OZONA, TX — No one has been able to stop Ozona’s Christian Villarreal this season, but Mother Nature managed to slow him down.
Villarreal, who is on pace to break the state’s single-season rushing record, was putting together another monster performance Friday when the Lions’ game against Colorado City was called with 9:08 left in the third quarter due to rain.
Villarreal had already rushed for 380 yards and seven touchdowns on 20 carries when his night was cut short with No. 6-ranked Ozona leading 58-18.
Even so, Villarreal remained on his record-breaking pace. After eight games, he has an incredible 2,858 yards and 42 TDs.
He’s chasing the 4,045 yards set by Sugar Land’s Kenneth Hall back in 1953.
If the rain hadn’t ended the game early — and Ozona chose to keep feeding him the ball — Villarreal could have threatened the state’s single-game rushing record of 599 yards.
He’ll try to cross the 3,000-yard mark next week when Ozona (8-0 overall and 3-0 in District 3-2A Division I) travels to play Forsan.
Colorado City (0-8, 0-3) will host Reagan County next week.
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