Freshman Red Dominates Fossil Ridge 38-6

Having opened the season with four very close games and posting a record of 2-2, the Texans establish a winning record with a rout of Keller Fossil Ridge. The Texans' performance was marred only by a sloppy second half offensively, in which they contributed three turnovers to the total of eight in the game. But the defense was the real star of this show, holding the Panthers to a net 2 yards rushing and a total of only 103, with four interceptions.

After an interception by Caleb White, the Texans drove 63 yards on 7 plays to score on a 10 yard run by quarterback Cade Garner. A Panther fumble led to the next scoring drive of 49 yards capped by a 5 yard touchdown run by Parker Kneis. Chase Morrison's leaping interception would set up yet another score, this time through the air with Morrison catching a Garner screen pass and taking it 21 yards for the touchdown. With all three 2-point conversions successful the Texans took a 24-0 lead into the halftime break.

The Texans' third interception by Sage Ricker led to the their final offensive touchdown when he returned the pick 35 yards to the Panther 19 yard line. Two plays later Reggie McDaniel ran 13 yards for the score. The defense would add the punctuation to a stellar performance when Tristan Demargosian took yet another interception to the house and then converted the 2-pt conversion as well.

The smothering defense was led by Jacob Parker, who was all over the field, with 7 tackles, Lane Allen, who joined Parker at linebacker in the game, with 4, and Duke Kicinski and Joe Gonzales each with 3.

It has been exciting to watch this team come together and I was happy to see the cohesiveness that has developed. The players are constantly building each other up and they play with great enthusiasm and confidence. It should be a great time watching them slay the Dragons next week. Go Texans!