Freshmen Football Edges Dragons in Final Minutes

Arushi Sharma and Amy Simon| September 9, 2022

Running back Finn Chaney ’26 dodges the Dragons. Receiving the hand-off from Quarterback Luke Espersen ’26, together they ran a successful play.
Arushi Sharma
Running back Finn Chaney ’26 dodges the Dragons. Receiving the hand-off from Quarterback Luke Espersen ’26, together they ran a successful play.
Arushi Sharma
Michael Rodriguez ’26 outruns the Dragons and takes the ball over 60 yards to make the winning touchdown. Rodriguez caught the ball while it was in the Dragons’ possession and scored off of it.
Arushi Sharma
The cheerleaders hold signs during the freshman football game. This was the first game of the district season.
Arushi Sharma

On Thursday, Sept. 8, the Freshmen football team won 6-0 against the Round Rock Dragons at the Warrior Bowl, leaving the team with a 3-2 record this season.

Throughout the game, both teams shared equal times on offense and defense. The score remained at 0-0 until the last five minutes of the game. Michael Rodriguez ‘26 caught a punt made by the Dragons during their fourth down and ran 90-yards to score a touchdown.

“I just stood there and it came to me,” Rodriguez said. “It was a blur. My body just did it.”

The Warriors will fight for another win against the Dragons Freshman B team during their next game at the Dragon Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:00 P.M.

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As the seniors are walking on the field one last time, the crowd rallies to cheer them on in their final high school game. Bittersweet, exciting, sad, inspiring, I dont really know how to describe it Abby Winkleman 24 said. Before and after the game, each and every warrior, in the crowd or on the field, was given the chance to celebrate our outgoing senior class one last time.

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Maintaining the ball, Sara Acosta 27 swiftly dodges the attack of her opponent. Acosta is a new player to the team and has maintained her position as an attacker throughout the entire season. We played well in the whole game.. we fought really hard, Acosta said.

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