Coming into this week, Katy knew how Summer Creek felt about the Tigers.

The Bulldogs motto this season was ‘unfinished business’, coming from last years regional final where the two teams faced off. Katy came away with a hard fought victory in that matchup.

The Tigers have unfinished business from last year too, they still feel the sting from a state semifinal loss to Austin Westlake that kept the team from advancing to the state championship for the second straight season.

The Tigers weren’t interested in any unfinished business from Summer Creek getting in the way. Katy put to bed any thought of an upset, topping the Bulldogs 35-7 and advancing back to the Class 6A-Division II Region III Final.

“Their big mantra for this year was ‘unfinished business,’” said Katy head coach Gary Joseph. “We didn’t finish last year in that game either though. The kids knew that and I think they were very focused today on what they were doing, and they did a really good job of executing the entire game.”

Katy got to work quickly in the game, after forcing a three-and-out on Summer Creek’s opening possession, the Tigers came right down the field and scored on a Seth Davis 4-yard touchdown run. The Tigers doubled that lead on their next possession as Chase Johnsey scored on a 1-yard run before they scored twice more in the second quarter on passes of 25 and 14 yards from Caleb Koger to Adam Jackson and Luke Carter respectively.

Katy scored on all but one possession in the first half while holding Summer Creek completely in check defensively.

“We knew the key for us was going to be patient,” said senior running back Seth Davis. “We might not get big plays every single time, but we just had to keep pounding the rock, playing our game and eventually we would grind away at them.”

Katy closed things out by continuing to be dominant in the second half, they gave up a touchdown late in the third quarter to Summer Creek on a 3-yard pass from Jahrik Jones to Roriyon Richardson, but Davis closed things out in the fourth quarter with an 18-yard touchdown run. Davis rushed for 225 yards and two touchdowns on the day on 27 carries, the first time he has had that kind of workload in months as Katy has been able to keep him fresh and healthy throughout the year.

“It comes down to my offensive line,” Davis said. “They did such a good job today and so did the fullbacks, the tight ends and receivers. We knew they were a good football team but we just kept fighting and they were able to open up some really big holes in the run game.”

Defensively, Katy kept Summer Creek from ever getting in rhythm, halting any momentum they ahd in the pass or run game in the first three quarters and only allowing yards one the game was out of hand in the second half.

“That’s who we’ve been all season long on that side of the ball,” Joseph said. “I think we did a really good job of stopping the run and making them one dimensional. We missed some tackles and some opportunities for sacks, but that’s the kind of thing we can work on and correct. I’m proud of the kids up front they did a really good job and led our offense very well.”

The Tigers advance to play in the regional final, where they will meet CE King at 7 p.m. Friday at NRG Stadium.

“We have to be more physical than we were this week,” Joseph said. “I think that’s the one area we have to be better at against King. (Summer Creek head coach Kenny) Harrison told me that it’s the most physical defensive front he’s played all year, they have a lot of respect for them and we do too. We just have to come out and play our game. Be physical, run the ball and do what Katy does best.”

Katy 35, Summer Creek 7

First quarter

K: Seth Davis 4 run (Hunter Ondrush kick) 7:56

K: Chase Johnsey 1 run (Ondrush kick) 3:48

Second quarter

K: Caleb Koger 25 pass to Adam Jackson (Ondrush kick) 11:14

K: Koger 13 pass to Luke Carter (Ondrush kick)

Third quarter

SC: Jahrik Jones 3 pass to Roriyon Richardson (Julien Cano kick) 5:20

Fourth quarter

K: Davis 18 run (Ondrush kick) 2:55

Team stats

Individual Statistics

Rushing – Katy: Seth Davis, 27-225-2; Dallas Glass, 16-71-1; Chase Johnsey, 8-30-1; Romarian Tillman, 2-6; Summer Creek: Lloyd Avant, 13-46; Jahrik Jones, 4-37;

Passing – Katy: Caleb Koger, 8-15-92-2-0; Summer Creek: Jahrik Jones, 17-34-221-1-0

Receiving – Katy: Adam Jackson, 4-50-1; Chase Johnsey, 3-29; Luke Carter, 1-13-1; Summer Creek: Roriyon Richardson, 7-90-1; Melvin Nichols, 4-62; Kordell Rogers, 4-42; Lloyd Avant, 1-16; Justin Wilson, 1-11;