Llano football on the road against ‘solid’ Billies
[box]GAMETIME
Llano Yellow Jackets at Fredericksburg Billies
KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27
WHERE: Battlin’ Billie Stadium, 1107 Texas 16 South in Fredericksburg[/box]
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
LLANO — The Llano High School football team travels to Fredericksburg on Sept. 27 for only its second road game of the season.
The Yellow Jackets (2-2) and the Billies (3-1) meet at 7:30 p.m. at Battlin’ Billie Stadium, 1107 Texas 16 South in Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg’s only loss was on Week 1 to Burnet, 40-27. Since then, the Billies have beaten San Antonio Memorial 57-14, Brady 34-6 and Lampasas, another member of District 8-3A along with Burnet and Llano, 24-7.
“They are very solid,” Llano head coach Craig Slaughter said. “Good athletic quarterback. Multiple formations. Active defense. Very impressive team.”
That quarterback is Kyle Grona, who has completed 40 of 80 passes for 594 yards and three touchdowns and three interceptions and has 49 rushes for 349 yards and seven touchdowns.
Senior running back Paco Martinez is the top rusher with 67 carries for 351 yards and three touchdowns followed by senior running back Joaquin Rivera with 17 rushes for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Rivera also has nine catches for 107 yards.
Junior receiver Brayden Beard leads the Fredericksburg receivers with six catches for 116 yards
The Fredericksburg offense is averaging 36 points a contest, and the defense is allowing an average of 17 points.
The Yellow Jackets will try to bounce back from a 14-0 loss to Boerne High on Sept. 20. The Greyhounds recorded 160 yards on the ground and 115 yards in the air.
But Llano couldn’t get its spread offense going.
“We struggled offensively,” Slaughter said. “Just no consistency and did a poor job of sustaining drives.”
Though it rained all day, the coach refused to use that as an excuse.
“I’m sure it played a part,” he said. “But both teams played in the same conditions. We did a poor job blocking and executing.”
jfierro@thepicayune.com