PECOS – Michael Cooley ran for 143 yards and scored four touchdowns and Karl Lamming added three touchdowns as No. 1 Borden County trounced Balmorhea 54-8 in a six-man regional playoff Friday.

Cooley scored on runs of 48, 1 and 17 yards and a 57-yard punt return. Lammig, a backup quarterback and cornerback, scored with a 10-yard fumble return, a 79-yard interception return and a 12-yard run. The last ended the game by 45-point rule midway through the third quarter.

Borden County (12-0) set up a rematch with district rival Sands. The game tentatively is scheduled for next Saturday at Lowrey Field at a time to be determined. Borden County won the regular-season meeting between the two 40-20.

SIX-MAN REGIONAL PLAYOFF

at Pecos HS

BORDEN COUNTY 54, BALMORHEA 8

Borden County 16 32 6 – 54

Balmorhea 8 0 0 – 8

Game ended by 45-point rule.

TEAM STATISTICS

BC BAL

First downs 9 3

Rushes-yards 18-209 20-83

Passing yards 0 108

Comp.-att.-int. 0-3-1 6-14-2

Punts-avg. 0-0.0 2-35.0

Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-1

Penalties-yards 4-45 4-18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Borden County, Michael Cooley 10-143, 3 TDs, Tony Soto 3-31; Balmorhea, Alexander Mendoza 4-43, Jeremy Baeza 10-22.

PASSING: Borden County, Miles Valentine 0-3-1-0 ; Balmorhea, Nigel Lozano 5-11-2–100

RECEIVING: Balmorhea, Ryan Mondragon 3-78, TD, Baeza 1-15.

RECORDS: Borden County 12-0, Balmorhea 8-3.