Football Preview: San Marcos Rattlers vs. Lake Travis Cavaliers
The San Marcos Rattlers will head out to face off against the Lake Travis Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: San Marcos has struggled recently with 13 losses in a row, while Lake Travis will arrive with three straight victories.
San Marcos came up short against Wagner on Friday, falling 40-17. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 594th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 207th).
Meanwhile, Lake Travis' contest on Friday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Midland Legacy as Lake Travis made off with a 41-20 win.
Vann Hopping had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lake Travis' defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Pierce Atkins with two. Lake Travis got some further help from Gus ?Bus? Cordova: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss) which he returned for a touchdown.
San Marcos' defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Lake Travis, their record now sits at 3-0.
San Marcos took a serious blow against Lake Travis in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, falling 45-6. Can San Marcos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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