Football falls to North Garland in season opener
September 3, 2019
Junior Kendal Wooley celebrating with a teammate after a successful offensive play.
Red Rhythm cheers on the football team as players run onto the field of Memorial Stadium for the opening game of the 2019-2020 season.
Assistant football coach Bobby Reed gives junior Will Glatch some game time advice in between plays.
The student section shows off their school spirit for aloha night as they cheer the Redhawks on for their first Friday night lights of the season.
Assistant football coach and coordinator Brandon Gonzales talking to athletes on the sidelines.
Senior Andres Venegas joins his teammates in firing up the student section under the Friday night lights. “I think people are impressed by the incredible amount of confidence he has,” cheer captain, senior Caitlyn Schroeder said. “It takes a lot of nerves to take a step out of your comfort zone and not many people would do what he did.”
Working on offense, junior Will Ashmore run the ball down the field as the team looks to push away North Garland’s defenders.
Junior Will Glatch addresses a scrape on his elbow on Friday, Aug. 30 against North Garland.
Players step off the field to recoup before the next play.
Redhawks secured the ball attempting to make it past North Garland’s defenders on Friday, Aug. 30. at Memorial.
Junior Will Glatch protects the ball from North Garland as he maps out a play on Friday, Aug. 30.
Assistant coach Cameron Duke-Austin talks to the team on Friday, Aug. 30 at Memorial against North Garland.
Hoping to start the season strong, football fell to North Garland 42-7 on Friday at Memorial, the team’s 12 consecutive loss.
“Overall we kind of under performed,” senior Ethan Qualls said. “A big take away was that we just have to keep doing our jobs and tackle better and not let the scoreboard decide how we play.”
Performing well in a scrimmage against Royse City before the season started, the players are expecting more from the rest of the season as they learn from this loss.
“I felt like we started the game strong but as the game went on, our inexperience as a team led to us making some mistakes,” junior Will Ashmore said. “I think as a team we’ll improve cohesiveness and hopefully that leads to more success.”
