Thorndale, 1-1 in district play, travels to Weimar Friday to face 0-2 Wildcats
After opening up district a week before with a 36-7 win in Schulenburg, the shoe was on the other foot in Milam County as Thorndale couldn’t bounce back from early scoring by Flatonia, who defeated THS, 37-13.
“We got inside the 10-yard line twice in the first half and didn’t score,” THS coach John Kovar told David Hall on Facebook Live following the game. “It should’ve been 21-21 with us right there with them, but we didn’t score.”
“We have to do that to keep up with a really good football team. That’s as much speed as we’re going to see all year,” Kovar said. “If we execute and punch it in, it could have been a battle until the end. But we just didn’t execute.”
Flatonia took an early lead in the first when dual threat Jaidyn Guyton scored on a six-yard run. A successful extra point by Uriel Manzano put the other team named the Bulldogs up 7-0 at the close of the first quarter.
FHS gained even more steam in the second as quarterback Fidel Venegas scored on a 19-yard run early in the second. Flatonia boosted their advantage over Thorndale when Guyton went from one end zone to the other on a 98-yard pass from Venegas. This put the Fayette County team up 21-0 with 2:47 left in the opening half.
Thorndale chipped away at the lead 20 seconds later when Jayden Clawson scored hi s s e vent h touchdown of the season on a 68-ya rd pass from Coy St ut t s. THS trailed 21-7 at halftime. was more of the same as Flatonia’s Kobe Burton scored on a two-yard run early in the third. FHS padded their lead 10 seconds into the fourth when Guyton scored on a 58-yard run, going up 35-7.
Thorndale answered back two minutes later with a 23-yard TD pass from Stutts to Clason Beasley, but Flatonia blocked the kick and returned to the end zone for two more points. This put FHS up 37-13, which was the final score that night.
STATS— Clawson and Beasley led the team’s receiver core with Clawson racking up 111 yards on three catches while Beasley caught eight passes for a total of 107 yards. Stiles Patin also averaged 12 yards per reception with 48 yards on four catches. Stutts was 18-of-28 with 274 yards, three intercept ions thrown and two touchdow n s . T he THS senior also ran for 21 yards. Raymond Avalos was the team’s leading rusher with 44 yards on six carries.
THIS WEEK— With a record of 1-1 after their first two games of play in District 13-2A-I, Thorndale hops back on the bus this Friday to face 0-2 Weimar.
The Wi ldc at s wer e picked to finish last in district by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and are coming off a 21-13 loss to Thrall, the team that is picked to finished second to last. In the week before their cat fight with the Tigers, WHS lost their district opener to perennial power Holland, 49-7.
Weimar is under firstyear head coach Wade Griffin who comes from Giddings where he went 28-20 in four seasons leading the Buffaloes.
WHS relies mostly on their running game with Dreylon McMillian and Wyatt Lacina that are protected by junior linemen Emanuel Gaytan, Hudson Ervin and Jonathan Alamilla, who also gets some looks as a tight end.
Despite Weimar’s reputation, the Bulldogs know they can’t look past any opponent and have to rebound from their game with Flatonia.
“We’ll see how our kids respond,” Kovar said. “We’ll coach them hard and see how it goes this week.”
Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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