Marble Falls football gets first win vs. San Antonio Jay
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
SAN ANTONIO — Not even lightning could keep the Marble Falls High School football team from earning its first victory of the season.
The Mustangs (1-1) defeated San Antonio Jay 60-43 on Sept. 6
Mustangs head coach Matt Green said the team made vast improvements after its Week 1 loss to cross-county rival Burnet.
After Jay took a 14-0 lead, Marble Falls answered with a two-play touchdown drive with senior running back Tyler Ryan running it in from eight yards out. The key play of the drive came when junior quarterback Brennen Wooten found junior receiver Jacob Metcalf for a 72-yard pass. The extra point was missed.
On its next possession, Jay was forced to punt and pinned Marble Falls at its own two.
Wooten promptly led a 14-play drive that ended when he found his brother, sophomore receiver Aaron Wooten, for a seven-yard touchdown pass. Senior defensive lineman Melvin Sanchez’s kick was good to trim the deficit to 14-13. During the drive, Marble Falls converted plays on third down. The key play was a 44-yard pass to sophomore running back Daven Manning.
Then came a 45-minute weather delay due to lightning.
When the game resumed, Jay scored a 50-yard touchdown on an Ortega run for a 20-13 lead.
But Wooten wouldn’t be denied. He directed a 76-yard drive that ended when Ryan scampered in for a two-yard score for a 20-20 halftime tie.
On the opening drive of the second half, Marble Falls took the lead for good. Wooten found his brother for a 14-yard touchdown.
Green said he felt like his team was in control of the game late in the third quarter, about the time junior receiver Eric Cauble caught a 16-yard touchdown pass for a 34-27 lead.
Senior running back Royal Brown ran in a 35-yard touchdown, then Brennen Wooten called his own number for a 14-yard scoring run. Ryan added an eight-yard touchdown, and sophomore quarterback Cade Cool ran in a 19-yard touchdown.
By then, Green said, the Marble Falls offensive and defensive lines wore down Jay.
“Offensively, we didn’t have to throw the ball anymore,” he said.
He was especially pleased Marble Falls did not commit the drive-killing mistakes it did in Week 1. They had only one turnover that Jay turned into a touchdown.
But the Marble Falls offense came right back for a score of its own.
Green said he told his offense the defense was playing very well.
“We have to give them some help,” he said. “The more we practice and the more we play, the kids are going to get better. We didn’t have the missteps.”
Sophomore defensive back Sam Harkins was unstoppable. He had two interceptions and many pass deflections. The defense recorded at least four sacks and forced two turnovers on downs.
“(The defensive backs) made plays, they hit people,” Green said. “They tackled in space.”
Marble Falls returns home Sept. 12 to host Boerne High at Mustang Stadium, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls, at 7:30 p.m.
jfierro@thepicayune.com
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Marble Falls: 6-14-14-26 — 60
San Antonio Jay: 14-6-7-16 — 43
FIRST QUARTER
J – Juan Ortega 1-yard run (Miccael Urrutia from Moses Reynolds), 9:14
J – Michael Moreno 9-yard pass from Reynolds (run failed), 6:28
MF – Tyler Ryan 9-yard run (kick failed), 5:58
SECOND QUARTER
MF – Aaron Wooten 7-yard pass from Brennen Wooten (Melvin Sanchez kick), 11:16
J – Juan Ortega 50-yard run (pass failed), 9:40
MF – Tyler Ryan 3-yard run (Sanchez kick), 3:03
THIRD QUARTER
MF – Aaron Wooten 14-yard pass from Brennen Wooten (Melvin Sanchez kick), 8:27
J – Moses Reynolds 11-yard run (Bishop Wood kick), 6:38
MF – Erick Cauble 16-yard pass from Brennen Wooten (Sanchez kick), 4:35
FOURTH QUARTER
MF – Royale Brown 35-yard run (kick failed), 11:03
MF – Brennen Wooten 14-yard run (kick good), 7:00
J – Reynolds 17-yard run (Wood kick), 6:38
MF – Ryan 8-yard run (kick failed), 4:47
J – Moreno 15-yard pass from Reynolds (Daytwon Sheridan pass from Reynolds), 3:12
MF – Cade Cool 19-yard run (kick good), 2:20
J – Sheridan 52-yard pass from Reynolds (Ortega run), 1:12
TEAM STATS
MARBLE FALLS
First downs: 21
Total net yards: 730
Rushes-yards: 40-403
Passing: 327
Interceptions: 0
Comp-att-int: 17-29-0
Fumbles-lost: 1-1
Penalties-yards: 7-64
SAN ANTONIO JAY
First downs: 20
Total net yards: 509
Rushes-yards: 44-310
Passing: 199
Interceptions: 2
Comp-att-int: 15-28-2
Fumbles-lost: 4-0
Penalties-yards: 5-30
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING – Marble Falls, Brennen Wooten 4-25-1 touchdown, Tyler Ryan 9-78-3 touchdowns, Royale Brown 10-109-1 touchdown, Jacob Metcalf 3-34, Daven Manning 12-136, Ethan Leach 1-1, Cade Cool 1-19-1 touchdown. Jay, Moses Reynolds 23-159-2 touchdowns, Juan Ortega 15-133-2 touchdowns, Daytwon Sheridan 2-4, Miccael Urrutia 2-14
PASSING — Marble Falls, Brennen Wooten 17-29-327-3 touchdowns. Jay, Moses Reynolds 15-28-199-2-2
RECEIVING – Marble Falls, Brown 2-26, Metcalf 6-158, Aaron Wooten 3-34-2 touchdowns, Manning 2-60, Peyton Emery 1-5, Eric Cauble 3-44-1 touchdown. Jay, Ortega 1-10, Santos Huerta 5-46, Daytwon Sheridan 5-79-1, Urrutia 1-8, Michael Moreno 3-56-1