Last night, the Friendswood Mustangs traveled to "The Rock" Kermit Courville Stadium on Galveston Island to take on the Galveston Ball Tornadoes. While there, the Mustangs proved that they can put just as many points on the board by running the ball as they can by throwing it.
The game was not the experience that the previous games have been. First, there weren't nearly as many fans who made the trek to Galveston as there usually are for an away game. Second, I don't think the band played nearly as much as they usually do. Third, the game was rather one sided. But, many of the players got a chance to be on the field.
Four quarterbacks took snaps for Friendswood. Four running backs played during the game. Lots of players took turns blocking and making holes for those players. And the defense spent most of the first quarter on the field. Zero points were scored during that quarter, but Friendswood made up for that by scoring 31 points in the second quarter. With a 31 point lead, the Mustangs spent the second half allowing back up players to get some playing time.
Highlights from the game include all six touchdowns and the field goal as well as Longbotham reaching 1,000+ rushing yards on the season.
The Mustang defense is continuing to improve. They recovered two fumbles and displayed excellent awareness of the opposing offense. This is a nice change from years past. I really enjoy watching an explosive and controlling defense.
"Atta-boys" go to Longbotham, Page, Holle, Thurman, King, Robinson, White, Sargent, Vandersypen, Marabella, Bauer, Williams, Lowe, Langston, Kirkland, Lockwood, Dooley, Toney, Pruet, Blumrick, Makransky, Chidester, and the O-line members who opened that nice hole for Vandersypen in the third quarter (sorry, I didn't see your jersey numbers).
Now for the not so good. The kick off return team looked like the Mustangs of old. And that's not a compliment. Too many of the players missed tackles and the ball carrier(s) gained too many yards. The defense was able to take care of business after those returns, but that doesn't erase the fact that the return shouldn't have happened the way it did. And while Sargent did complete passes to Holle, they seemed to be out of sync for most of the game. Hopefully, that can be chalked up to just being one of those days.
Overall, this was an impressive performance by the Mustangs and a great way to end the regular season. Next week, the Mustangs will travel to Angleton to open play off play. It is my understanding that Friendswood lost a coin flip to determine home team/location. However, seeing as how Friendswood comes in as the number one seed for our district and Angleton is the number two seed for their district; wouldn't it make more sense for Friendswood to host and be the home team? Regardless of that logic, the game will be at the stadium at Angleton High School on Friday, November 15, 2013. Kick off will be at 7:30pm. I know where I will be next Friday. Where will you be?
Box score for the Friendswood - Galveston game
Friendswood. 0 31 20 0 51
Galveston Ball 0 0 0 6 6
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that I am watching the game and "taking notes" by twittering during the games. I am at each game with at least one of my kids, if not both. Sometimes, my husband is able to attend with us and sometimes I have other family with me as well. My football education is from attending high school football games for 30+ years and sitting between my dad and my grandpa for the first 12 of those years. I was 3 when my parents bought my first season ticket. I missed 2 home games from the time I was 3 years old through junior high, and started traveling (not missing a single game) during high school. I started taking my kids to games before they could walk and have been taking them ever since.
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