Winters Blizzards Football Honors Cross Plains Player Killed in a Crash

WINTERS – The Winters Blizzards and their fans are wearing purple this Friday in their first football game of the season against the Cross Plains Buffaloes.

According to the Winters Facebook page, Head Football Coach Matt McCarty has asked fans to wear purple if they attend the home game against the Cross Plains Buffaloes. This is to honor Ryan Hopkins. Hopkins was a senior football player at Cross Plains who was killed in a car crash earlier this month.

Last season, Winters had young players step up and all that experience will help the team this year as only two players are seniors. The Blizzards return 7 players on offense and defense and have been put in a very competitive district that include last year’s 2A-D1 state finalists Hawley.

Winters starts the year off with Cross Plains then plays the Eldorado Eagles in Week Two. In Week Three, the Blizzards play up a classification when they square off against TLCA in San Angelo then Miles makes a short trip to Winter to round out non-district play.

District will be tough as Winters plays Stamford, Cisco, Anson, Hawley, Colorado City, and Olney.

Last year, Hawley and Cisco combined for a 26-4 overall record and that includes the playoffs.

Winter Blizzards 2022 Football Schedule

• August 26- Cross Plains vs. Winters- 7:30 p.m.
• September 2- Winters vs. Eldorado- 7:30 p.m.
• September 9- TLCA vs. Winters- 7:00 p.m.
• September 26- Miles vs. Winters- 7:00 p.m.
• September 23- Winters vs. Stamford- 7:00 p.m.
• September 30- Cisco vs. Winters- 7:00 p.m.
• October 7- Winters vs. Anson- 7:00 p.m.
• October 14- Hawley vs. Winters- 7:00 p.m.
• October 21- Winters vs. Colorado City- 7:00 p.m.
• November 4- Olney vs. Winters- 7:00 p.m.

Watch COVER1 on San Angelo LIVE! this Friday. A pregame show will air during the Daily LIVE! show at 4:00 p.m. and a postgame show will air at 10:00 p.m. The COVER1 Crew will have breakdowns, analysis, and highlights from around the Concho Valley and scores will be up at 7:30 p.m. and updated throughout the night.