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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016  THE ADVOCATE

Eagles, Patriots Win GHS Faces Hutto Test By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Hutto, fresh from winning a mythical Bryan city championship by pounding both Bryan (59-28) and Rudder (41-0) in its two non-district games, will challenge Georgetown, also 2-0, in the District 19-5A opener at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hippo Stadium. The Eagles, who are ranked in the second 10 of most 5A polls, and Hippos, No. 22 in one poll, are expected to light up the scoreboard in a contest that could carry major playoff implications by the end of the season. The winner will have a foot up in the battle to be among the top four finishers in the nine-team alignment after the first weekend in November. As a team, coach Steve Van Meter's Hippos are averaging 50 points and 457.5 yards a game, while GHS is producing 44.5

points and 396 yards a game. Many observers feel that game could become a dual between Eagles senior quarterback Chandler Herman and his counterpart Chase Griffin, a sophomore. Both have strong receiving corps. Herman has completed 50 of 69 passes for 580 yards and seven touchdowns, including 424 yards in the season-opening 49-28 win over Fort Worth Brewer. In this past Friday's 40-17 win over Hays at Bobby Shelton Stadium in Buda, the Rebels cooled his production considerably with some unexpected defensive schemes. Griffin has found the range on 41 of his 61 attempts for 609 yards and six touchdowns. Statistically, the big difference appears GHS cont. on B4

East View Stops Trojans By Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

Georgetown’s Caden Legget (right) celebrats his fourth quarter touchdown with teammate Beau Corrales during the Eagles’ 40-17 non-district victory over Buda-Hays Friday night at Bobby Shelton Stadium in Buda. Photo by Russell Rinn

The Drought Has Ended Patriots Claim First Win Over Georgetown East View Coach Kara Del Bosque, center, and her Lady Patriots Alexandra Stone (15), Ann Burke (3), Ashley O’Daniel (2), Devin Cavanaugh (4) and Rachel Wisian (14) celebrate their 16-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 victory over Georgetown on Tuesday, Aug 30. It was the Lady Patriots’ first victory in the five-year series between the GISD rivals. See story on page B2.

Photo by Russell Rinn

After a crowd-pleasing first half that saw a combined 610 yards of total offense and 49 total points, the East View Patriots settled down in the second half to dominate the Waco University Trojans, 35-28, this past Friday at the Waco ISD Stadium. “We are relatively young and maybe didn’t take them as seriously as we should have in the first half,” Patriots head coach Rob Davies said. “At the half we talked about what we’d done in the off-season and the kids sort of committed to getting the job done.” In the first half, the Patriots gave up eight runs from scrimmage of more than ten yards. In the second half, they gave up only two. “We just didn’t tackle them,” Davies said of the Trojans' first-half offensive explosion. “It wasn’t anything we changed at halftime to get them stopped. We just did what we should have been doing the whole game. It was nothing magic—just

football!” With their record even at 1-1, the Patriots could be facing their toughest challenge of the young season at 7:30 p.m. Friday when they play Rouse (1-1) in their District 195A opener at the GISD Athletic Complex. The Raiders are coming off a 52-38 loss to 6A Round Rock Westwood after beating 6A Manor, 44-21, in their opener. What looked like the beginning of an easy game this past Friday started about three minutes into the contest when Patriot runner Zion Hester (a 5-foot-11, 175 pound sophomore) broke loose on a 35-yard jaunt up the East View sideline for the game’s first score. Hester finished with 143 yards on only 11 carries. Fellow sophomore Reed Honshtein added the extra point. The surprisingly resilient Trojans, who were in the process of losing their 28th consecutive game, responded with two quick touchdowns of their own. University senior running back Nick Ward, who EV cont. on B5


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