Leps Fall to Lago Vista 36-2
Four weeks into the season the La Grange football team is still looking for answers.
They didn’t find any in the Hill Country.
The Leps made the long trip west to Lago Vista Friday and lost to the Vikings 36-2.
La Grange is now 1-3 this season with those losses coming to teams (Bellville, Columbus and now Lago Vista) that are a combined 11-1.
“We keep playing good teams like this, and I hope it makes us better,” said La Grange head coach Matt Kates. Lago Vista is a two-time defending state semifinalists, but each of the last two seasons the Leps won offensive slugfests against them. Not this time.
The Leps’ only points came when a snap went over the head of the Lago Vista punter and out of the endzone in the first quarter to put the Leps up 2-0.
Moments later an apparent C.J. Davis touchdown run was negated by an early whistle.
From there the Vikings (3-1) scored 36 unanswered points.
Clayton Knapik had a fumble recovery for the Leps.
“We had some chances early to make some big momentum plays. We had two field goals blocked,” said Kates. “The ball was in the air all night long. They made plays and we didn’t.”
Lago Vista senior quarterback Bowen Stobb was electric Friday, throwing for 302 yards and two touchdowns and running for 122 yards and two more touchdowns.
La Grange meanwhile, managed just 168 yards of total offense.
They did have some success early moving the football but two blocked field goals kept the offense off the scoreboard. “We’ll watch the film tomorrow and see a lot of good things, and a lot of frustrating things, a lot of sloppy things,” Kates said. “We’re still growing as a football team.” Now the Leps turn their attention to another long road trip, but in the opposite direction.
La Grange will head to East Texas Friday to play the Splendora Wildcats (1-3) whose only victory was in the season openers against Cleveland. Since then Splendora has been outscored 120-24 in three straight losses. After the Splendora game the Leps have an off week before beginning district play Oct. 7 at home against Smithville.
“I feel like we’re a better team than what we are showing,” said senior Cooper Imhoff, a two-way starter on the offensive and defensive lines. “We’re making careless mistakes that See Leps, we have to correct. We have to have good weeks in practice going into district. That’s where it really matters. We’ve got to pick it up, and we will pick it up.”
Lago Vista 36, La Grange 2
Score by quarters
LG Lago Vis.
Scoring summary First Quarter
La Grange 2 0 0 0 – 2 Lago Vista 0 13 14 9 – 36 Rushing Yds 110 161 Passing yards 58 305 Total yards 168 466 Comp-Att-Int 6-15-1 16-24-0 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 Punts 4-35.1 0-0 Penalties-yds 7-45 7-45 LA GRANGE – 0:44, Safety
Second Quarter
LAGO VISTA – 5:40, Bowen Stobb 18 run (kick failed) LAGO VISTA – 3:14, Stobb 27 run (Marlon Gavarrete kick) Third Quarter
LAGO VISTA – 8:31, Berend Kahlden 64 pass from Stobb (Gavarette kick) LAGO VISTA – 4:24 Kahlden 39 pass from Stobb (Gavarette kick) Fourth Quarter
LAGO VISTA –Deven Shipp 3 pass from David Garcia (conversion failed) LAGO VISTA – 41 field goal by Gavarette.
INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – La Grange: Jakobe Wilkerson 4-36, C.J. Davis 3-28, Jaden Williams 6-26, Bear Meng 4-23, Cody Krupala 2-9, Bravion Rogers 7-3, Jacob Chovanetz 1-1, Bennett Barber 1-(-5), Team 1-(-11); Lago Vista: Stobb 13-122, Wyatt Herring 11-43.
Passing – La Grange: Bear Meng 6 of 14 for 58 yards with 1 INT, Bennett Barber 0 for 1; Lago Vista: Stobb 15 of 23 for 302 yards and 2 TDs, David Garcia 1 of 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD.
Receiving – La Grange: Jaxon Cooper 2-38, Wilkerson 1-14, Nathan Scott 1-4, Jaden Williams 2-2; Lago Vista: Berend Kahlden 3-133, Ethan Helton 8-115.
District 12-4A
Cuero 3-1 Gonzales 2-2 La Grange 1-3 Smithville 1-3 Giddings 1-3 Caldwell 0-4 Friday’s scores:
Madisonville 63, Caldwell 8 CC Calallen 24, Cuero 8 Burnet 28, Giddings 7 Taylor 40, Smithville 35 Lago Vista 36, La Grange 2 Pleasanton 37, Gonzales 14
This week’s games:
Gonzales at Yoakum Giddings at Navarro Lago Vista at Smithville Jones at Cuero La Grange at Splendora