Friday Football Previews
La Grange vs. Smithville
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Smithville Records: Both teams are 1-4. Of Note: Smithville is averaging just 16 points per game this season and just 71 yards per contest on the ground and 83 a game through the air. Take away the Tigers’ seasonopening 37-0 win over Austin and those numbers look even worse. By contrast, the Leps have had no trouble scoring most of the season, even tallying 63 points in a win over Splendora last time out, which snapped their four-game losing streak. The Leps seem to be grasping the fast-paced offense of new head coach Kyle Cooper, whose son Clayton had a hand in five touchdowns against Splendora. Defense has been another story as the Leps are allowing 51.6 points per game.
Last meeting: Last season La Grange lost to Smithville 14-10. The Leps only points came from a touchdown pass from Bear Meng to Nate Scott and a Phillip Arceneaux field goal. Smithville held La Grange to just 185 total yards. Smithville QB Derrick Roberson ran for a touchdown and threw a 54-yard TD pass to Ramonz Adams.
District 12-4A
Cuero 4-0 Gonzales 2-2 La Grange 1-4 Smithville 1-4 Giddings 1-4 Caldwell 1-4
Friday’s games:
La Grange at Smithville Caldwell at Gonzales Giddings at Cuero
Flatonia vs. Hearne
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Hearne Records: Flatonia is 4-2 overall and 1-1 in district. Hearne is 1-4 and 0-1.
Of Note: Flatonia got back on track last week with a 35-28 victory over Thorndale, rallying from a 14-point deficit and getting two TD runs each from Kobe Burton and Keegan Green. Burton has now run for a teamhigh 461 yards and 10 TDs this season. Rambo Ramirez leads the Bulldogs in tackles this season with 39 and Burton has 37. Hearne, meanwhile, is coming off a 10-0 loss to Schulenburg. Scoring points has been a issue for the defensivelygifted Eagles all season and they are averaging only 12.4 points per game. Their only victory this season came against Elkhart.
Last meeting: Flatonia defeated Hearne 35-20 last season as Fidel Venegas ran for two TDs and threw for TDs to Jaidyn Guyton and Dayton Cliffe.
District 13-2A
District Overall
Schulenburg 2-0 3-3 Thrall 2-0 5-1 Holland 1-0 5-0 Flatonia 1-1 4-2 Hearne 0-1 1-4 Weimar 0-2 4-2 Thorndale 0-2 0-6
Friday’s games: Flatonia at Hearne Holland at Thrall Weimar at Thorndale Schulenburg is off.