Sports

by Ashlyn Sterling
    The Indians took a last-minute 25-21 loss to the Brazos Cougars on Sept. 5. Junior Dalton Service decided to use the loss as a way to learn what the team needed to fix. “We had a lot of turnovers and a lot of mess-ups,” said Service, “but as long as we don’t take this loss as a downer but as a lesson I think we’ll definitely come out a better team next week.”
    Two plays into the game senior Kameron Smith made a long run for the end zone, and there was no holding him back. Smith made the first touchdown of the game, and senior Arturo Almeda made the first after point attempt moving the score to 7-0.

by Michelle and Jason
Tumlinson
    Friday night the Industrial Cobras set out to lay claim to a 100 yard patch of earth found in Wildcat Country, but lost with a final score of 40-15. Athletic Director Jeff Rogers stated the team is still improving and getting better.
    The Cobras poised to strike opted to receive the opening kickoff. Quarterback #10 Brock Werckle lead the drive with a pass to #25 Trevor Ressman for a first down and a quarterback sneak took the Cobras up the field into Wildcat territory.
    Senior Brady Karl #32 charged through the Wildcat defense landing the Cobras within 15 yards of the end zone. Unable to convert on downs the Wildcats took possession of the ball. The Cobra defense showed their fangs and stopped the possession forcing the Wildcats to punt.

    The Ganado Maidens played Woodsboro on Aug. 26 and won in three games, 25-20, 25-19, and 25-22. Coach Bryan Branch said it was a good win to get.
    #14 Taylor Mirelez gave her team an ace, 39 attacks, 18 kills, a block, a dig, while #13 Valeria Garcia had 16 attacks, four kills, and a block. #1 Sarah Novak had an ace, an attack, two assists, plus #8 Alexis Mojica had an attack, a kill, and 22 assists. #15 Hannah Janssen had an ace, three attacks, and six digs, while #11 Cheyenne Galindo had eight attacks, three kills, and a block, in addition to #10 Kendall Alvarez’s seven attacks, and a kill.

    The Cowgirls competed in a Sinton tournament from Aug. 21-23. On Aug. 21, they played Ingleside and won in two games, 25-10 and 25-16.
    Ashley Myers had six kills, and a block, plus Haleigh Evans’ four kills, two aces, two digs, and 17 assists. Megan Callaway had five kills, and a block, plus a kill from Kadi Elledge. Crystal Coulter had six kills, two blocks, five digs, plus Rylee Morrow’s two kills, a block, and a dig. Bailey Brown had a kill, five digs, an assist and Reagan Luedecke had two kills. Kamryn Roman had an ace, eight digs, and Kim Ortolon added three digs.
    The Cowgirls also played Santa Gertrudis Academy and won 2-1, with the final scores being 28-26 Santa Gertrudis, 25-16 Cowgirls, and 25-20 Cowgirls.

    The Industrial Cobra volleyball team took the first place trophy at the Ganado Tournament on Aug. 21-23. Coach Donna Ragsdale said the team did a great job. “We are really starting to come together working hard to prepare for district play,” she said. “It will be here quick.”
    The Cobras had three wins on Thursday, Aug. 21, one against St. Paul, 25-20 and 25-8, another against Tidehaven, 25-5 and 25-19, and lastly against West Columbia 25-18 and 25-9. On Friday, Aug. 22, the Cobras beat out Boling, 25-19 and 25-18, and sealed their first place in pool play.

    The anticipation for Friday night’s season opener set in the Cobra den had been building for over a month. The Industrial Cobras set out to strike the invasion of the Shiner Comanches, but lost 27-0. The first game brought the hope of a new season and reason. Win The Day, the slogan for the 2014-2015 season, displayed along the fence line to serve as a reminder to the Cobras to give it everything both on and off the field.
    The first quarter was a defensive battle with both teams refusing to give either offense anything. Score at the end of the first quarter, 0-0.
    A punt by the Comanches kicked off the second quarter of play putting the Cobras on the five-yard line. Junior quarterback #10 Brock Werckle took a snap, stepped back to pass and was tackled in the end zone by the Comanches for a safety.

    The Edna Cowboys kicked off their 2014 season with a heartbreaking loss to a tough, Odem Owl team, final score 30-26.
    To start the game, Edna won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Cowboy defense came out strong and held Odem to a three and out on the Owls first offensive possession of the game. The new look Cowboy offense came out strong as well on their first possession when quarterback #18, Landon O'Connor connected with brother, Logan O'Connor #33 for the first touchdown of the game. The Cowboys took a 7-0 lead after an extra point by #60, Aaron Padilla.
    Odem answered back quickly with a running touchdown, but the extra point failed after Cowboys special teams came up huge when #62 Sergio Vega and #14 Xavier Palacios blocked the kick, keeping the lead 7-6 with 4:29 left in the first quarter.  Score remained 7-6 in favor of Edna at the end of the first.

    The Ganado Indians season opener was a 28-19 loss from the Rice Raiders that did not come until the end in Raider territory. The new Athletic director for the Indians, Jim Bird, commented, “We played good, hard, physical football, and we did a good job against a great offensive team. It’s early, and we have a lot of new kids to the varsity level. I can promise you that we will continue to play better every week until district. I am very proud of the kids that played their guts out tonight.”
    The first quarter was a tough defensive battle. The Raiders won the toss to receive, but shortly into the game the Indians had taken over on downs. This was later followed by a quick three-and-out that landed the Raiders with the ball. After yet another turnover on downs by the Raiders the Indians decided to make something happen. In the last remaining seconds of the first quarter sophomore Garrett McCann made a 25-yard run ending the quarter with a score of 0-0.

Friday night football scores for Aug. 29:

Industrial-0, Shiner-27

Ganado-19, Rice-28

Edna-26, Odem-30