games to close out the regular season. Once in the playoffs, the Wildcats beat
Coppell (52-24), Arlington (38-31 2OT),
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any could argue that the Guyer football team wasn’t supposed to make this kind of a run. The Wildcats were coming off a loss to Austin Westlake in the Class 6A Division II state title game in 2019. On top of that, all-world quarterback Eli Stowers injured his knee in that game and would likely not be ready by the start of the 2020 season.
Abilene (38-21), and Prosper (30-24 3OT) to set up its date with Cedar Hill.
Guyer led the Longhorns 10-7 after the first quarter but could not maintain that momentum.
“As I told them after the game, no one likes to lose, and no one ought to feel good right now,” new Guyer coach
Rodney Webb told the DRC following
that loss. “I don’t feel good, and I won’t feel good for a few days. But there’s
going to come a time where we look back
on the totality of this season and be proud of what we accomplished. Even with a loss today, I’m extremely proud of our kids for their perseverance, grit, toughness, and class.”
The question now becomes, where
does Guyer go from here? The Wildcats won’t have Stowers back next season,
but there is a ton of hype surrounding backup Jackson Arnold and a slew of
Star running back Kaedric Cobbs was
beginning of 2021,” Stowers told the
new faces that are sure to carry this
imagined at the time was that there’d be
Cedar Hill. “I can’t explain how blessed I
If one thing is for sure, don’t be so quick to
headed off to college, and what no one
a head coaching change in the offseason and a global pandemic thrown in as the cherry on top.
Most teams wouldn’t recover from
Denton Record-Chronicle after the loss to am from God to be on a team where we
fight for each other and love each other.
team into the future.
count the Wildcats out.
You really can’t ask for anything better
than that, regardless of what happened in
setbacks like that. But Guyer isn’t your
this game. It’s just a blessing to play on a
ordinary football team.
team like that.”
MOST TEAMS
In what should be applauded as a stellar
Despite the aforementioned knee injury,
those challenges to make a run to the
for the season opener against Hebron and
WOULDN’T
did not win — Cedar Hill dashed Guyer’s
standout season. The Texas A&M signee
game appearance with a 27-17 win — the
while rushing for 1,078 more yards and
should never — ever — be counted out.
offset the loss of Cobbs (2,641 rushing
campaign, the Wildcats overcame all of
Stowers made it back to the starting lineup
state semifinals in January. While they
proceeded to cobble together another
hopes of a second consecutive state title
threw for 2,487 yards and 18 touchdowns
SETBACKS LIKE
Wildcats finished 11-3 and proved they
another 18 touchdowns. His performance
THAT. BUT
yards and 42 touchdowns the year before)
GUYER ISN’T
“With all the things that happened this
year with COVID and us not being able to start in the summer — I love my team
so much for the way we fought through adversity that we had in 2020 and the 18 | LAKE CITIES LIVING | FEBRUARY 2021
and galvanized a team in desperate need of leadership.
Guyer opened the year 1-1 but proceeded to rattle off wins in six of their last seven
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