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Flatonia Wins District Title

By News Staff
The Flatonia Bulldogs earned the title of District Champions on Friday after defeating the Holland Hornets 49-17. The Bulldogs traveled to Holland as a last minute decision was agreed upon to play at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon to avoid inclement weather. The Bulldogs will travel to San Antonio next Thursday to take on Junction in the Bi-District playoff game. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser
Dayton Cliffe heads to the end zone for Flatonia to keep the score rising in Friday’s win over Holland. Flatonia earned the District Champions title and meets up with Junction this week. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser
With 8:54 left in the 4th quarter of Friday’s district game against Holland, Colt Freytag runs in for a touchdown. The Flatonia Bulldogs defeated the Holland Hornets to take 1st place in the district. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

The Flatonia Bulldogs are district champs! With their eighth consecutive victory Friday, a 49-17 beat down of Holland, the Bulldogs clinched the District 13-2A title.

It is the first football district title for the Bulldogs since the 2016 team, which went four rounds deep in the playoffs.

The Bulldogs’ 9-1 mark in the regular season is the best since the 1988 state finalist team, which went 10-0 in the regular season.

This year’s Bulldogs begin the playoffs versus Junction at 7 p.m. this Thursday at San Antonio Davenport High School. The winner players the Freer/Three Rivers victor.

Friday it was Dayton Cliffe who led the way for Flatonia. He ran for touchdowns of 68 and 66 yards and also caught a 58-yard touchdown pass from Fidel Venegas.

In all, Venegas threw a trio of TD passes, including ones to Jaidyn Guyton and Colt Freytag as well. Venegas threw for 214 yards.

The Flatonia defense limited Holland to just 145 total yards. Holland finishes as the third place team in the district.

Flatonia 49, Holland 17

Score by quarters

Flatonia 7 15 13 14 – 49 Holland 3 0 7 7 – 17

Flatonia Holland

Rushing Yds 239 94 Passing yards 214 51 Total yards 453 145 Comp-Att-Int 12-18-0 5-12-0 Fumbles lost 1 1 Penalties-yds 4-29 3-28 Scoring summary FIRST QUARTER FLATONIA – Dayton Cliffe 58 pass from Fidel Venegas (Uriel Manzano kick) HOLLAND – 27 yard field goal Second Quarter

FLATONIA – Cliffe 58 run (Manzano kick) FLATONIA – Jaidyn Guyton 86 pass from Venegas (Kobe Burton conversion run).

THIRD QUARTER HOLLAND – 2 yard run FLATONIA – Venegas 2 run (Manzano kick) FLATONIA – Reese Ramirez blocked punt return (conversion failed) Fourth Quarter

FLATONIA – Dayton Cliffe 66 run (Manzano kick) FLATONIA – Colt Freytag 3 pass from Venegas (Manzano kick) HOLLAND – 11 yard run (kick good) INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – Flatonia: Dayton Cliffe 5-129, Fidel Venegas 11-102, Keyshaun Green 2-8, Larry Perez 2-1 Passing – Flatonia: Venegas 12 of 18 for 214 yards with 3 TDs.

Receiving – Flatonia: Jaidyn Guyton 4-133, Cliffe 2-63, Reese Ramirez 2-12, Kenyon Guyton 1-5, Colt Freytag 2-2, Keyshaun Green 1-(-1).

District 13-2A

District Overall

Flatonia 6-0 9-1 Thorndale 5-1 8-2 Holland 4-2 5-5 Hearne 3-3 5-5 Thrall 2-4 3-7 Weimar 1-5 3-7 Schulenburg 0-6 0-10

Last week’s scores:

Thorndale 53, Hearne 16 Thrall 38, Schulenburg 14 Flatonia 49, Holland 17

This week’s games:

Junction vs. Flatonia Mason vs. Hearne Holland vs. Stockdale Johnston City vs. Thorndale.

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