The Geneva Eagles added a weapon to their arsenal Friday in their 49-42 win over the TMI Panthers — a ball control offense.

Geneva killed the last 6:51 of the clock after TMI scored the game’s final touchdown, giving coach Adam Foren’s Eagles a 3-0 record heading into their final non-district game next week.

“Our defense came up huge, only allowing two second-half touchdowns,” Foren said following the nail-biter over one of the area’s most powerful offenses.

“I’m so proud of our kids. We had three defensive starters out tonight. But these kids are buying in to what we’re doing here, which is establish a winning tradition,” he said.

Two TMI turnovers and the two Geneva touchdowns that followed allowed Geneva to take a double-digit lead at half. 
Down 28-20, TMI found themselves pinned deep in their own territory. An errant deep pass was intercepted by Geneva’s Reid Aderholt. Two plays later, Aderholt was on the receiving end of a 37-yard pass from quarterback Caleb Quitadamo for a 35-20 lead with 5:12 left in the half.

TMI returned the following kickoff to Geneva 17 and advanced to first-and-goal from the 2.  But a pass into the interior of the line was picked off by the Eagles Chase Doran at the 5, ending the TMI scoring threat.

On the next play, Luke Abuzeid caught a short 5-yard pass in the flats, made two defenders miss, and raced 95 yards for the touchdown and a three-touchdown lead at 42-20.

Although TMI scored a TD right before half to trim the lead to 15, the pick and subsequent touchdown set the tone for a tighter, more defensive-minded affair in the second half.

TMI scored the first TD of the second half, a 3-yard run on fourth-and-goal, cutting the lead to 42-34. But Geneva put together a 13-play, 75-yrd scoring drive, capped by an Aderholt diving catch from the 10 for a 49-34 lead.

TMI was able to score a touchdown and 2-point conversion to cut the lead to 49-42. But Geneva grinded it out, consuming the remaining 6:51 to preserve the win.

Aderholt caught four TD passes, Abuzeid caught two and Chase Doran had one TD catch to complete Quitadamo’s seven scoring passes on the night.

Apparently, the Javelinas ate their spinach because they were strong to the finish and defeated the Bobcats, 35-23.

Crystal City was trailing 23-7 at halftime but the Javelinas tallied the final four touchdowns of the game to get the win after they outscored the Bobcats 28-0 in the second half.

The Bobcats held a 10-0 advantage after a 38-yard field goal by Omar Rivera and a 47-yard run by Aiden King run in the first quarter. Jared Valadez added to the lead with a 10-yard TD run and Comfort was up 17-0.

Crystal City tallied a touchdown late in the first half on a Jordan Urrabazo 28-yard run, but Comfort answered with another King scoring run and the Bobcats took a 23-7 lead into the break, but didn't score after that.

The Javelinas sliced into the lead in the third with a Giovanni Gutierrez 3-yard run to make it 23-13 after a missed extra point. Gutierrez added another TD run late in the third and it was 23-21 after a a successful 2-point try. 

Eli Hernandez gave the Javelinas their first lead of the game with on a 10-yard sprint into the end zone and Crystal City was up 29-23 with 1:06 left after another successful 2-point conversion. 

Comfort had the ball with about a minute left after the kickoff, but a Bobcat pass was picked off and returned 37 yards for a touchdown by Felix Luna as Crystal City scored three touchdowns in the final 3:34 of the game to complete the comeback.

The Greyhounds remained unbeaten at 2-0 and will visit Davenport on Friday.

BHS held a 41-34 lead with less than a minute left after a Grant Sweeney 24-yard touchdown run, but Laredo United was driving and took the ball down to the Boerne 34.

Boerne's defense had been hurt by the Longhorns, especially in the first half, but on the biggest drive of the game, the Greyhounds came up with an interception to end it after Ronnie Brooks picked off a Longhorns pass with 18 seconds left.

After giving up 28 first-half points – 21 in the first quarter alone – Boerne’s defense only yielded six points in the second half and came up with the pick and turned the Longhorns away on two other drives after United went for it on 4^th and 4 and 4^th and 3 and didn’t convert.

It was a game of two distinct halves after both teams scored three touchdowns apiece in the first quarter for 42 combined points. The Hounds were up 31-28 at the half as the teams combined for 59 points in the first two quarters before it turned into a defensive struggle after halftime.

The Longhorns hit a 73-yarder on their first play from scrimmage to start the game before a short touchdown run capped the drive. Laredo United also recorded a 1-play, 60-yard TD pass, had a 3-play drive capped with a 57-yard touchdown pass and also connected on a 58-yard scoring strike – all in the first half.

Boerne showed big-play ability as well after Zach Freasier hauled in a 55-yard toss from Sweeney for a 1-play scoring drive. Freasier also snagged an 86-yard TD pass from Sweeney, while Jacob Hicks caught a short pass from Sweeney for another score.

Sweeney had a short TD run late in the second quarter and Diego Jimenez kicked a 30-yard field goal to give Boerne a 31-28 lead at the half. The first half alone had 14 possessions and nine ties or lead changes.

It turned into a more traditional ball game in the second half. Jimenez booted a 33-yarder to bump Boerne’s lead to 34-28 late in the third quarter.

The Greyhound defense kept the Longhorns off the board in the third, but Laredo United broke through and capped a 13-play drive with a short TD pass from Alex Martinez to Colt Lozano to tie it at 34-34.

United had a chance to take the lead but missed the extra point and it stayed tied at 34s with 3:09 left.

After the kickoff Boerne put together an unconventional drive and stuck to the ground game. The Hounds used eight straight run plays with Sweeney and Callan Combs carrying the rock.

On the one pass play they tried, the Hounds drew an interference call on a throw from Sweeney to Freasier. That gave Boerne a first down at the Longhorns 24-yard line. On the next play, a designed run play for Sweeney, the senior QB galloped into the end zone for the 41-34 lead with 48 seconds remaining. It was the 11^th tie or lead change of the game.

The Longhorns moved the ball to the BHS 34 before Brooks picked off the Martinez pass. He fumbled on the return, but Brock Hierholzer jumped on the loose ball with 18 ticks on the clock to secure the win.

Greyhounds quarterback Grant Sweeney ran for the go-ahead score to make it 41-34 and then the BHS defense intercepted a Longhorns pass deep in Boerne territory to preserve the 41-34 victory.

BHS travels to Davenport Friday as they continue non-district.

Geneva School of Boerne

Geneva 49, TMI 42

Eagles coach Adam Foren expected a fourth-quarter game from the visiting TMI - Panthers and that's exactly what he got as the Eagles held off their neighbors from down the highway, 49-42.

Geneva improves to 3-0 and visits Shiner St. Paul on Friday.

Comfort High

Crystal City 35, Comfort 23

The Bobcats were on the road Friday and visited Crystal City, home of the Popeye statue and the spinach capital of Texas. 

Apparently the Javelinas ate their spinach because they finished strong by scoring the final three touchdowns of the game to record the 35-23 win over Comfort.

The Bobcats were up 23-13 at the end of the third quarter but two touchdown runs by the Javelinas, followed by an interception returned for a touchdown helped Crystal City complete the comeback. 

Comfort (1-1) is home Friday against Ingram for homecoming.

Thursday's results

Boerne Champion

Champion 62, Long Creek 14

For the second week in a row, the Boerne Champion football team has hit the 60-point plateau after the Chargers defeated New Braunfels Long Creek 62-14 Thursday in their home opener at Boerne ISD Stadium.

Champion was coming off a 60-7 win the previous week against Laredo United South and stands at 2-0 as they close out non-district play. The Chargers open district action Friday at home against Bastrop Cedar Creek.

For more on these games and next week's contests, see the Boerne Star.
 

at Westlake meet

Boerne Champion went 1-2 at the Westlake Chaparral Invitational cross country meet in Del Valle last weekend. The Boerne Champion boys ran to a first-place finish, while the Lady Chargers were second.

Champion is scheduled to run at the Buda Hays meet this weekend at the Five Mile Dam Soccer Complex.

Varsity Boys

Champion did a great job of pack running and had its five top finishers within the top 22 runners in the field of 223. Their top five all clocked in below the 17-minute mark.

The Chargers tallied 72 points for first place, Austin Bowie came in second with 99 points and Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial was third at 105 in the field of 24 teams.

Sebastian Carvallo finished eighth in 16:30 and Shawn Edwards was one spot back in ninth at 16:33, Mason Nelson posted a 16:40 for 13th, Noah Moreno came in 20th with a 16:50 and Brandon Martinez placed 22nd in 16:59 to round out the scoring five.

Colin Gibbs posted a 17:48 for 70th, Pierce Mitchell turned in a 17:54 for 74th, Luke Johnson ran an 18:05, Jacob Martinez finished in 18:49 and Brennan Williams clocked in at 19:59.

Varsity Girls

The Lady Chargers tallied 103 points for second behind meet champs New Braunfels, which finished with 43 points, while Smithson Valley was third with 125 points in the field of 20 teams and 175 runners.

Rebecca Bezerra placed in the top 3 after she was third with an 18:29, Payton Kidder came in 14th in 19:46, Emma Radtke finished 20th in 20:12, Kaylee Tierney posted a 20:32 for 30th and Luciana Zazueta Ibarra clocked in at 20:42 for 36th.

Ellis Conroy came in 73rd in 21:50, Abigail Alger turned in a 21:57 for 76th and Elena Duran ran a 22:15.

It was a sweep for the Champion boys after they defeated the Greyhounds and the Broncos. The Chargers beat Boerne 20-4 and corralled the Broncos, 23-7.

Champion is 12-3 overall and starts district at 2-0. On the girls side, the Lady Chargers defeated Boerne High, 19-10, and also beat Brandeis in a low-scoring match, 8-4, to stand at 8-7 overall and 2-0 in district.

The Chargers were back at it Saturday as they continued district play against Clark and Marshall at Northside Natatorium.

BHS tangled with cross-town rival Boerne Champion on Friday and then played a district match Saturday against Clark in San Antonio. They also picked up a non-district match against Harlan on Saturday at the Northside Natatorium.

In the boys match last Friday, Champion beat the Greyhounds, 20-4, and then BHS fell to Clark on Saturday, 17-1. In their non-district match, the Hounds lost to Harlan, 17-6, and are 0-6 overall (0-2 in district).

On the girls side, the Lady Hounds fell to the Chargers 19-10 and then lost to Clark 25-9. Harlan won their non-district match over the BHS girls on Saturday, 20-9. Boerne is 1-5 overall (0-2 in district).

Both Greyhound teams continued district action this Saturday at Northside against Health Careers and Brandeis.

The Hounds are back in action this weekend at the Buda Hays meet at the Five Mile Dam Soccer Complex.

Varsity Girls

The Lady Greyhounds edged out the host Panthers, 51-53 for first, while Deer Park was third at 62 points in the field of 11 complete teams and 100 runners.

Boerne had two in the top four after Presley Merkens placed second with a 20:13 and Sutton Amerman finished two spots back with a 20:23 for fourth. Penelope Kirk ran a 20:57 for 12th, Lucille Frank was one spot back in 13th after recording a 21:03, while Ansley Schiller posted a 21:37 for 20th to round out the scoring five.

Ainsley Purcell came in 36th with a 22:41, Abigail Jundrusch finished in 22:45 for 39th, Aubrey Moehrig ran a 23:07, Michaeka Reichenau clocked in at 23:17 and Kiera Sawyer turned in a 23:32.

Varsity Boys

Sotomayor won the meet with 63 points, Medina Valley came in second at 80 and Lytle was third with 90, while the BHS boys tallied 399 points for 14th place in the field of 24 complete teams and more than 150 runners.

Kyle Clark finished 61st in 18:50 and Julian Wasel was one spot back in 18:22 for 62nd, Levi Mendoza posted an 18:55 for 81st, Colin Bartonicek finished in 19:19 for 94th, Stefan Bain clocked in at 19:30 for 101st, Joshua Reeves turned in a 19:42 for 106th, Kevin Rogers ran a 20:04 for 113th and Jackson Elsrod came in at 20:58.

Medina, who will attend Boerne Champion next fall, will compete in the Dominican Republic next August as part of the 2027 USA team.

The USA-Latin American Baseball Classic event will be held Aug. 4-10, 2027, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

BHS defeated the Lady Thunderbirds, 25- 11, 25-20, 25-1, and improved ts record to 19-3 overall. Boerne hosted Churchill on Friday and will welcome Harlandale on Tuesday to begin district play.

Friday’s match with Churchill will be a good test for Boerne because the Chargers defeated the Greyhounds in the SAISD tournament earlier this year.

Boerne is coming off a 6-0 record at the Elgin tournament last weekend and won its two previous matches before the tourney. Add Tuesday’s win into the mix and that makes it nine straight victories.

BHS coach Staci Lawrence said she likes how her team is playing on the eve of district play. The Lady Hounds enter the week ranked No. 21 in the Texas Girls Coaches Association poll, one spot ahead of Champion which came in at No. 22. The two BISD teams play on Sept. 25 at Boerne High.

“Our team is clicking well right now,” Lawrence said. “We have experienced great success this preseason and are excited to keep the momentum rolling as we enter district play on Sept. 8.”

In Tuesday’s match, Ava Seamans led the team with 11 kills and 3 aces, Brook Summers added 8 kills, Mallory Miles dropped in 2 aces and had a block, Kiley Coffland finished with 16 digs and Molly McCormick recorded 10 digs and 15 assists.

Cameron Keller tallied 18 assists and added to her career totals after she hit 500 assists at the Elgin tournament.

The Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Panthers, 25-21, 26-24, 25-22, and bumped their record to 13-12 this year.

Geneva visited Blanco on Friday and plays Austin Veritas on Tuesday. They’ll also visit Hill Country Christian next Thursday as they near district play which begins Sept. 15 against Castle Hills at home..

Geneva did well in boys singles against Antonian and picked up four wins there, while they added a win in boys doubles and had another in girls singles.

For the Eagles, Ray Reynolds and Jared Bass won their match in boys doubles, 6-4.

Bass and Reynolds also earned wins in boys singles. Reynolds won his match, 8-3, Bass picked up an 8-6 victory, while Grant Dillinger was victorious, 8-1, and Grant Hakspiel triumphed, 8-5.

Geneva’s only win on the girls side came from Naomi Bowser, who won her match, 8-5.

BHS picked up a 10-0 win (via forfeit) and improved to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in district play. The Greyhounds will visit McCollum next week as they continue district play.

After that, Boerne tangles with Liberty Hill before a couple of tough matches against Alamo Heights and Boerne Champion.

South San only had seven players on the team but didn’t have enough to play a complete match so it’s an automatic forfeit for them. Still, both coaches decided to play as many matches as they could on Tuesday to get in some work.

The Chargers defeated Harlandale last week in a district match, 10-0, before playing two non- district matches. Champion hosted Pieper on Friday and won, 13-4, and then tangled with Antonian Tuesday at home and earned the 15-4 victory over the Apaches.

Champion plays McCollum on Sept. 15 and then closes out district with a couple of tough opponents. They’ll visit Boerne High on Sept. 22 and then host Alamo Heights on Sept. 29.

After that, they’ll host Johnson and begin the playoffs in October.

CHS claimed the 25-19, 25-23, 25-11 win and improved to 14-14 overall. The Deer visited Leakey on Friday and will host Stockdale on Tuesday before taking off next Friday. After that, they’ll still have another week of non-district matches before opening district play on Sept. 22 at Blanco.

In Tuesday’s match, Tindall Ahrens had a big night and finished with 20 kills, while Emily Hill added 8 kills. Comfort had a good night serving and dropped in 15 aces. Alyssa Angel recorded 5 aces and Emily Hill had 4 aces.

Alexa Lozano and Anahi Martinez both came up with 7 digs and Mallie Knight added 6 digs, while Knight tallied 14 assists and Savana Womble chipped in with a dozen assists.

Comfort went 3-3 at the Johnson City tournament last weekend. They dropped their first three matches on Friday but won the next three on Saturday.

Champion was coming off a 60-7 win the previous week against Laredo United South and stands at 2-0 as they close out non-district play. The Chargers open district action Friday at home against Bastrop Cedar Creek.

Chargers head coach Blane Ellis said he’s not surprised they’ve scored 122 points in two games. They’ve basically done most of the damage within the first two quarters of each contest since a lot of the starters have been on the sideline for a lot of the second half.

“We’ve talked about playing with efficiency and accuracy and in our two first halves that we’ve played, we’ve played with efficiency and accuracy,” Ellis said. “It’s not surprising to us, we know where we’re at and know who we have, and we knew we were going to be an explosive team.”

Explosive is right. 

Sophomore QB Ryder Flugence tossed five touchdown passes and ran for another, but it was his brother, Roman, who had the first score of the game when he returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game. 

The Charger D also returned an interception for a touchdown in last week's game in Laredo.

Ryder tossed TD passes to Zachary Lopez and Mason Clayton in the first quarter for the 21-0 lead.

Ryder had his third TD pass of the night for the 28-0 advantage before the Dragons recorded their first score of the night on a 21-yard run by Isaiah Martinez to make it 28-7. Ryder then ran in a touchdown of 12 yards to help the Chargers take a 35-7 lead into halftime.

As well as Champion played in the first half, their best offensive quarter came in the third after they tallied four touchdowns to blow the game open at 62-7.

Ryder found Lopez and Will Burgess on scoring strikes of 27 and 39 yards, while Julian Navarrete ran in touchdowns of 1 and 29 yards to account for their four TDs in the period.

Ryder Flugence said he knew before the season started that they were going to be able to put up a lot of points but added that they’re just getting going.

“I knew it was possible; we have the group to do amazing things. I truly believe this group can do anything,” he said. “We can get so much better, I truly believe this is the beginning.”

The Dragons added a late rushing touchdown as they battled until the end to close out the scoring on Thursday.

Champion's defense came up with three more interceptions in the game and has five total this year.

Besides the Roman Flugence Pick-6, Aiden Styskal Mason Klahr also intercepted passes in Thursday’s game.

“If we get that many take-aways every game, it’s going to be a fun year,” Ellis said.

Last Friday’s game at Bobcat Stadium was delayed several times because of lightning and forced the teams to keep adjusting their schedule and routines. When the squads finally resumed after 9 p.m., Comfort found a way to win, 32-29.

Comfort coach Jay Rieken said he was pleased with how his team handled both the game and the offthefield distractions. “There were a lot of different challenges for the first game of the year,” he said. “We had weather delays and didn’t go through our normal pre-game routine and then had a five-minute halftime and didn’t get off the field until close to midnight, about 11:30 (p.m.)” Rieken said overcoming so many interruptions to their schedule early in the season is something they can store in their memory bank.

“This is something we can fall back to later on, how to get ready for a game,” Rieken said. “They really responded and kept battling with all the challenges and stepped up and did what we needed to do.”

Rieken hopes to take some of those lessons into Friday’s game at Crystal City. The Javelinas dropped their season opener last week to Cotulla, 28-0, but Rieken said Crystal City is known for being a rugged team.

“They were shutout, but they always battle. There was a team that used to play (Crystal City) and took them off the schedule, and I asked the coach why, and he said, ‘because Crystal City is mean and they get after you,’” Rieken said. “That’s what I want, it’s a constant fight, but I’d rather fight than anything.”

Rieken’s biggest question heading into last week’s season opener with Brady was how his offensive line would hold up against a big Brady front four. He said they held their own.

“They did better than expected; we had some problems up front, but the guys fought,” he said. “One of the kids I was worried about is going to get Offensive Player of the Week because he fought and he took it personally that it was his job to protect the quarterback.”

Last Friday’s game had four lead changes and the Bobcats had the final one to win the game that came down to extra points. After missing their first extra point, the Bulldogs kept chasing that point and went for the 2- point conversion on every touchdown after the first one.

Rieken said one thing they must improve on is making stops on first contact.

“We have to tackle better; they’re not as big as Brady, but everybody is going to be bigger than us,” he said.

Offensively, the Bobcats haven’t passed much in recent years but have the personnel to do it this year. Omar Rivera completed 9 of 15 passes for 166 yards and a TD and also ran 10 times for 117 yards and two TDs.

Gabe Gonzalez ran for 38 yards and a score and also caught a 38-yard pass, while Jared Valadez had a great night receiving and hauled in six passes for 85 yards and a touchdown.

Comfort starts the year at 1-0 and visits Crystal City next.

Friday’s game was pushed back 45 minutes and started at 7:45 p.m. They played three minutes and then were hit by two 30-minute delays and didn’t restart until after 9 p.m., and didn’t wrap up until past 11 p.m.

Brady scored in the first three minutes and was up 6-0 before the game went into the first delay.

Once it resumed, Comfort answered with a Gabe Gonzales TD run and the Bobcats pulled ahead, 7-6.

Brady pulled ahead with a field goal for the 9-7 lead, but Comfort scored on a 20-yard run by Omar Rivera and pulled ahead 14-9. Rivera booted a field goal right before the half to give the Bobcats a 17-9 lead at the break.

It was only a five-minute halftime and then played resumed.

Brady cut into the lead with the first TD of the second half on a short pass and it was 17-15 after the Bulldogs went for 2 points and didn’t convert.

Jared Valadez gave Comfort some breathing room with a 49-yard scamper into the end zone and the Cats were back on top 24-15, but the Bulldogs wouldn’t go away. Brady scored on a 55-yard run and this time the 2-point try was good and it was a onepoint game at 24-23 at the end of the third quarter.

Brady pulled ahead in the fourth quarter on a 12-yard Blane James run. The 2-point try didn’t work, but the Bulldogs were leading, 29-24.

Rivera put the game away for the Bobcats after he scored on a 21-yard scamper midway through the fourth quarter. Comfort went for 2-points and converted and held a 3-point lead at 32-29 with 6:05 left.

Comfort’s defense took over from there and didn’t allow another point as the Bobcats held on for the victory in the game that contained six lead changes.

The 1-0 Chargers are home this week to host a new school, Long Creek, out of the New Braunfels district. This is the Dragons’ first varsity season, and they lost their opener to Davenport last week, 37-26.

Champion head coach Blane Ellis said some may be surprised at the 60 points his team scored but added that he wasn’t.

“We’re further along than we were last year at this point because we have so much back,” he said. “We rushed for 200 yards in the first half, so that’s a good recipe for success.”

Long Creek doesn’t have a long history and only has one official varsity game under their belt. They played an outlaw schedule for the last two years and don’t have any players that came over from New Braunfels High. All their players went from the middle school straight into Long Creek.

Ellis said it’s tougher to scout a new school but added that they just keep it simple.

“You don’t overthink it,” he said. “There’s not a lot of stuff to dive into and you have limited film, but you keep it simple.”

Based on what he has seen, Ellis said the Dragons will look to keep it on the ground.

“All of their explosive plays (against Davenport) came from their run game,” he said. “They’re big up front and want to establish the run, we have to make sure formationally we line up right. Their quarterback is a good player, a tough kid and a competitor.”

Even though they scored 60 points, Ellis said there are things they need to improve on.

“Offensively we had a few false starts and we need to clean that up. We also need to work on communicating,” he said. “Defensively we played a clean game, they only had one or two explosive plays on us.”

Champion’s defense was sharp and only gave up one first down in the first half.

Offensively, Ryder Flugence went 11 for 19 through the air for 145 yards and a touchdown in two quarters of work, while Caleb Farias ran for 148 yards on 19 carries and four touchdowns. Seven different receivers caught a pass and Will Burgess led the team in receiving yards with 42, while Cason Riha had 3 catches for 18 yards and a score.

Graham Zamponi paced the defense with 12 solo tackles and assisted on three others. Roman Flugence intercepted a pass and Drayden Cooper picked off a pass and returned it for a touchdown.

Except Mother Nature. After wide receiver Reid Aderholt’s third touchdown of the game, a 25-yard catch at the end zone pylon for a 49-8 second-quarter lead, nearby lightning strikes drove the teams to the locker rooms for 90 minutes.

When they emerged shortly before 10 p.m., the teams played the remaining 5:22 of the second quarter on a running clock in order to complete the game and make it official.

For the second straight week, Geneva approached 50 points while holding an opponent to less than 10 with the 49-8 win over the Natalia Mustangs, Eagles head coach Adam Foren’s first home field victory.

Two Shae McNew touchdowns, one running, one receiving, opened the Geneva (2-0) scoring. After McNew snagged a 4-yard TD pass on their opening possession, middle linebacker Ian Jayroe stepped in front of a Natalia quarterback Leo Cortinas pass for the interception, returning it 12 yards to the 24. A 15-yard personal foul on Natalia moved the ball to the 9, where McNew ran it in for the quick 14-0 lead.

It only got worse for Natalia from there. A fumbled punt snap gave Geneva great field position. On the very next play, Aderholt caught a 14-yarder for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead.

After a Natalia punt, Aderholt caught a 41-yarder in the back of the end zone for the 28-0 lead.

A second muffed punt gave Geneva the ball at the 9. Wideout Sam Horton caught the 9-yarder for the 35-0 first-quarter lead.

Two second-quarter touchdowns — a 5-yard run by running back Asher Shindler and the closing 25-yard reception by Aderholt, rounded out the scoring.

Coach Foren praised the team postgame for their consistency and for playing six quarters of football without having to punt a single time.

“That’s not exactly how we drew it up, but I’m really proud of our kids for showing up and competing from the start,” Foren said.

Slamming a second straight opponent after the opening week 48-6 win over Sacred Heart, Foren said his offense has set the tone.

“We talk about what our standard is on offense. We want to end every possession with a kick; an extra point or a field goal. And so far, so good from that standpoint,” Foren said.

The quote of the day came from center-middle linebacker Jayroe. The junior came up with the early interception to help spark Geneva’s 14-0 lead.

“Game of my life, coach!” Jayroe said on the sideline several plays later. “I was playing middle linebacker, and I was just reading the quarterback,” Jayroe said of his pick. “All of a sudden, I was floating through the air and I had the ball in my hands and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.’ I had it.”

Jayroe had little time to celebrate with his defensive teammates, however, as he ran right back out on the field as the center on offense. Jayroe added a couple sacks to round out a half of football he’s not likely to forget for some time.

Quarterback Caleb Quitadamo went 13-of-15 for 207 yards and five touchdowns while Aderholt made five catches for 130 yards and three TDs.

The Hounds start the year at 1-0 and are home Friday to host Laredo United, 7 p.m.

Prior to Friday, Boerne’s last opening-day win came during the 2022 season. They lost at Flour Bluff in 2023 and then dropped their opening games to Pieper during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Boerne’s 2022 season is when they advanced to the 4A-D1 state championship game and the Greyhounds are looking for similar results in 2026.

Westwood put up a good fight against Boerne and tied it at 7-7 early, but the Greyhounds tallied the next 27 points thanks to four touchdowns to pull ahead 34-7 late in the third quarter.

BHS quarterback Grant Sweeney found Jacob Hicks on a 22-yard touchdown pass on their opening drive to cap a nine-play, 71-yard possession, and it was 7-0 less than three minutes into the contest.

Westwood answered on their opening drive as well and finished it with a 39-yard TD pass to Weston Franz and it was 7-7.

But the Greyhounds went up for good in the second quarter after a Warriors punt. Kole Traylor fielded the punt and returned it for a 94-yard touchdown, and it was 14-7 early in the second quarter.

Ronald Smith set up the next BHS TD after Smith intercepted a pass to kill a Warriors drive. The Greyhounds marched it close to the goal line and then Sweeney ran a quarterback sneak and the lead was 20-7 with 6:34 left until the break.

In the third quarter, Boerne tacked on two more touchdowns to start pulling away. Hicks caught his second receiving touchdown from Sweeney, this one for 34 yards, and Boerne bumped the lead to 27-7.

Later in the third, Greyhound running back Callan Combs punched it in on a short run and Boerne was up, 34-7, after the Diego Jimenez kick. The Hounds were seemingly in control, but the Warriors had a chance to make it interesting.

Kameron Hill scored for Westwood early in the fourth quarter, and it was 34-14, and after a Boerne punt, Westwood drove down to the BHS 4-yard line. A touchdown there would have made it a 13-point game, but the Round Rock drive stalled after the Boerne defense bent but didn’t break.

Westwood went for it on fourth and goal at the BHS 4-yard line and were turned away by the Greyhounds defense to keep the lead at 20 points.

From that point on, Boerne went into ball-control mode and worked on chewing up the clock. A roughing the punter penalty inside of two minutes helped the Greyhounds burn up more time and basically bring it to an end.

Against the Lady Owls, the Deer were able to win the match in four sets. Comfort won the first set, 25-16, and dropped the second set, 25-16, before winning the last two games that were close.

Comfort captured Game 3, 25-23, and closed it out in Game 4, 27-25, to avoid a fifth set. The Deer were 10-11 overall after the Hondo match.

They hosted Sonora on Tuesday and will visit Leakey on Friday.

At the Johnson City tourney, Comfort dropped its first three matches in pool play against tough competition. They fell to Fredericksburg, Poth and Del Rio, but took all three teams to three sets.

The Deer went three sets with the Billies before falling, 25-12, 14-25, 25-21. They also went three sets with Poth before the Lady Pirates sailed away with the win. Poth won, 24-26, 25-23, 25-13.

Against Del Rio, Comfort again won the first set, 27-25, but dropped the next two, 25-15, 25-12.

Champion scored in all four quarters and hit 60 points for the first time since the 2021 season when they defeated Lockhart, 64-14.

The 104 temperature that greeted the Chargers at Bill Johnson Stadium didn’t slow them down after they scored on their first five possessions and took a 41-0 lead into halftime.

Champion tacked on two more TDs in the third and opened up a 54-0 lead before they kicked two field goals in the fourth quarter on distances of 21 and 44 yards to hit 60 points.

Charger running back Caleb Farias picked up where he left off last year after the senior tallied their first two scores on runs of 3 and 7 yards to cap drives of 11 and 5 plays for the 14-0 lead less than seven minutes into the contest.

On Champion’s next drive, QB Ryder Flugence tossed a short pass to Cason Riha to make it 20-0 after the missed extra point and the game was still in the first quarter. Will Burgess had a catch of 28 yards to put the Chargers deep in Panthers’ territory to set up the Flugence to Riha TD.

Farias added his third rushing touchdown of the night early in the second quarter on a 1-yard plunge to cap a 6-play drive, and it was 27-0 after the extra point.

Flugence had Champion’s next score to make it five touchdowns on five possessions after he capped an 8-play, 43-yard drive with a 5-yard run into the end zone.

Champion forced a Panthers punt late in the first half and took over with less than a minute left before the break at the United South 41-yard line. Seven plays later Farias ran it in for his fourth score of the night and a 41-0 lead.

The Charger defense held the Panthers to one first down in the first half and forced six punts during that stretch.

Once the second half started, Champion’s defense kept up the pressure and ended the first two United South drives with interceptions after Roman Flugence had a pick, while Drayden Cooper returned an intercepted 25 yards for a Pick-6.

In between the two picks, Easton Hamel found the end zone on a 10-yard run and it was 54-0 at the end of the third quarter.

The Chargers went on a 16-play drive that ran out the clock in the third stanza, and then Will Hankins booted a 21-yard FG on the first play of the fourth quarter for the 57-0 lead. Hankins later added the 44 yarder in the final stanza to cap the Champion scoring.

United South fought to the end and punched one in late after an Esteban Davila TD run to get on the board.

Champion starts the year at 1-0 and hosts Long Creek on Thursday at Boerne ISD Stadium for their home opener, 7 p.m.

Eagles coach Adam Foren said TMI will be their toughest test of the year so far.

“It should be a fourth-quarter game,” Foren said. “They have a lot of talented skill guys, so we’re going to have our hands full.”

The Panthers (1-0) are coming off a 53-6 win in their opener last week against Savio where QB Grant Joyner threw for five TD passes. Wide receivers Matthew Anderson and Justin Alexander combined for 343 receiving yards and hauled in all five touchdown passes from Joyner.

Foren said TMI is good at getting the ball to their two wide outs in different ways.

“The first two teams we played were run heavy, but these guys spread the ball out,” he said. “They get the ball to their skill guys in space and find different ways to get them the ball. That’s the challenge for us this week.”

Geneva has passed its first two tests with flying colors, scoring 49 and 48 points against overmatched opponents, and Foren said the team has done a good job of playing complimentary football.

“Our special teams and our defense have helped set the table for our offense” he said. “They blocked a punt and had two muffed punts, so the offense has had short fields to work with.”

Foren said Friday’s game will tell him a lot about his team.

“It’ll be a good test to see where we’re at,” he said. “We haven’t had much adversity yet, it’s good to see some adversity before district play. It’ll be good to see where we’re at against a quality skill group.”

The Eagles are at home for the second week in a row this Friday. Foren said they played well in their home opener last Friday.

“Home openers are always tricky, but they came in with the right mind set for the second week in a row,” he said. “We made an opponent, who will be better down the road, look a lot worse than they are.”

Geneva QB Caleb Quitadamo was 13 for 15 for 207 passing and five TDs, while Reid Aderholt caught five passes, three of them for touchdowns, and totaled 130 receiving yards.

Greyhounds coach Brett Sawyer said while they didn’t “wow” anybody with the win, it’s a victory and something to build on. The Greyhounds (1-0) look to build on their 34-14 win Friday at home against the Laredo United Longhorns.

“I’ve been in Boerne nine years and we’ve never been gang busters at the beginning of the year. It was the first game and everybody is trying to get the kinks out,” he said. “It’s like I told the team, it’s not about where we are right now, we have to learn from it and figure it out. We have to get better every week and keep improving. We executed fairly well for our first game and got that first win but saw what we need to work on.”

One of the highlights offensively for Boerne was scoring four straight touchdowns to pull away and break a 7-7 tie against the Warriors.

“The O line did really well and Callan Combs ran the ball well,” Sawyer said.

Combs paced the ground game with 89 yards on 12 carries and a TD, while Greyhound quarterback Grant Sweeney had a rushing touchdown on a QB sneak and completed 14 of 29 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns against one interception.

Jacob Hicks caught five passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns.

Defensively, Kysen Biela led BHS with eight tackles and Ronald Smith intercepted a pass.

“Our defensive tackles had a good game,” Sawyer said. “We lost some players to graduation and that was good to see.” The Longhorns are predicted to win 30-6A, so Sawyer expects Laredo United to play them tough like they have the last two years. In the 2025 contest last year, the Greyhounds won 35-31 and had to rally for the victory, and in 2024, Boerne beat the Longhorns by a touchdown, 28-21.

“They always play us well and they’re well coached,” Sawyer said about United’s David Sanchez, who is in his third decade of coaching. “I enjoy playing them, they don’t talk trash and they love competing, and their coach knows what he’s doing.”

Sawyer said they didn’t commit any major mistakes last week against Westwood and added that they’ll focus on small things this week as they look to improve.

“It’s the little details, getting the little things right and fine tuning and executing our base stuff,” he said. “We just have to be more consistent.”

Laredo United is coming off a 46-21 loss to 6A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North and doesn’t want to slip to 0-2. Sawyer said the Longhorns like to pass and will air it out this Friday.

“ They throw it around pretty good,” he said. “They’re sound and make you beat them and take what you give them.”

BHS won all six matches played and defeated Greenwood for the championship in straight sets. The Lady Greyhounds swept all six opponents last weekend and bumped its record to 18-3 overall.

Boerne visited Wagner Tuesday and will host Churchill on Friday before beginning district play Tuesday, Sept. 8, against Harlandale.

At the tourney, Boerne opened with pool play victories over Pasadena Memorial, Lexington and Carter-Riverside. They beat Pasadena Memorial, 25-9, 25-16, swept Lexington 25-20, 25-17 and then defeated Carter- Riverside, 25-9, 25-9.

Boerne returned to the event in Elgin and swept Thorndale, 25-12, 25-16, and faced Veterans Memorial in the semifinals and pounded the Patriots, 25-9, 25-8, to advance to the championship match against Greenwood.

The Rangers put up a good fight in the title tilt, but the Lady Greyhounds finished them off, 27-25, 25-17.

Mallory Miles was named the Tournament MVP, while BHS coach Staci Lawrence said Kiley Coffland, Ava Seamans and Riley Caldwell all played well, but only one player per team was named all-tournament.

Also for the Lady Greyhounds, Cameron Keller recorded her 500th assist and is only a sophomore.

The Eagles hosted TMI – Episcopal on Tuesday and will visit Blanco on Friday.

At the tourney, Comfort beat the San Antonio Saints, the Johnson City JV, Ingram and Del Rio. They fell to FEAST, New Braunfels Thunder, Fredericksburg and Johnson City. NB Thunder ended up winning the whole thing.

It was their fourth time playing Johnson City this year after they played them in the consolation bracket last weekend.

Geneva beat the SA Saints, 25-21, 25-14, 25-21, defeated the Johnson City JV, 25-11, 25-4, swept Ingram, 25-16, 25-23, and took care of Del Rio in straight sets, 25-16, 25-17.

Geneva’s losses came to FEAST, 25-22, 20-25, 17- 25, 14- 25, New Braunfels Thunder, 25-19, 25-21, 25-23, and Fredericksburg, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, before falling to Johnson City for the fourth time this year. The Eagles of JC won in straight sets over the Eagles of Geneva.

In their two other tournaments this year, the Lady Chargers placed second in Abilene and won the Pieper tourney before taking second in last weekend’s Seguin Tournament.

Champion played nine matches and won its first eight before falling in the championship match to go 8-1 at the event and stands at 20-4 overall.

At the tourney, Brady Cooksey and Brielle Boothe were named to the all-tournament team.

The Chargers are off Tuesday and host Dripping Springs on Friday, 6:30 p.m.

After that, the Chargers open district play at home against John Jay on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Champion went 3-0 in pool play with victories over TMI-Episcopal, Stockdale and Long Creek. The Chargers beat TMI in three sets, 20-25, 25-21, 25-13, swept Stockdale 25-19, 27-25, before defeating Long Creek, 25-16, 25-21.

On Friday, Champion beat Lockhart, Southside and Steele. They locked up Lockhart, 25-14, 25-7, swept Southside, 25-16, 25-12, and stopped Steele, 25-17, 25-25.

On the final day of the tourney, the Chargers knocked off Del Valle in two sets, 25-14, 25-21, beat Seguin in three sets, 25-22, 19-25, 25-18, and then faced Steele again. The Lady Chargers won the first set against the Lady Knights, 25-17, but dropped the next two, 25-19, 25-23.

Except Mother Nature. 

After wide receiver Reid Aderholt’s third touchdown of the game, a 25-yard catch at the end zone pylon for a 49-8 second-quarter lead, nearby lightning strikes drove the teams to the locker rooms for 90 minutes. 

When they emerged shortly before 10 p.m., the teams played the remaining 5:22 of the second quarter on a running clock in order to complete the game and make it official. 

For the second straight week, Geneva approached 50 points while holding an opponent to less than 10 with the 49-8 win over the Natalia Mustangs, Eagles head coach Adam Foren’s first home field victory. 

Two Shae McNew touchdowns, one running, one receiving, opened the Geneva (2-0) scoring. After McNew snagged a 4-yard TD pass on their opening possession, middle linebacker Ian Jayroe stepped in front of a Natalia quarterback Leo Cortinas pass for the interception, returning it 12 yards to the 24. A 15-yard personal foul on Natalia moved the ball to the 9, where McNew ran it in for the quick 14-0 lead. 

It only got worse for Natalia from there. A fumbled punt snap gave Geneva great field position. On the very next play, Aderholt caught a 14-yarder for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead.  

After a Natalia punt, Aderholt caught a 41-yarder in the back of the end zone for the 28-0 lead. 

A second muffed punt gave Geneva the ball at the 9. Wideout Sam Horton caught the 9-yarder for the 35-0 first-quarter lead. 

Two second-quarter touchdowns — a 5-yard run by running back Asher Shindler and the closing 25-yard reception by Aderholt, rounded out the scoring. 

Coach Foren praised the team post-game for their consistency and for playing six quarters of football without having to punt a single time. 

“That’s not exactly how we drew it up, but I’m really proud of our kids for showing up and competing from the start,” Foren said. 

Slamming a second straight opponent after the opening week 48-6 win over Sacred Heart, Foren said his offense has set the tone. 

“We talk about what our standard is on offense. We want to end every possession with a kick; an extra point or a field goal. And so far, so good from that standpoint,” Foren said. 

The quote of the day came from center-middle linebacker Jayroe. The junior came up with the early interception to help spark Geneva’s 14-0 lead. 

“Game of my life, coach!” Jayroe said on the sideline several plays later. “I was playing middle linebacker, and I was just reading the quarterback,” Jayroe said of his pick. “All of a sudden, I was floating through the air and I had the ball in my hands and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.’ I had it.” 

Jayroe had little time to celebrate with his defensive teammates, however, as he ran right back out on the field as the center on offense. Jayroe added a couple sacks to round out a half of football he’s not likely to forget for some time. 

Quarterback Caleb Quitadamo went 13-of-15 for 207 yards and five touchdowns while Adeerholt made five catches for 130 yards and three TDs.