Hondo Anvil Herald

First scrimmage Friday in Pleasanton

 

     After two weeks of practice and a Saturday morning intrasquad game, the Hondo Owl football team will go up against somebody in different colored uniforms on Friday, Aug. 14.

     The Owls will visit Eagle Stadium in Pleasanton for a full set of scrimmages. The freshman and JV teams will begin at 5 p.m., using opposite ends of the field. Teams will play in nine-minute segments, with each team possessing the ball three times.

The varsity scrimmage will begin at approximately 7 p.m. Each team will run offensive sets of 12, 8, 12 and 8 plays, with teams reaching four-down territory when crossing the opponent’s 30-yard line. 

     Next Thursday, Aug. 20, Hondo will host Pearsall in its final scrimmage, which will begin at 6 p.m.

     “For an intrasquad scrimmage,“ Hondo Coach Dustin Templin said, “you see some good, some bad, some ugly. But that’s everybody this early in the season.

     “We had three of our younger quarterbacks (sophomores Levi Wilson and Bryson Howard, along with freshman Aaryn Leyva) getting extended varsity playing time. All of them did some good things, and all had some learning moments,” he said.

     “We enter the year with an experienced offensive line and experienced backs that we hope to be able to rotate. The secondary looked good on Saturday. Right now, we don’t have as much depth as we’d like, but we’re working hard to get deeper,” he added.