Mavs bounce back with 42-0 region win
It wasn’t even close. The Mavericks scored their first touchdown less than two minutes into the first quarter on a six-yard run by Gavin Noe, and scored again less than two minutes later on a 33-yard pass by Walker Martinez to Bryson Vowell.
The Mavs scored once again with just two-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter. That ball was carried by freshman Nick Moog.
The Mavericks came back out and did the same thing in the second quarter, scoring three touchdowns to put them up 42-0 before halftime.
All three of the touchdowns in the second quarter were carried by Joshua Miller and included a pass both from Martinez and from Stone Hatmaker.
In the stats department, it becomes clear just how one-sided the game was.
Howard rushed for 130 net yards to AC’s 159, but managed only 19 passing yards to Anderson County’s 232.
Anderson County rushed for an average of 7.2 net yards per attempt to Howard’s 3.6.
The Mavs gained an average of 11.6 yards per pass, while Howard finished with an average gain of 1.7 yards per pass.
One place where Howard did stand out, though, was penalties. Howard finished the game with only four penalties, costing them 31 yards, while Anderson County finished with a whopping 11 penalties, costing them 91 yards.
The Mavericks ended with three sacks for the night, with two coming from Zach Shannon, and one from Gavin Noe. Noe also walked away with an interception for the night.
AC’s other interception was from Thor Williams, who not only intercepted, but gained 40 yards from the interception as well.
Nick Moog outrushed Gavin Noe on yardage this week, going 59 yards across four rushes to Noe’s 51 yards across five.
Meanwhile, Miller continued his streak as a leading receiver for the Mavs, gaining 144 yards across eight receptions.
David Gillum, head coach of the Mavericks, said that the game went well, and he was pleased to see the team making progress on the problems they’ve seen in previous games.
“I felt good,” he said. “I thought the boys did what they were supposed to do. Everybody played well and executed on both sides of the ball. The young guys came in and played well.”
“The older guys were pretty much out by halftime. I think about everybody on the team played. I can’t say we had anybody that stuck out as far as shining, but everybody did their job and did well. The passing game came along nicely. Everybody did well.”