It was, for the most part, the most complete game the Permian football game has played this season.
The score reflected that.
Running back Juzstyce Lara scored four touchdowns and four other Panthers found the end zone in a 56-28 victory against Abilene Cooper in nondistrict play Friday at Ratliff Stadium.
The victory improved Permian to 5-0 as it heads into a bye week before beginning District 2-6A play on Oct. 7 against crosstown rival Odessa High.
Tabarie Jones, Ja’Quan Richardson, Rodney Hall and Jonathan Viscaino also scored for the Panthers, who amassed 541 yards of offense, including 311 yards rushing.
Richardson finished with seven catches for 158 yards and one touchdown, while Hall was 16-of-20 passing for 230 yards and one score.
Viscaino was the lead rusher with 82 yards on nine carries, all in the fourth quarter.
“I thought our offensive coaching staff did a great job this week as we had to move some players around,” Permian head coach Jeff Ellison said. “There are still some things we need to work on but I’m so proud of the way they played tonight.”
The Cougars dropped to 2-3 on the season but proved to be an opportunistic bunch on the night.
Abilene Cooper forced four Panthers’ fumbles and found the end zone on three of the ensuing drives.
D’Andre Ralston hauled in a pair of 13-yard touchdown passes from quarterback Chris Warren and wide receiver Cameron Herron took a sweep around the right side and went 52 yards for a score, breaking several tackles along the way.
Herron also had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to keep the Cougars in the game with 3:58 to play in the first quarter.
That came after Permian drove found the end zone after its first two drives.
Jones finished the first with a 6-yard touchdown run and Lara capped the second with a 3-yard run.
Warren finished 14-of-26 passing for 178 yards and two touchdowns and one interception.
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Permian 56, Abilene Cooper 28
Score by Quarters
Abilene Cooper – 7—14—7—0—28
Permian – 21—7—7—21—56
FIRST QUARTER
Permian: Tabarie Jones 6 run (Tate Terry kick), 6:20
Permian: Juzstyce Lara 3 run (Tate Terry kick), 4:15
Abilene Cooper: Cameron Herron 99 kickoff return (Kamune Mrisho kick), 3:58.
Permian: Ja’Quan Richardson 65 pass from Rodney Hall (Tate Terry kick), 3:46
SECOND QUARTER
Abilene Cooper: D’Andre Ralston 13 pass from Chris Warren (Kamune Mrisho kick), 5:08.
Permian: Juzstyce Lara 1 run (Tate Terry kick), 1:57.
Abilene Cooper: D’Andre Ralston 13 pass from Chris Warren (Kamune Mrisho kick), :52.
THIRD QUARTER
Permian: Juzstyce Lara 1 r un (Tate Terry kick), 4:26.
Abilene Cooper: Cameron Herron 52 run (Kamune Mrisho kick), :52.
FOURTH QUARTER
Permian: Juzstyce Lara 4 run (Tate Terry kick), 11:05.
Permian: Rodney Hall 14 run (Tate Terry kick), 9:01.
Permian: Jonathan Viscaino 4 run (Tate Terry kick), 2:12.
Team Statistics
Abilene Cooper Permian
First Downs 16 25
Total Yards 274 541
Rushing (Att-Yards) 21-69 46-311
Passing Yards 205 230
Passing (Att-Comp-Int) 17-29-2 16-20-0
Return Yardage N/A N/A
Sacks-Yds Lost 3-23 0-0
Fumbles-Fumbles Lost 4-1 4-4
Punts-Avg. 4-39.0 0-0.0
Penalties-Yards 7-70 4-48
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Abilene Cooper: Cameron Herron 3-53, D’Andre Ralston 1-9, Chris Warren 7-5, Daniel Bray 4-5, Austin Cummins 2-4, Tavaris Whitfield 1-1, Mikei Flye 3-(-8).
Permian: Jonathan Viscaino 9-82, Tabarie Jones 7-76, Rodney Hall 9-69, Juzstyce Lara 15-53, Ja’Quan Richardson 2-24, Isaiah Herrera 3-15, Team 2-(-8).
Passing
Abilene Cooper: Chris Warren 11-26-1—178, Austin Cummins 2-3-1—27.
Permian: Rodney Hall 16-20-0—230.
Receiving
Abilene Cooper: Malik Jackson 5-78, Mikei Flye 3-48, Jaylen Parker 3-33, D’Andre Ralson 3-32, Amante McGowan 1-12, Tavaris Whitfield 1-12, Daniel Bray 1-0.
Permian: Ja’Quan Richardson 7-158, Tabarie Jones 4-26, Isaiah Herrera 2-21, Andrew Helguera 1-15, Deonte Bass 1-10.
Interceptions
Abilene Cooper: None
Permian: Bryce Woody 1-0; Caleb Washington 1-24.
