Forsan prevails over C-city 43-6 in first district game of the season
Forsan jumped out to an early lead on Friday night and never looked back on their way to a 43-6 victory over the Colorado City Wolves. Quarterback Major Stockton accounted for four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) and the Buffalo defense controlled the line of scrimmage for all four quarters in Forsan’s district opener.
“We’re just glad to be back out here. We had a great week of practice this week and the guys were just itching to get back out here,” Head Football Coach Jason Phillips said.
Sawyer Stallings also stepped in at quarterback and accounted for two touchdowns of his own (one passing, one rushing). Forsan was moving the ball well all night long with their heavy rushing attack, with the offensive line giving running backs Nate Hernandez and Chris Mendez huge holes to run through.
The defense was powered by the front seven with Colten Wallis and Ernesto Rivera showing up time and time again in the backfield. Phillips was thrilled with their production on Friday night and knows that is the kind of performance that it will take to win the district.
“Our front seven is really good,” Phillips said. “They just get after it and they’re tough to do anything against.”
There are still some adjustments that need to be made and there will
need to be more focus on blocking outside the hash marks. There were three touchdowns that were called back on Friday night because of Buffalo holding penalties. Phillips knows that while those things happen, his team needs to cut back on them during the district schedule.
“With the games we have remaining, we need to turn that stat around,” Phillips said.
Forsan (3-2, 1-0) will host the Anson Tigers (3-1, 1-0) next Friday night in their second district game of the season.
GAME RECAP
Forsan received the opening kickoff and wasted no time working their way down the field and into the end zone. Stockton broke off a run of 23 yards that was followed by a 25-yard dash by Hernandez. Two plays later, Stockton rolled out to his left and fired a laser into the end zone that was caught by Cayden Morgan for the Buffs’ first touchdown of the night. There was a bad snap on the extra point attempt and Forsan led 6-0 with just over one minute played.
The Buffalo defense forced a quick three-and-out that included a nice tackle behind the line by Wallis. CCity punted it away and the Buffaloes took over at their own 35.
The next offensive drive was quicker than the first, with Stockton taking a designed run off right tackle 56 yards to the house on the third play of the drive. This time, the extra point kick was successful and the Buffs
found themselves with a 13-0 lead less than four minutes into the game.
The next Wolves’ drive was once again a three-and-out as Rivera made one tackle behind the line of scrimmage and then swatted a pass away on the next play. C-city punted it away and this time the Buffaloes took over at the Wolves’ 43-yard line.
The drive started off slowly and seemed to be the first unsuccessful event for Forsan on the night. However, Hernandez found a hole on a fourth down conversion run and Stockton found receiver Jace Richardson two plays later for a 21-yard touchdown. The extra point was good and Forsan held a 20-0 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter.
The next C-city drive included a swatted pass by Wallis and a sack for an 11-yard loss by Rivera. The Wolves once again went three-and-out and Forsan looked unstoppable on both sides of the ball.
Forsan’s next offensive drive included a steady rhythm of handoffs to Mendez who took the Buffs all the way down to the C-city 18-yard line. That is where kicker Nolan Park attempted a 35-yard field goal that he sent right down the middle to give Forsan a 23-0 lead early in the second quarter.
C-city’s next drive was ended when quarterback Mayson Monroe threw a pass deep right that was intercepted by Stockton and returned to the Wolves’ 15-yard line.
Hernandez then gained most of the ground before Stallings could charge
in for the short 2-yard touchdown run. The extra point attempt was good and the Buffaloes led 30-0 with half of the second quarter remaining.
The Wolves finally got something going on the ensuing drive when they were able to make their way down the field with a string of high-percentage passes. The drive was concluded when Monroe found Jake Connell for a two-yard touchdown pass. The Wolves’ two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful and Forsan went into halftime leading 30-6.
The start of the second half started out slowly for both sides but the dominance of Rivera and Wallis on the defensive side continued. Stallings did toss an interception on the Buffs’ first drive of the half but the Wolves were unable to capitalize on it. Later in the quarter, Stallings grabbed an interception of his own.
While at quarterback, Stallings found Brandon Valdez for a 19-yard touchdown pass that gave Forsan a 36-6 lead early in the fourth quarter.
The last score of the night was a Stockton run where he weaved through the defense and into the left corner of the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown rush. That put the Buffaloes ahead 43-6 and Forsan came away with a win to put themselves in good position early in district play.