Round Rock and Lake Travis squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Round Rock had to settle for second. They were outmatched by the Lake Travis Cavaliers on the road and fell 41-14. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 13th).
Although Round Rock took the loss, they still got scores from Jack Appl and Reggie Hurley.
Chaston Ditta was his usual excellent self, throwing for 291 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown for Lake Travis. The dominant performance gave Ditta a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Josiah Thomas, who picked up 218 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Round Rock and nudges their season record down to 8-3. As for Lake Travis, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-1.
Round Rock does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lake Travis, they will take on Johnson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Johnson knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Lake Travis likes a good challenge.
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