CEDAR CREEK — Kenny Williams proved not to be a factor as Bastrop defeated Hendrickson 35-21 Friday night at BISD Memorial Stadium.
Bastrop’s defense held Hendrickson’s star running back to just 27 yards on 10 carries. The Bears (5-2, 2-1 District 16-4A) also kept the Texas Tech commit out of the end zone.
Meanwhile, Bastrop quarterback Josiah Monroe tallied 362 yards of offense and scored five total touchdowns.
At halftime, Monroe had just as many passing yards — 162 — as the Hawks (3-5, 1-3)) did total offense.
Bastrop’s defense shut Williams down all together in the first yards, holding him to just seven yards on seven carries.
Williams, however, did pass 1,000 yards rushing for the third time in his career at Hendrickson and now has 1,016 yards this season.
Prior to Bastrop holding him to just 2.7 yards per carry on Friday, Williams was averaging 8.6 yards per carry this season.
The Bears jumped out to a 28-7 lead at halftime as Hendrickson was held to just 136 yards of offense.
The Hawks did capitalize on the big play at times.
Damarion Jackson scored the game’s first touchdown on a 12-yard run that was set up by a 65-yard blast by Daje Johnson on Hendrickson’s second play from the line of scrimmage.
After that, Bastrop’s defense dominated Hendrickson as the Hawks’s biggest play for the remainder of the first half went 12 yards.
Monroe struck back after Hendrickson’s score with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Mason Foytick.
Bastrop scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter thanks to two more touchdown passes from Monroe, who also scored on a 29-yard run.
Hendrickson came out in the third quarter and capitalized on more big plays.
Jackson scored again on a 1-yard run after a 37 run earlier.
Johnson lated scored on a 72-yard pass from Jackson to move Hendrickson to within seven points going into the fourth quarter.
Bastrop, however, went to its running game and had 22 running plays as Monroe scored to open the fourth quarter from the 1-yard-line.
The Bears had an uncharacteristic 347 yards rushing on the ground as Monroe threw for 199.
Bastrop will travel to undefeated Connally Friday while Hendreickson will play Bryan-Rudder at home.

Bastrop 35, Hendrickson 21
Hendrickson (3-5, 1-3)    7    0    14    0    -    21
Bastrop (5-2, 2-1)    7    21     0    7    -    35

First quarter
H: Damarion Jackson 12 run (Will Ward kick)
B: Mason Foytik 4 pass from Josiah Monroe (Hart McMillan kick)
Second quarter
B: D.J. Gaines 2 pass from Monroe (McMillan kick)
B: Monroe 29 run (McMillan kick)
B: Trae Bunton 36 pass from Monroe (McMillan kick)
Third quarter
H: Jackson 1 run (Ward kick)
H: Daje Johnson 72 pass from Jackson (Ward kick)
Fourth quarter
B: Monroe 1 run (McMillan kick)

Team statistics
B    H
First downs    18    12
Rushes-yards    46-347    31-199
Passing yards    199    182
C-A-I    13-22-1    14-20-0
Fumbles-lost    1-0    3-
Punts-avg    2-37.5    2-40
Penalties-yards    5-35    9-65

Individual statistics
Rushing
B: Josiah Monroe 16-163, Marcus Reed 19-77, Trae Bunton 9-29. H: Kenny Williams 10-27, Damarion Jackson 12-59, Daje Johnson 9-113.
Passing
B: Monroe 13-22-1 199 yards. H: Jackson 14-20-0 182 yards.
Receiving
B: Buddy Nunn 2-49, Mason Foytik 5-46, Trae Bunton 1-36, D.J. Gaines 1-36. H: Will Ward 5-52, Johnson 3-88, Reid Mitchell 2-18, Williams 3-17.