7 7 - 21
Brook Hill 0 12 0 14 - 27
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
BH - JB Moss 4 run (Moss kick fail), 11:52.
PES - Trey Vance 1 run (Tanner Wells kick),
4:40.
BH - Tyler Baker 96 kick return (run fail), 4:23.
Third Quarter
PES - B.J. January 77 run (Wells kick), 7:45.
Fourth Quarter
PES- Vance 3 run (Wells kick), 8:21.
BH - Baker 52 run (Moss kick), 7:25.
BH - Baker 2 run (Moss pass from Baker), 3:58.
Game Statistics
PES BH
First Downs 20 14
Rushes-Yards 56-320 28-171
Passing Yards 11 94
Comp.-Att.-Int. 1-8-1 11-21-1
Punts-Avg. 2-34 2-36
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 5-43 3-28

The Brook Hill School football team remains undefeated after two weeks, and a big test upcoming this week as the Pittsburg Pirates come to Herrington Stadium. Above, all-everything, Tyler Baker picks up a kick return at his own four-yard line and returns it for a touchdown in the second quarter to give The Guard a 12-7, halftime lead.Baker ran for 136 yards and threw for another 94 yards, scoring on runs of 52, and 2-yards, and returning a kikcoff 96 yards for a score. Also pctured defensive standouts, and 2009 all-staters, Grady Dennis, Tallen Harris and Jared Dickey. (Banner Staff Photo by Paul Dickey)