Football Recap: Jaysis Villegas' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Center over Athens

If Center was feeling good fresh off their 58-22 takedown of Brownsboro last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Roughriders lost to the Athens Hornets at home by a 44-26 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Roughriders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 518th, while the Hornets are ranked 235th).

Jeremy Bluford

Total Touchdowns

10/31/25 vs Athens	2
10/23/25 @ Brownsboro	2
10/17/25 vs Bullard	2
09/05/25 vs Spring Hill	2
08/29/25 @ Jacksonville	2

Center's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jaysis Villegas, who rushed for 93 yards and one touchdown. Jeremy Bluford also helped with two scores in total.

Center now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Athens, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.

Center didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 27-20 win against Rusk on the 7th. As for Athens, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 77-43 victory against Bullard on the 7th.