Caprock and Lubbock Monterey combined to crank out 716 yards of offense, score 10 touchdowns, kick two field goals, produce a 315-yard passer and a 231-yard rusher Friday night - by halftime.
Caprock quarterback Michael Guerrero threw for 481 yards and seven touchdowns and his team lead for a total of two minutes and 23 seconds of the marathon game ending at 10:52 p.m.
While Guerrero and his receivers - mainly Addison Bustos (9 catches, 191 yards, 4 touchdowns) and Tavi Jeffries (4 catches, 107 yards, 2 TDs) were shredding the Monterey defense up, the Monterey offense was running over Caprock in this game which saw 36 possessions (most game have about 20).
Mainly it was the no frills running of bullish junior Travon Benton.
Monterey coach Todd Pearson, a Perryton High graduate, called on Benton 34 times and the big running back produced 371 yards and scored six touchdowns.
Benton's running, along with Monterey quarterback Jacob Bartholomae's keepers out of the shotgun producing 163 yards and two touchdowns, paved the way to Monterey's 553 yards rushing.
"That was a great out there," an obviously fatigued Benton said. "I couldn't have done it without my offensive line."
When 136 points are scored, when the teams combine for 55 first downs, finding a key play is like finding a NFL replacement ref who is popular these days. Simply, impossible.
However, when Guerrero teammed with Jeffries on 43-yard scoring pass with 10:50 to play in the half, Caprock had the game knotted at 20.
Monterey took control, if such a word can be used in a 75-71 game, of this outrageous offensive game during a nightmare 27 second span before halftime.
Benton rolled out a 31-yard touchdown run - one of 14 of his runs gaining 10 yards or more - to put Monterey back ahead 26-20 with 7:10 to play in the half.
Caprock fumbled the kickoff - one of five turnovers lost in the game - and Monterey's Evan Gayler pounced on it at the 17. One play later, Bartholomae scored on a 17uard keeper for a 34-20 lead with 7:04 remaining.
Twenty-one seconds later, after Caprock fumbled on tis first offense play, Bartholomae scored from 38 yards out and Monterey suddenly 40-20 with 6:43 to play in the first half.
Caprock did pull within seven points before halftime at 40-33 on a pair of Addison Guerrero to Bustos touchdown passes. However, Benton answered with the first two touchdowns of the second half on runs of 3 and 8 yards to give Monterey a cozy 53-33 lead.
Simply put, this was a crazy night of numbers as he two teams combined for 19 touchdowns and 1,378 total offensive yards.
Caprock's Guerrero also continued his torrid pace and in five games has passed for 27 touchdowns and more than 2,000 yards.
The loss dropped Caprock to 3-2, while Monterey sits at 4-1. Caprock is open next week before beginning the much-anticipated District 3-4A race.
Caprock, Estrada 2-11, Bustos 2-11, Stewart 2-10, Guerrero 1-0.
PASSING: Monterey: Bartholomae 8-13-0-184; Caprock, Guerrero 25-39-2-481.
RECEIVING: Monterey, Fay 4-127; Caprock, Bustos 9-191.