Coming off a 70-13 rout of Brazos last week, Tidehaven will host cross-county rival Van Vleck this Friday (Oct. 22) in a contest for the upper tier berths in District 14-3A-2.
Tidehaven (4-2, 2-0) and Van Vleck (4-3, 2-0) are in a three way tie for 1st place in the district with East Bernard (6-1, 2-0).
“Our young players continue to get better,” Tiger Head Coach David Lucio remarked.
“This past week kept with that theme. We physically dominated them from the first whistle to the last,” he noted about the team’s overwhelming play against Brazos.
“We would have preferred to not let the score get so out of hand, but they kept trying to throw the ball on us which led to some scores from our defense,” he said.
“We made it through without any major injuries, and with a dominant victory, so it was a pretty good night for us.
“This week we take on a very good Van Vleck team,” Lucio said.
“They played a common opponent in Rice and beat them more than what we beat them by.
“We will need to play a flawless game to keep our win streak alive.”
Against Brazos, Tidehaven had 481 yards of total offense – 356 yards rushing and 125 yards passing.
Quarterback Logan Crow was 6 of 11 for 125 yards, with one interception and two touchdowns.
Tiger rushing featured two Tigers with 100+ yards.
Joseph Dodds rushed for a game-high 219 yards on 13 carries for three touchdowns and Crow had eight carries for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
Jordan Duran was the leading receiver with two catches for 49 yards and two touchdowns.
Connor Claxton had two receptions for 35 yards and Dodds had one catch for 38 yards.
In defensive scoring, Jose Martinez had three interceptions and three touchdowns, the longest for 71 yards.
Martinez also led Tiger defenders with 10 tackles, with 4 tackles for losses.
Jerry Johnson, Justin Griffith and Matt Rush each had six tackles.
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