PHOTOS BY RICHARD AKRIDGE Badgers' running back Gabe Terrell makes a cut as he tries to manuever around Rattlers' strong safety Tomas Velasquez. The senior ended the night with 34 of Lampasas' 123 total yards of offense. The Badgers got beat at their own game.

San Marcos' slot-T offense pummeled Lampasas in the second half of Friday night's game, posting four touchdowns while limiting the Badgers to 18 offensive plays in a 33-0 shutout victory.

In all, Lampasas held the ball for just 8:20 the entire second half, including a miserable third quarter that saw the Badgers' offense on the Bobcat Stadium field for only 3:35. Lampasas generated a mere 10 yards of offense in the period.

"In the second half, [the Rattlers' offense] just drove on our defense, and we sure didn't help our defense with our offense," head coach Joey McQueen said. "We've got to get up there and have time of possession and control it, and we didn't tonight.

"They were just more physical than us."

After playing a fairly competitive opening half and holding the Rattlers to a pair of 25- yard field goals, the floodgates flew open in the third quarter.

Aaron Reyna makes his way down field on his only carry against San Marcos, a 20- yard gain at the end of the first half. San Marcos rumbled down the field to start the second half, covering 65 yards in nine running plays. The drive was capped off by Tyler Walker's one-yard scoring punch.

The Badgers immediately gave the ball right back to the home team, as running back Gabe Terrell lost a fumble just three plays into the series.

San Marcos needed less than two minutes to capitalize. Andre Ray crossed the goal line and increased the Rattlers' lead to 20-0.

Lampasas then went three-andout and punted the ball away with 2:18 left in the third quarter.

The Badgers had a little more productivity in the final period, but it came against San Marcos' second string, and not much of an improvement resulted.

Lampasas picked up two first downs but never got closer than 30 yards from the end zone, while the Rattlers tacked on two more touchdowns.

Teammates Carter Burks and Rush Seaver team up to bring down Rattlers' quarterback Ryan Schweers. "You can't make your defense be out there all that time and expect them to not break every once in a while," McQueen said. "We've got to help our offense, and we didn't do a good job of that."

In time, McQueen hopes his team will run the slot-T offense with similar success.

"This is a good offense for us; we just didn't make things happen tonight," the coach said. "This will be a good character check for us because we'll see how the kids respond.

"Hopefully, they're going to respond with a positive attitude and step forward, and we'll get after Gatesville next week."

There were some positives on defense, however.

Defensive back Aaron Reyna (10 solo, 2 assist), middle linebackers Edward Hall (5 solo, 8 assist) and Rush Seaver (7 solo, 7 assist), and free safety Brandon Abbott (8 solo, 4 assist) all had standout performances.

Josh Woods and Hall each recovered a fumble in the first half. Woods' recovery almost turned into points for the Badgers.

After picking up the fumble and advancing to the Rattlers' sevenyard line, Hall's nine-yard touchdown run on second down was negated after officials ruled him down at the eight-yard line when his helmet was ripped off, automatically stopping the play.

"[The rule] is for the safety of the players, but I wish the rule would be that when they blow the whistle when a hat comes off you get to replay the down, but it doesn't," McQueen said. "Wherever [the helmet] comes off, it's down right there."

Instead of a touchdown, the Badgers had to settle for a 24-yard field-goal attempt that did not connect.

Now, Lampasas must find a way to rebound quickly from the demoralizing loss before it hosts Gatesville in the final non-district game of the season. That comes Friday night at home.

"You can see it in their eyes; they're down," McQueen said of his players. "That's our job [as a coaching staff] to not let them stay that way.

"One of the questions asked of me when I was interviewing as a head coach one time was 'How are you going to feel if you're 0-9?' I said, 'I'm going to be coaching just like I was 9-0.' I'm hoping the kids will play just like we're 9-0."

Game Stats

Score By Quarters

Lampasas 0 0 0 0 — 0
San Marcos 3 3 14 13 — 33

Scoring Summary

First Quarter
SHS — Aaron Nunez 25-yard FG
Second Quarter
SHS — Nunez 25-yard FG
Third Quarter
SHS — Tyler Walker 1-yard run
(Nunez kick)
Andre Ray 7-yard run (Nunez kick)
Fourth Quarter
SHS — Ryan Schweers 11-yard pass
to Tomas Velasquez
SHS — Emanuel Saldana 17-yard run
(Nunez kick)

Team Stats

	LHS	SHS
First Downs	6	20
Rushing Yards	123	332
Passing Yards	0	65
Total Yards	123	397
C-A-I	0-2-0	5-8-0
Fumbles-Lost	3-2	2-2
Punts	3	0
Penalties-Yards	6-35	7-42

Individual Stats

Rushing — LHS: Edward Hall 13-78, Gabe Terrell 11-34, Aaron Reyna 1-20, Ronnie Branch 1- -1, Colton Perkins 10- 8. SHS — Tyler Walker 12-73, Ray 14-57, Schweers 6-56, Saldana 3- 32, Terrance Wilburn 5-31, Mike Wilburn 3-30, Velasquez 3-22, Hunter Burttschell 4-18, Kristian Cogdill 1-7, Jerome Harris 1-4, Payton Pringle 1-2.

Passing — LHS: Perkins 0-2-0-0. SHS: Schweers 5-8-0-65.

Receiving — LHS: NONE. SHS: Velasquez 3-43, Blake Bagley 1-11, Pringle 1-11.

Missed field goals — LHS: Perkins (24).