In many ways, this was just old hat for
Baker Mayfield and his
Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) football team.
Baker Mayfield, Lake Travis QB
Photo by Jim Redman
With a 47-13 win over Judson (Converse) at D.W. Rutledge Stadium, the Cavaliers won their 52nd straight road game and appear more than ready to claim a sixth straight state title.
Mayfield, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior, picked up right where he left off last year by completing 24 of 37 points for 410 yards and five touchdowns. Last season he completed 247 of 378 for 3,788 yards, 45 touchdowns and just five interceptions.
For another rousing performance and not resting on his laurels, Mayfield was selected the Austin area Capital One Bank High Yield Student Athlete of the Week award.
The only big difference from this opener and the last five years is that Lake Travis is now a Class 5A school. It had won the previous five titles at the 4A title.
That made the win particularly significant, Mayfield said.
“It’s huge because historically (Judson) has been a good team,” Mayfield told
Austin Statesman reporter Danny Davis. “It was just huge for us to show that we could come out and play with the 5A teams.”
Baker Mayfield led Lake Travis to its fifth
state title last season.
Photo by Kyle Dantzler
Mayfield spread the ball around beautifully for the
country's No. 11 team in the first half with his 17 completions spread around five receivers.
Ultimately, he found a favorite one in
Zach Austin, who finished with eight catches for 232 yards and four touchdowns. Austin, now a 6-foot, 185-pound senior, was also his top deep threat last season when he hauled in 72 balls for 1,340 yards and 16 touchdowns.
“We had a nice little field day,” Mayfield told the Austin Statesman.
Mayfield doesn’t have a flood of offers but they are from throughout the country: Washington State, Rice, New Mexico and Florida Atlantic.
