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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 THE ADVOCATE
GHS Comes Back To Stay Unbeaten Eagles Hope To Go To 3-0 In 19-5A At Bastrop On Friday
Georgetown senior Beau Corrales (15), the leading receiver in District 19-5Am, hurdles Elgin defender Xavier Bell during the Eagle’s 62-20 victory Friday night. Photo by Russell Rinn
By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
There aren't many ills in football that a string of 48 unanswered points won't solve—especially when a team is only behind by six points at the genesis of the streak. So it was for Georgetown this past Friday night, playing at home for the first time this season before a large homecoming crowd at the GISD Athletic Complex. Elgin's Wildcats roared into the game with a seemingly unstoppable offense and then exited as Mildcats on the very short end of a 62-20 score. The victory improved the Eagles season and District 19-5A records to 4-0 and 2-0, leaving them in a first-place tie with topranked Cedar Park. GHS currently stands No. 10 in the Old Coach 5A Top 25 and 13th in Texas Football Magazine's rankings. Trailing 13-6 after the first quarter, senior kicker Luiz Diaz bookended one of the longer scoring streaks in recent school history with field goals of 39 and 35 yards. He started the assault with 11 minutes and 58 remaining in the first half and ended it with 56 seconds left in the third quarter. The Eagles scored 31 points in the second quarter and 17 in the third. The only turnover of the contest—a fumble recover by Tavian Smith—set up Diaz's second field goal. Coach Jason Dean and his Eagles will Eagles cont. on B4
No. 1 Cedar Park Tops East View Patriots To Host Cedar Creek Friday For Homecoming By Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent
What do you do if you’ve lost your last game while giving up 65 points; are missing one of your key offensive players due to injury; and are playing The Associated Press' No. 1-ranked team in the state? If you are the East View Patriots this past Friday, you strap on your head gear, defy a large homecoming crowd at Gupton Stadium set on intimidating you and play your hearts out. The Patriots lost the District 195A game 35-20, but were in it to the end. With 1:27 left on the game clock, sophomore running back Zion Hester (31 carries for 192 yards) sprinted 25 yards to pull East View to within eight points at 28-20. The try for two was stopped by the Timberwolves' defense, and the Patriots could not successfully execute the expected on-sides kick as the ball failed to travel the mandatory 10 yards. Taking over at the Patriots 49-yard line, the T-Wolves ran two short dive plays before all-state running back/linebacker Tyler Lavine, who had nine carries for 77 yards and two touchdowns, broke through an exhausted East View defense for a 44-yard score. Lavine’s touchdown and the ensuing extra point pushed the point spread to 15 and resulted in the final score. The Timberwolves retained their No. 1 ranking in the wire service poll and are
East View Zion Hester (10) provided the majority of the Patriots’ running game against the Cedar Park Timberwolves. Photo by Chris Cutler
now 4-0 for the season and 2-0 in district 19-5A. Both Texas Football and The Old Coach websites continue to rank Cedar Park fourth behind Manvel, Denton Ryan and Aledo. East View fell to 1-3 for the season and 0-2 in district competition. However the young and inexperienced Patriots had several bright spots on which to focus. Sophomore Hester (5-foot-10, 175 pounds) took on workhorse duties with the absence
of injured junior Torrie Davis, racking up 192 yards against a highly acclaimed Cedar Park defense. The Patriots became the first team to score more than 13 points on the Timberwolves this season. East View will now go to the opposite end of the standings at 7:30 p.m. when they play Bastrop Cedar Creek (1-3, 0-2 in 195A) in the Patriots' homecoming game at the GISD Athletic Complex.
The Eagles have found the going tough in their first two district adventures, falling to Elgin, 43-0, and sister-school Bastrop, 43-9. Their lone victory was in their second game, a 28-26 win over Class 3A Division I Smithville. In its five seasons of UIL football, Cedar Creek has posted an 8-37 record. Half of the victories came last season in a 4-7 campaign that ended with a 61-8 EV cont. on B6