Back on Track

The Hornets are now back on the right path. We easily handled the Lampasas Badgers. I think the final was 41-6. We have a week off and then the Taylor Ducks come to town. The good news is that basketball season is right around the corner. We start after school practice in one month and our first scrimmage is on the Saturday after our last district football game. Also, if you were looking for some pictures(and you know who you are) then you need to talk to Laura.

Peace out

WOW

Well the old Gatesville Hornet football team came crashing back down to earth this Friday. They went to Liberty Hill and had got lit up. The final score was 84-10. Everything that can go wrong for a team did go wrong. They scored 2 quick touchdowns and then our kids got down. It was all down hill from there. Our OL coach told me today that this is the worst butt kickin' he has gotten in his 27 years of coaching. Hopefully we can rebound next Friday. We play a tough Lampasas team that got beat this Friday by Mark Rodgers and the Taylor Ducks. Maybe Taylor will take it easy on us when we play them in a couple of weeks.

Gatesville beats #5 Cameron

The Fightin' Hornets played the best game that I've ever seen them play on Friday. The 5th ranked Cameron Yoemen came to Gatesville looking to extend their 11 game regular season winning streak. At halftime we were down 10-19. In the 3rd quarter we completely dominated the game. We outscored the Yoemen 19-0 in the 3rd. We controlled the ball the rest of the game to win 29-19. In the second half we stopped Cameron on all 5 of their fourth down attempts. Matt Chartier had a great night. He ran for 183 yards on 17 carries. This kids is just a workhorse. He has the speed to out run you but he has the mentality that he is going to run you over first. Next Friday we go to Liberty Hill. They are also ranked in the top 20 so it should be another good game.

District 17AAA

I guess that I need to let everyone know how Gatesville did on Friday. The varsity went to Mexia. Last year we went there and kinda fell apart. This year we put it on 'em. Final score was 49-26 in favor of the Hornets. David Wassermann had a big night. He had 9 catches for 195 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also kicked the extra points on all 7 touchdowns. Hopefully the rest of the season follows this pattern. This coming Friday the 5th ranked Cameron Yoemen come to Gatesville for what should be a shoot-out.

The Promised Land

Well A&M football season is really here. Laura and I made the trip down to Kyle Field to watch the Citadel game on Saturday. I don't know if I was more excited to see the game or all of the new video stuff.

The new jumbo-tron, aka 12th Man TV, was very impressive. Some of the content they had on it was awesome. It is kinda hard to tell how big it really is from the pictures. You have to see it in person to get the full effect of it.

The ribbon board around the bottom of the 2nd deck was pretty cool as well. Laura liked that more than the 12th Man TV. They had some nice graphics on it. They also had current scores on all the games going on at the time. There was also a section that they used for all the in-game stats.

Of course almost as important as any game at Kyle Field is the "Nationally Famous Fightin' Texas Aggie Band". If you don't get goose bumps when they march in or when they take the field at half time there is a good chance that you have no pulse.

All that other stuff was great but the main reason for going was to see some Aggie Football. We hammered the Citadel. We looked really good at times but there are a few things that still need some work. I think we had 5 or 6 fumbles. I don't think we can do that against tu or OU and get away with it. McGee look impressive. He is definitely not afraid to tuck the ball and run. He took a couple of shots and just bounced right back up on his feet. I must say that I am very excited about the rest of the season.