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GISD Football Is Back! East View, Georgetown Open Their Seasons
Patriots Play Host To Hays By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
And that was evident in the scrimmage with the Maroons. In the weather-abbreviated controlled scrimmage, GHS scored on a back-to-back passes of 44 yards to the Texas State-bound Corrales and 70 yards to Knudson. The Eagles added three more scores in the first and second periods in three quarters of game-condition play with a running clock after the weather delay. Those GHS touchdowns—supplemented by three extra points by all-state kicker Luiz Diaz— came on the Eagles first three drives after the 70-minute delay. The first drive that was highlighted by a 37-yard pass from Herman to Leggett was climaxed by running back Cade Sill's 3-yard run. The second score came on an 11-yard pass from Herman to Corrales, and the final touch-
East View, starting its fifth season of UIL championship competition, will face potentially the toughest season-opening test in its short history at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the GISD Athletic Complex in Buda Hays. The Rebels are a proven 6A program picked to once again be a playoff contender. This time in six-team District 25-6A, which boasts such playoff warhorses as Lake Travis, Austin Westlake, Vandegrift and Vista Ridge. Coach Rob Davies' Patriots are 4-0 in openers having beaten Austin Travis and Austin Lanier twice by a combined score of 195-33. In three of those contests East View put 40 or more points on the scoreboard three times. The Rebels, who are coached by Neal La Hue also have been successful in their last 10 season openers, including seven victories. They have only lost once in the last six openers, losing to Boerne Champion, 44-27, in 2014. Neither team made the playoffs last season. Hays finished 5-5 with a 4-4 mark in District 14-6A, and the Patriots, who were slammed by injuries, went 3-7, including an 0-7 mark in rugged District 25-5A. East View is a consensus preseason eighth-place pick in nine-team District 19-5A, but Davies and his players are preparing to be one of the bigger surprises in Central Texas this season. Frankly, they don't figure to settle for table scraps. They have shown well in scrimmages with 6A Manor and former 25-5A rival Marble Falls. "I'm very excited about where we are at," Davies said after their session with Marble Falls. "Our young players are mixing well with the old kids, and we are improving every week. We are excited about playing our
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Georgetown head coach Jason Dean talks to his players after their lightening-delayed scrimmage with Austin SFA this past Friday. Photo by Russell Rinn
Eagles Face Brewer at Baylor’s McLane Stadium By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
Georgetown head coach Jason Dean says he wants this season's edition of the Eagles to be explosive. And what a better place to be explosive than McLane Stadium in Waco—a place where in 12 games since it was opened, Baylor has scored 621 points and gained 7,527 yards; that's 4.31 miles combined passing and rushing, if a person needs it condensed to a more understandable distance. One must remember that the last time the GHS varsity took the field it scored 66 points and produced 666 yards on 67 plays in a four-point Class 5A Division II area round playoff loss to Boerne Champion at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. And so the Eagles will travel up I-35 to
Waco on Saturday where they will open their campaign against Fort Worth Brewer at 7:30 p.m. Georgetown will enter the contest as a consensus second-place pick in nine-team District 19-5A against the Brewer Bears, who are picked fourth in 6-5A. The Bears also were a playoff team last year, losing 49-14 to Lake Dallas in bi-district. "We want to be explosive," Georgetown coach Jason Dean said after this past Friday's lightning-altered scrimmage with Austin SFA at House Park. "It's something we're stressing. We want it to be a back-breaker in our favor this season." With returning starting quarterback Chandler Herman and a receiving crew that includes Division I recruit Beau Corrales, multi-talented Caden Legget, lengthy Nic Crombie, and senior Colton Knudsen, the Eagles have the potential to be explosive.
East View (in red) played Marble Falls in its final preseason scrimmage this past Friday. The Patriots open the regular season against Buda-Hays at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the GISD Athletic Complex. Photo by: Kimberly Willett