SANTA FE — For the second straight season, the Santa Fe Indians have started the season on a winning note.
Santa Fe’s new offense had plenty of success and the defense was stout in the Indians’ 20-3 win over the Sam Rayburn Texans on Friday.
Joseph Walton rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown, while Garet Davidson completed 12-of-17 passes for 95 yards and a score in the victory.
“Statistically, we felt like we dominated the game,” Santa Fe coach Jay Buckner said. “It actually didn’t show up on the scoreboard as high as we would have liked, because we should have scored three more touchdowns. We are very pleased with this performance, though. It’s a good way to start the year.”
Defensively, the Indians allowed just 171 yards and eight first downs. Star defensive end Shane Sobnosky also scored on a 12-yard fumble recovery in the third quarter to seal the victory for Santa Fe (1-0).
“Defensively, we had some huge stops inside the red zone,” Buckner said. “We kept them from scoring twice, and another time we limited them to just a field goal. We got real strong inside when we needed to.”
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Friendswood 36, Dayton 33
No Jacob Karam, no problem for the Mustangs’ offense.
New starting quarterback Peter Maetzold threw for 242 yards and three touchdowns for Friendswood. Chris O’Bryan (27 yards), Austin Ratcliff (37 yards) and Andrew Cole (31 yards) each had touchdown receptions for the Mustangs.
Cole also added 74 yards rushing and a touchdown, while Sam Giamfortone had a 3-yard score.
Friendswood (1-0) actually led 36-20 in the fourth quarter, before Dayton scored a couple of late touchdowns to make it close. Overall, Friendswood had 352 yards of offense and 17 first downs, to Dayton’s 320 and 15.
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Texas City 28, Alvin 24
Ryan Harper threw a 13-yard touchdown to Andrew Gutierrez with less than a minute remaining to give the Stings the comeback victory.
Justin Branch had a monster night for Texas City (1-1), rushing for 271 yards and three touchdowns. He had scoring runs of 4, 7 and 20 yards.
The game was tied at 14 at halftime and remained that way until the fourth quarter. Following an Alvin field goal, Branch gave Texas City the lead with a 20-yard run. Alvin answered with a 35-yard run by Bryce Jackson, leading to Harper and Gutierrez’s last minute heroics.
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Kingwood 16, Creek 13
The Wildcats lost a heartbreaker at home, as Kingwood kicked an 18-yard field goal with one second remaining in the game.
Creek (0-2) had led 13-3 in the first half, after a 34-yard touchdown pass from Jarryd Garza to C.J. McElroy and a pair of field goals by Mario Gurgel.
However, Kingwood rushed for 363 yards in the game, leading to the second-half comeback.
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Beaumont Kelly 42, Hitchcock 15
The Bulldogs’ young defense was eaten up by Kelly, allowing 485 yards of offense.
Hitchcock (0-1) trailed 21-7 at halftime and couldn’t close the gap.
Morris Tuck completed 18-of-30 passes for 160 yards and a 33-yard touchdown to Dwayne Barnes. JaMarcus McCardell also scored for Hitchcock on a 10-yard run, followed by a conversion pass by Tuck to Frank Garner. Darius Dotson added 92 yards rushing and 17 through the air.
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Westbury 20, Bay Area Christian 6
The Broncos could never get any offense going against Westbury Christian and fell to 0-2 on the season.
Bay Area’s lone touchdown came on an Andy Freeberg run from five yards out. Cody Henriques added 88 yards on the ground.
The Broncos defense played well, limiting Westbury Christian 265 yards and just two offensive touchdowns.
