Horses battle Wildcats – The Devine News
Murphy's Law in full effect in Carrizo
Jerel Beaty Staff writer Murphys's Law was in full effect Friday night in Carrizo Springs as anything that could possibly go wrong for the Warhorses went wrong for the Warhorses in their 34-16 defeat. Fumbles, penalties, poor tackling, missed blocks, an interception for a pick-six, and flat out inattentiveness to detail haunted Devine throughout the night at the absolute worst possible time as it happened during game one of the District 14-4A DII schedule. With only five teams in the district, which means only four games total for each team makes it nearly impossible to start the campaign 0-1 and maintain hopes of an outright championship. Notice, I did say nearly impossible but that is for an outright championship only. Reality shows Devine could win out to finish 3-1, Carrizo Springs finishing at 3-1 losing to Bandera, and Bandera finishing 3-1 with a loss to the Warhorses makes it a three-way tie for the championship. Seeding then would be based on the point differential, but we will tackle that when or if the time presents itself. In Carrizo, Devine found itself down 22-0 before reality set in that the Warhorses were in for a ballgame against the Wildcats. The Horses finally showed some life when Brayden Reyes finally got Devine's goose egg off Frank Carter Field's scoreboard with a 19-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion to cut the deficit to 22-8 with 9:22 left in the third quarter. Most of Warhorse Nation thought that was the spark Devine needed to get their...
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Warhorses Matthew Gomez, Eli Contrers, Wero Torres, and Brayden Reyes. Photo by Brigid Howard. See more on Devine News Smug Mug!
