Travis 8th Black 6 vs. Victoria Howell 14
The Fiddler’s Brandon Williams started out with runs of 15 and 10 yards, but were stopped by the Howell defense. Erik Lopez recovered a Wildcat fumble to give the Fiddlers the ball. The Fiddlers also had nice runs from Sage Flores and Miguel Molina to rumble down the field. After turnover on downs, Travis’s Molina recovered another Wildcat fumble to end the half at 0-6. Travis came back the second half with long runs by Damian Rodriguez 12 yards, Flores 10 yards, and Molina 8 yards. Jimmy Morin finally put Travis on the board. Defensive standouts : Erik Lopez, Brandon Williams, and Kaw Klar Htoo. Final score Travis 6 and Howell 14.
Travis 8th Gold 6 vs Howell 0
The Travis 8th grade gold team came up with a hard fought 6-0 victory Tuesday night against Victoria Howell. Preston Salinas and Mark Krause came up big defensively in the first half with each making tackles for a lose. A quarterback sack by Anrew Holsey and the assist by K.C. Carr set up Travis with great field position late in the second quarter. J.C. Garcia had a 15 yard run that set up the Fiddlers on the opponent’s 25 yardline but the drive was ended with a few miscues by the offense. The half ended with a score of 0-0. Opening up the second half was a 30 yard kick return by Raheem Jones. There continued to be no scoring until late in the 4th quarter when K.C. Carr and Preston Salinas came up with 2 big sacks on the quarterback to force a turnover on downs. This set up Travis on the opponents 30 yardline. With 9 seconds remaining in the game, the Fiddler offense was able to capitalize when Matthew Lerma ran for a 4 yard touchdown.
Travis 7th BLACK 8, vs. Howell 6
The Travis black team got off to a strong start with an 8-6 win over the Howell Wildcats in Victoria on Tuesday night. The game was a steady fight the whole time until the Fiddlers pulled away in the closing seconds. In the first quarter, Joey Barrett had a big fumble recovery to stop the Wildcat drive deep in Fiddler territory. Casey Dean and Isaiah Falcon had several nice runs in the first half, and Brandon Escobar did a great job of directing the team down the field. The score was tied at zero after a hard fought first half. The Fiddlers were down 6-0 until Casey Dean broke loose and scored the Fiddler’s first touchdown with 20 seconds on the clock to tie the game at 6. Shortly after, Brandon Escobar ran in the 2 point conversion to seal the win for Travis.
Offensive standouts: Brandon Escobar, Isaiah Falcon, Casey Dean, and Ruben Garcia.
Defensive standouts: Ric Clifton, Caleb Cude, and Payton Carraway.
Travis 7th GOLD 0, vs. Howell 22
The Travis gold team got off to a rocky start after dropping the opener 22-0 to Howell. Travis and Howell traded turnovers twice in the first quarter. Dallas Trevino started off the second quarter with a 60 yard kickoff return to boost the Fiddlers spirit after falling down 6-0. The Wildcats scored again late in the second quarter to extend the lead to 14-0 at the half. The offense couldn’t get much going against a stingy Howell defense, although threatening several times, could not get on the scoreboard. Offensively they were lead by Angel Cortez who came in with a vengeance after teammate Wally Reyes was forced to leave the game due to a knee injury. Cullen Watkins anchored the offensive line throughout the game. Defensively they were lead by Matt Alvarado plugging up the middle and Dallas Trevino taking care of the secondary play.
Offensive standouts: Javi Pena, Angel Cortez, and Wally Reyes.
Defensive standouts: Seth Zapata, and Daniel Lieta.
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