WIMBERLEY — The Wimberley Texans scored in every way possible in a game of football in their home opener against Canyon Lake on Friday, Aug. 25. The Texans ended the game with a 60-6 win over the Hawks, who scored their only touchdown on a 72-yard run with 2:28 remaining in the game. After the Hawks opening kickoff, quarterback Cody Stoever set the tone leading the Texans 72 yards in 12 plays and ran the ball in for the first of three rushing touchdowns, totaling 48 yards on 12 carries.
“I’m proud of the team, I like the physicality we had on both sides of the ball and we did a lot of good things,” head coach Doug Warren said after the game. “Any time you can start a season like that — it’s a good win and a good building block — we’ll see how far it can take us.”
Stoever completed nine of 14 for 142 yards with three passes for touchdowns. Wynston Burtschell had two receptions for 41 yards and a touchdown and Nolan Waida had a pair of touchdown catches for 26 yards. Caleb McCreless came in at quarterback in the fourth quarter and completed two of four passes for 10 yards.
With Stoever’s 48 yards, the Texans totaled 274 yards rushing. Senior Chase Carson had 13 carries for 117 yards and a touchdown and teammate Colton Schmidt carried the ball 14 times for 101 yards and a touchdown. Nolan Waida added 8 yards.
Defensively, Reid Leinneweber and Landon Johnson combined for two sacks. Ty Thames and Silas Sames each had a sack. Lucas Brookshier recovered a fumble early in the third quarter and Thames recovered a Hawks fumble in the endzone for a two-point safety to give the Texans a 53-0 lead midway through the third quarter. Schmidt’s touchdown run and the PAT by Dail Hernandez, who also kicked a 30-yard field goal, made it 60-0 before the quarter ended.
The Texans have three games on the road coming up. Starting off, they will face Pieper on Friday, Sept. 1 and then go head-to-head against Brock at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton on Thursday, Sept. 7 before heading to Fredericksburg on Sept. 15. Their next home game will be against Lampasas at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22.
