By Wayland D. Clark
WIMBERLEY — The Wimberley Texans opened their football season with a 21-14 road win at Canyon Lake, winning the “Backbone Trophy.”
Quarterback Cody Stoever rushed 16 times for 122 yards and a touchdown and completed 10 of 14 passes for 169 yards with two touchdown passes. Johnny Ball rushed nine times for 45 yards.
Cayden Heatly had two receptions for 25 yards and a touchdown. Noah Birdsong led receiving with five catches for 122 yards. Jack Boyle had a 6-yard pass reception for a touchdown in the third quarter. Gage Tumlinson was good on all three PATs.
Head Coach Doug Warren applauded his team, “That’s a super job,” he said after the win, “there is one thing I will never, never doubt – the heart, character and fight of this team – you proved it to me in practice and proved it tonight.”
The Texans scored twice in the first quarter on a Stoever run and a pass to Heatly. The Hawks scored in the second and third quarter. With a chance to tie the game, Wimberley’s Owen O’Neal recovered a Canyon Lake fumble late in the fourth quarter to seal the Texans’ win.
The Texans will host San Antonio Pieper on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at https://www.wimberleyisd.net/tickets or at the box office one hour prior to game time.
