FLOYDADA — The Tulia Hornets showed their experience and capitalized when given opportunities to shut out the Floydada Whirlwinds 32-0 on Friday at Charles Tyer Stadium. Tulia scored in each quarter with their more diversified attack, and four Whirlwind turnovers helped Tulia’s cause.
“Tulia has a good ballclub. We did some good things and would turn right around do something not so good. It was youthful mistakes at the wrong times,” Floydada coach J.R. Compton said.
“We would move the ball at times, but we have got to improve on putting a string of plays together. The Hornets took advantage of the short field situations we gave them, and we did not make anything happen with the two interceptions that the Whirlwinds made in the first half,” Compton added.
Only once did Tulia have a sustained scoring drive of 80 yards in 10 plays in the second quarter that resulted in Koein Maeda getting in the end zone on a 10-yard burst up the middle. The other Tulia touchdowns came after taking possession at Floydada’s 41, 6, and 47 yard lines. The Hornets defense scored on a 35-yard pick six.
Tulia was far from perfect by committing nine penalties to Floydada’s two. The Whirlwinds had 56 offensive plays to the Hornets’ 48. The breakdowns in Floydada’s kicking game proved to be costly with a fumble on a kickoff return, and a pair of punt attempts that the Whirlwinds were unsuccessful in executing. Those three mistakes led to Tulia touchdowns.
“We have got to keep working on the basics of football, be more consistent. Our margin of error has got to be slim,” Compton emphasized.
SCORING SUMMARY
FLOYDADA – 0 0 0 0 – 0
TULIA – 7 6 12 7 – 32
records: Tulia 1-0; Floydada 0-1
(1st quarter)
T – Travon McCaslin 21 pass to Brayden Franco (Velazquez kick)
(2nd quarter)
T – Koein Maeda 10 run (kick is blocked)
(3rd quarter)
T – Ethan Reyes 35 int return (kick failed)
T – Maeda 6 run (pass failed)
(4th quarter)
T – McCaslin 1 run (Velazquez kick)
TEAM STATS
FLOYDADA TULIA
first downs 12 11
number of plays 56 48
Passing 18-31-101 15-26-163
Rushing 22-84 25-73
Total Yards 174 247
Penalities 2-20 9-75
Turnovers 4 2
Time of possesion 26:48 21:12
INDIVIDAUL LEADERS:
(Tulia)
Travon McCaslin 163 passing, TD; 20 rushing, TD
Jeremy Rodriquez 29 rushing
Brayden Franco 3-35 receiving, TD
Jordan Powell 3-52 receiving
Ethan Reyes interception, TD
(Floydada)
Trace Glassock 101 passing
Aiden Trevino 6-31 receiving
Saul Reyes 4-45 receiving
Andres Mendoza 9-39 rushing
Javier Santos 7-31 rushing
Jayson Cooper interception
Donovan Rocha interception
RESULTS of FLOYDADA’S opponents:
Ropes 31 LOCKNEY 7
Lub Chrisitan 49 SMYER 0
NEW HOME 53 Od. Compass 0
ROOSEVELT 14 River Road 6
Plains 38 TAHOKA 18
Muleshoe 33 SUNDOWN 14
NEW DEAL 41 Trinity 7
Tolar 48 POST 0
Seagraves 27 HALE CENTER 8
Thursday’s Junior Varsity score:
Floydada 26 Tulia 0
Next game: at Lockney, September 3, 7pm
