Boerne Champion has one more game left on its schedule before their bye week as the Chargers visit Lockhart on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
After Friday’s contest, Champion is off next week and then resumes district play against Seguin on Oct. 16.
The Chargers (5-0 and 3-0) have hit at least 60 points in three of their wins (60, 62, 61) and tallied 55 and 59 in their other two victories, but as good as the offense has played, sophomore quarterback Ryder Flugence said the team is still getting better.
“I think we’re improving every game, from last week to this week, we’re progressing,” he said. “I just want to see consistency, don’t get too high. We need to play coherently and play as one, that’s what we need to see.”
Chargers head coach Blane Ellis said the whole team can get better.
“We’re always looking for ways to be better, we turned the ball over a few times (against Anderson),” he said. “Defensively, we gave up some third downs we didn’t need to give up or it could have been even more lopsided than it was.”
Lockhart is 3-1 overall and 1-1 in district. In league play, they beat Lehman 20-17 and lost to Austin Anderson, 49-7. The Chargers have defeated those two schools 120-35.
Ellis said it doesn’t matter who they face; they prepare the same way regardless of the opponent, and work on improving from game to game. One area Ellis said he wanted to improve on was committing less penalties. Some of the Chargers’ penalties were personal fouls, which resulted in 15 yards and a first down for Anderson.
“I’d like to clean that up, we had several third and longs where we didn’t get off the field because of personal fouls,” he said. “Some of them were hustle fouls and some were not and we have to fix those. We’re going to play with an edge and that’s the way the game needs to be played. It’s an angry game and a violent game and we’re going to play with that edge, but there’s a line we have to walk and keep that edge between the whistles.”
Champion had its biggest test of the year so far against Anderson as the starters went the distance for the whole game in the 61-32 win. In the past four wins, a lot of the starters were out by halftime. Flugence said he noticed the difference.
“It was a change and we handled it perfectly,” he said.
Ellis said that both the offensive and defensive lines have been a big part of their success.
“I want to commend our O line and D line, they’ve been tremendous and playing at a high level,” he said. “They’re playing at a high level and playing extremely physical, that’s what it’s going to take. They did a great job of playing relentless and finishing plays.”
Ellis said they have a lot of weapons on offense and that makes it hard on a defense, which explains why they’re averaging 59.4 points per game.
“We have a lot of depth with explosive players,” he said. “We’ve got a great receiving corps and running backs and when people come play the Chargers, they have to defend the whole field.”
Ever since Flugence was named the top sophomore recruit in the country, he’s received a lot of attention but said it hasn’t affected his approach to the game.
“I’ve been able to focus,” he said. “That stuff is great, I love that my name has been out there, but at the end of the day, that stuff means little, compared to the game. You still have to go show out on Friday night.”
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