Cypress Falls running back Shane Turner had four Division I offers entering Thursday night's nationally-televised game against Cy-Fair at The Berry Center.

After rushing for 195 yards and four touchdowns in addition to a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Turner's phone may be ringing non-stop from here on.

Turner upstaged Cy-Fair running back Sam McGuffie, a Michigan commitment, by running for touchdowns from 3, 35 and 69 yards and taking the second-half kickoff goal-line to goal-line.

"I hope I have some more offers. I hope all the colleges were watching this game," said Turner, who has been offered by Arizona, Fresno State, New Mexico State and Utah. "Everybody knows who Sam McGuffie is. Now I hope they know who I am. I try to make my mark."

Turner finished with well more than 300 all-purpose yards and has 1,037 rushing yards this season.

 
" 'The Missile' is unbelievable," Cy Falls (5-2 overall, 3-1 District 17-5A) coach David Raffield said. "It is amazing to me that every school in the country does not want a kid like that. I imagine those phones will be ringing off the hook after that. I'll tell you what, I'd love watching him for another four years somewhere."

The two teams combined for 792 yards of offense, with Cy Falls outgaining Cy-Fair 413-379. Golden Eagles quarterback Kolby Gray was 13-of-19 passing for 222 yards and an interception, throwing touchdowns of 10, 4 and 34 yards to Blake Shaw.

McGuffie ran for 163 yards and a 1-yard touchdown on 31 carries for the Bobcats (4-3, 2-2).

"We have a lot of big-play people. Sometimes you won't get the ball but the next week you will just because the defense has to key on so many people and it leaves a lot of people open," Shaw said. "Tonight was my night to be open because they were keying on the other guys and I took advantage of it."

Turner scored from 3 yards on the Eagles' first offensive play, from 35 yards on the first play of the second quarter and 69 yards on the first play of a possession midway through the second. Cy-Fair quarterback Gavin West threw touchdowns to Colby Goodwin (1 yard) and John Leonhardt (23 yards) and scored from a yard for leads of 16-7 and 23-21 before Turner's long run.

Gray found Shaw from 10 yards 30 seconds before halftime to put Cy Falls ahead 28-23, then Turner was barely touched to start the second half.

"I saw the hole and I just ran," Turner said. "We're a fast-scoring team. We had no doubt we could come back."

Shaw caught touchdowns from 4 and 49 yards in the third quarter to increase the lead to 49-30. McGuffie cut it to 49-37 on his score with 8:29 left, and Cy-Fair still had life until DaMarcus Sessum intercepted West at his own 3 with 2:33 to play.

West was 10-of-20 for 207 yards.

Darius Bolden caught four passes for 114 yards for Cy Falls; Cy-Fair's Michael Zorn caught five for 136.

"I didn't feel like it was out-of-hand until the final tick came off that clock," Raffield said. "We're really excited. What a great thing for these kids and this school."

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