On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Friendswood Mustangs hosted the Galveston Ball Tornadoes at Henry Winston Stadium. This was the last pre-distract game of the season.
It is said that this year's Tors include 7 players who are already committed to play at D1 universities and every other senior on the team has committed to play at smaller universities next year. It is also said that there are summer football camps on the island led by current and former NFL players. What I saw on Friday night after not having seen the Tors in a few years leads me to believe that all of those statements are true.
Galveston has a very well rounded football team and plays effectively on offense, defense, and special teams. Their receivers are fast and once they got behind the Mustangs, there was no catching them (not that the Mustangs didn't put forth a valiant effort).
Like the 2 games before, Friendswood showed moments of greatness throughout this game. There were some brilliantly caught passes where the receiver was under at least double coverage. There were some running plays that looked like they would go no where and yet gained yardage. There were some defensive plays that showed that Friendswood might be able to shut down Galveston's running game. And then there was the rest of the game.
Friendswood had more than one opportunity to put more points on the board. Mistakes, whether it was bad play calling or poorly executed plays, meant that those opportunities never came to fruition. It appears that the Mustangs went into the game expecting to lose. I don't know if they could have won or not, but they could have kept the game closer than they did. Poor expectations often become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
If Friendswood hopes to make a playoff run, they will have to start playing better when they face their first district foe. The Mustangs will have to figure out how to play tighter defense, especially against the passing game. You cannot play that far off of the receivers. When you do, even if you tackle the player as soon as he catches the ball, the line of scrimmage and the chains continue marching downfield until the ball is in the end zone.On the offensive side of the ball, the Mustangs need to continue their improvement in protecting the quarterback and the ball carriers. They need to practice their blocking and they need to open up holes that go all the way through.
Regardless of the outcome, many attaboys were earned in the game. Those attaboys go to Abebe, Winters, Bateman, Randall, Aussie, Molina, Allen, Germi, Muecke, Singular, Ruffeno, Brezina, Slaughter, Lee, & Condon.
| 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | FINAL | |
| Galveston Ball Tors | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| Friendswood Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Disclaimer: My football education is from attending high school football games for 45+ years and sitting between my dad and my grandpa for the first 12 of those years. I continue to learn more about the game and strategies every week. My vocabulary may be lacking, but I know what I see and describe it as best I can.
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