Friday Night Rewind: Best Games, Biggest Wins and Top Performers From Last Week

Here are the best games, biggest wins and top performers from last week’s high school football action in West Texas:

Best Game: San Angelo Central-Abilene Cooper

The Central Bobcats earned their first win of the season Friday after erasing an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to pull off a 40-35 win over Abilene Cooper. Central’s Zey Johnson gave the Bobcats the lead with two TD runs in the fourth quarter, and Troy Ceballos intercepted a pass near his own 20-yard line in the final minute to end Cooper’s last threat. 

Biggest Win: San Angelo Lake View

The Lake View Chiefs had a difficult challenge on the road against a dangerous Lamesa team, but the Chiefs passed the test with flying colors in a 44-27 win. Chris Alvizo had another 300-yard passing game, and Izaiah Rios had a career-high 170 rushing yards and five TDs. Lake View is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2019 with Lubbock High coming to town this week.

Biggest Surprise: Bronte

Rocky Rawls came out of retirement to coach the Bronte Longhorns, and they’ve come through with an eye-opening start to the season. The Longhorns have won all three games while allowing only one touchdown in wins over Santa Anna (45-0), Rule (50-0) and last week against Veribest (54-8). Bronte will face its toughest this week on the road against Menard.

Case for the Defense: Wall

In a battle of Top 10 teams, the Wall Hawks rose to the occasion with an extremely impressive 24-0 shutout win on the road over Jim Ned. Wall forced eight punts and allowed only seven first downs. The Hawks moved up a spot to No. 2 in this week’s 3A Division II state rankings, while previously No. 10 Jim Ned is no longer ranked.

Strong in Defeat: Brady

Brady came up short in a 46-32 loss to Ozona, but the Bulldogs had plenty to be proud of. They racked up 497 yards of offense, led by quarterback Sean Jacoby, who had 255 rushing yards and three TDs, along with 140 passing yards and two TDs (along with two interceptions). Johnny Roque had 19 tackles to lead a defense that “limited” Ozona’s Christian Villarreal to 230 rushing yards, which was actually an accomplishment considering he had averaged 372 in his previous two games.

Top Performers

Ty DeBusk, Christoval: Threw for 328 yards and three TDs on 13-of-19 passing and rushed 20 times for 142 yards and two TDs in a win over McCamey

Israel Bogs, Christoval: Had four catches for 200 yards and a TD in a win over McCamey

Brylan Naylor, Water Valley: Had 10 tackles, three sacks, a fumble recovery and a 41-yard TD run in a win over Panther Creek

Jayden Payton, Menard: Had four carries for 132 yards and two TDs in a win over Rocksprings

Wesley Compton, Menard: Had eight tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack in a win over Rocksprings

Micah Smith, San Angelo Central: Threw for 279 yards and three TDs on 14-of-28 passing in a win over Abilene Cooper

Colton Hill, San Angelo Central: Had six catches for 160 yards and two TDs in a win over Abilene Cooper

Zey Johnson, San Angelo Central: Had 10 carries for 69 yards and two TDs in a win over Abilene Cooper

Gabriel Garcia, San Angelo Central: Had four catches for 76 yards and a TD in a win over Abilene Cooper

Mason Van Sickle, San Angelo Central: Had 10 tackles, three tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble in a win over Abilene Cooper

Nolan Martinez, Winters: Had five catches for 100 yards and three TDs in a win over Sterling City

Darrell West, Grape Creek: Had 12 carries for 115 yards and a TD, along with a 34-yard catch, in a loss to Bangs

Ashton Ortiz, Grape Creek: Had three catches for 79 yards and three TDs, along with 10 tackles, 0.5 sacks, a tackle for loss and a blocked punt in a loss to Bangs

Brenner Sherwood, Robert Lee: Had nine carries for 175 yards and two TDs, threw for 52 yards and a TD, had two interceptions on defense (one of which was returned for a TD), seven tackles, and was 6-of-8 on PAT kicks in a win over Ira

Josh Garcez, Robert Lee: Had two interceptions and returned one for a TD in a win over Ira

Kaden Karmany, Miles: Had seven catches for 68 yards and a TD in a loss to Johnson City

Izaiah Rios, San Angelo Lake View: Had 15 carries for 170 yards and five TDs, and two catches for 43 yards in a win over Lamesa

Chris Alvizo, San Angelo Lake View: Threw for 305 yards and two TDs on 28-of-38 passing in a win over Lamesa

Nick Leyva, San Angelo Lake View: Had seven catches for 57 yards and a TD in a win over Lamesa

Reid Robertson, Wall: Had four catches for 77 yards and a TD in a win over Jim Ned

Kellan Oliver, Wall: Had three catches for 58 yards and a TD in a win over Jim Ned

Brady Neal, Wall: Had 17 carries for 88 yards in a win over Jim Ned

Christian Villarreal, Ozona: Had 27 carries for 230 yards and two TDs, along with 43 receiving yards, in a win over Brady

Kaleb Ramon, Ozona: Had 18 tackles in a win over Brady

JP Garza, Ozona: Had 11 tackles, a sack and an interception in a win over Brady

Sean Jacoby, Brady: Had 21 carries for 255 yards and three TDs, and threw for 140 yards and two TDs in a loss to Ozona

Johnny Roque, Brady: Had 19 tackles in a loss to Ozona