With a wealth of defensive experience on the field, offense was slowed
Spring, TX – With two teams packed with experience on the defensive side of the ball, it was no surprise that offense looked a bit behind. Fort Bend Travis returned eight starters and two others that started in five games on a defense from a year ago that led them to the Bi-District round of the playoffs, last season. Friday night that same unit helped the Tigers battle Dekaney Wildcats to a 6-6 tie at George stadium.
Tiger’s defense was huge for most of the night, holding talented tailback Trey Williams in check for most of the evening until reaching the final part of the scrimmage which was the non-stop 10 minute running clock.
“I told the kids I was very proud of their effort. We play both sides of the ball for the first 24 snaps and then we got a little tire. We’re not in good pad shape yet but other than that, the first 24 plays we were running around like we need to be,” said Randy Cunningham Fort Bend Travis’ Coach. We had a few turnovers that hurt us. Defensively anytime you keep No. 3 in check (Trey Williams). Because every time he touches it you hold your breath and I thought our defense did a good job playing those guys. We just have to get in better shape to play 48 minutes. This is the fastest most athletic defense since we’ve been here.”
Dekaney took possession at their 20 yard line and moved inside the Tigers territory down at the 44 yard line. On the next play from scrimmage, Williams took a handoff, sweeping right while shifting into another gear as he raced untouched down the right side line to finalize the drive. The Texas A&M commit comes in as the No. 2 ranked running back in the nation according to Rivals100.
“Obviously we played against a great football team tonight and offensively we came out slow,” said Willie Amendola Dekaney’s Coach, which we didn’t execute in the first two possession, we finally got it going from a team aspect.”
With seven returning defensive starters, including linebackers Cody Perdue and Myles Curl, the Wildcats were just as dominate but showed weakness in their pass defense. But that was nothing to hang their heads about for the sake of facing what many believe is the best receiving corps in the Tigers’ young history. Led by Cody Moncure, Dylan Prep, Parker Smith, and De’Quarious Davis, the 6’6” Kyle Coulter found targets for a good part of the evening, one which was a 69 yard strike to Davis who beat his man on a fly pattern. Coulter and Davis are also a part of the Tigers basketball team that reached the regional semi-finals last season.
“I think this is one of the top receiving corps we’ve had since we’ve gotten to the program. We’re all looking good; we’re all catching the ball making plays. We’ve been showing four receiver sets, we haven’t done that a lot,” said Parker Smith Fort Bend Travis receiver.
