RATTLER FRESHMEN TROUNCE CONNALLY 

            THE SAN MARCOS HIGH FRESHMEN TRAVELED TO PFLUGERVILLE ON THURSDAY TO TAKE ON THE CONNALLY COUGARS.  BOTH RATTLER TEAMS WERE ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH LOPSIDED WINS.  THE PURPLE TEAM RECORDED THEIR THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A 36-6 VICTORY WHILE THE WHITE TEAM MOVED TO 3-0 WITH AN EASY 42-8 WIN.

            IN THE “A” TEAM GAME, THE RATTLERS USED AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE TO EASILY OUTSCORE CONNALLY.  THE RATTLERS EXPLODED OUT OF THE GATES AS THEY SCORED 14 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.  THE COUGARS BROUGHT THE SCORE TO 14-6 EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER ONLY TO SEE THE RATTLERS TACK ON TWO MORE TOUCHDOWNS BEFORE INTERMISSION.  SAN MARCOS LED AT THE HALF 28-6.

AFTER A SCORELESS THIRD STANZA, THE RATTLERS ADDED A TOUCHDOWN MIDWAY THROUGH THE 4TH PERIOD.  THE TRY FOR TWO WAS GOOD BRINGING THE FINAL SCORE TO 36-6.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS FOR THE RATTLERS WERE:

 CHRIS CRUZ 12 ATT/75 YDS 2 TD’S
CHRIS TOVAR 9 ATT/74 YDS 1 TD
SCOTT CAMACHO 8 ATT/33 YDS 1 TD, 1 PAT
ZACH CRUZ 1 ATT/2 YDS 1 TD

DEFENSIVELY, THE RATTLERS WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE COUGARS OUT OF ENDZONE TWICE ON TERRIFIC GOAL LINE STANDS.  THE RATTLERS WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE COUGARS ON DOWNS ONCE AT THE 3-YARD LINE AND THE OTHER AT THE 6-YARD LINE.

            DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS FOR THE RATTLERS WERE JOEL WILLIAMS WHO PICKED UP A COUGAR FUMBLE AND RACED 55 YARDS BEFORE GETTING TACKLED AT THE 2-YARD LINE.  DAVID PALKO FORCED ONE FUMBLE AND RECOVERED ANOTHER..DEFENSIVE ENDS GARY GONZALES AND ADRIAN VILLANUEVA PLAYED WELL.

            THE FRESHMAN WHITE TEAM BLASTED THE COUGARS 42-8 AS THEY WERE ABLE TO SCORE AT WILL DURING THE CONTEST.  THE RATTLERS SCORED ON THEIR FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE ON A 60-YARD RUN BY BRANDON BANKS.  THE RATTLERS RACED OUT TO 42-0 HALFTIME LEAD AS THEY COASTED TO AN EASY VICTORY. 

            BANKS WAS THE OFFENSIVE STAR FOR THE RATTLERS AS HE REACHED THE ENDZONE 4 TIMES DURING THE CONTEST.  QUARTERBACK, LAUREN MORALES, REACHED PAYDIRT ONCE WITH FULLBACK, LUCAS MENDOZA, ADDING A TOUCHDOWN.

            THE DEFENSE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL WITH ALBERT FERNANDEZ, NICK VARGAS, ZACH HOLLAND, AND MICHAEL HERNANDEZ LEADING THE CHARGE.

            BOTH TEAMS ARE ON THE ROAD THIS WEEK.  THE PURPLE TEAM TRAVELS TO BURNET TO TAKE ON THE BULLDOGS IN A 5:00 CONTEST.  THE WHITE TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO JUDSON FOR A 4:30 BALL GAME.