Sports

    Friday night, the Ganado Indians came out with a win against the Wallis-Brazos Cougars with a staggering score of 54-20.
    “We played much better tonight- more like the way it’s supposed to be in Ganado. It was physical, and we finished plays,” said Defensive Coordinator Johny Lesak, “We’re moving these guys forward, and we’re going to just keep getting stronger all the way around.”

     Tuesday evening, Sept. 8 at home, the Ganado Maidens tried hard but lost their first district game in three matches against Schulenburg. The Lady Horns have been ranked number one in the district in past years and tonight was no different, as they were still playing with fire and intensity.

     Kylie Hicks started the game with her serve, but the Maidens didn't get their first point until a Lady Horn serve was short, 6-1. Delaney Workman stepped up as a setter in the first match while Alexis Mojica took the back row and catch some Schulenburg serves. The Maidens had no choice but to up their game against their opponents, and the Lady Horns brought Ganado together in a way they hadn't played before, although the score soon shot up to 15-4.

Ganado won hard against Brazos with their first win, and a score of 54-20.

Edna took the night against Aransas Pass with their first win of the season, 52-33.

Industrial lost against Weimar with a score of 23-0.

    The Edna Cowgirls played the Cuero Lady Gobblers on Aug. 25 and lost in three games, 20-25, 21-25 and 20-25. The Cowgirls also hosted a tournament this past weekend and lost to Bloomington in two games on Aug. 27, 23-25 and 16-25. They also played Brazos and lost in two, 23-25 and 19-25.
    Haleigh Evans said the main focus is getting the newer girls experienced before district play, since two of their varsity players are out on injuries. “We’re just trying to always talk to them and help them out with our quicker schemes on offense and working on our defense.”

    Head Coach Bryan Branch said the Ganado Maidens have struggled early in the season but are hoping to do better as the season goes along. The team played Rice Consolidated on Aug. 21 and 22 and lost both of those games, 25-20, 25-13 and 25-4 and 25-9. They also played Tidehaven on Aug. 13 and 11 and won both matches, 25-21, 25-15 and 21-25, 29-27, 25-17 and 25-14. On Aug. 28 they played Austwell-Tivoli and won in three, 25-11, 25-9 and 25-16.
    “Our win against Tivoli was very timely, we started the season with three seniors, one junior, four sophomore and two freshman on varsity. Two of the seniors suffered injuries and we pulled up another freshman to fill the gap,” said Branch. “Our struggles are a result of our poor passing and some very bad decisions.  Bad decisions are things like tipping it out of bounds or sending a free ball out of bounds, or simply down balling the ball in net.”

    The Industrial Cobra volleyball team has been playing hard preparing for district. They played Boling at home on Aug. 25 and won in three games, 25-8, 25-16 and 25-18.
    Libero player Skylar Chreene said the team played Boling twice in the Ganado tournament so they learned how to work around their big girl and their defense as well. “We practiced a lot this week to prepare for that game. We’re focused on working on and off pass, learning how to place the ball more and reading the other team’s defense,” she said.

    The 3A blue and white Rice Consolidated Raiders visited Ganado on Friday night for a friendly game of football and took the evening with a final score of 28-14.
    “We have a long ways to go, and we need to have improvement in the offensive line, such as assignments, techniques and probably overall more effort,” said Wright. “It’s a process, our schedule is brutally tough, and with a three-day practice week we just have a long ways to go before we can make more progress.” He added his biggest concern is the Indian offensive line. “We had a hard time containing the team and we gave up too many third-down conversions.”
    Captains and seniors #52 Ross Fowler and injured #5 Israel Cruz took the field to represent their team in the coin toss, but Rice won and chose to receive the ball. Junior #18 Jorge Campuzano kicked off the night and junior #4 Matthew Sterling was the first Indian to make a big stop in the game and get the fans revved up.

    Friday night the Industrial Cobras fell to the Shiner Comanches and suffered a hard first loss, 49-0. Athletic Director and Head Coach Kensey Allen said the team made a lot of mistakes, and were in the sort of position where if one guy makes a mistake then everything else backfires.
    “On Saturday morning we spoke to the team and learned it was the first Friday night game for 15 guys that . We have a lot of seniors and some who are inexperienced,” he said. “We want to make them realize we’re still going in the right direction and had some flashes of doing good things. It’s just making sure we’re more consistent. We’re not going to change a lot.”

    The Edna Cowboys traveled to Odem on Aug. 28 for their first game of the season to take on the Odem Owls and lost with a final score of 33-21.

Edna Cowboys lost to Odem there, 33-21.

Ganado Indians lost to Rice Consolidated at home, 28-14.

Industrial Cobras lost to Shiner there, 49-0.