MAVERICKS FOOTBALL GRIDIRON NEWS
Mavericks seek to stampede over
McCollum Cowboys
By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central
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The C.C. Winn Mavericks varsity football team under the guidance of head football coach Eric Villasenor return to their gridiron battles on Thursday, October 12, 2017 to open their quest for the District 29-5A football title by hosting the San Antonio McCollum Cowboys in a 7:00PM district opener at the Eagle Pass ISD Student Activity Center Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium. The visiting McCollum Cowboys will enter sporting an overall season record of 0-5 while the home standing C.C. Winn Mavericks will venture into this encounter with an overall season record of 1-4.
Offensively the McCollum Cowboys mentored by head coach Greg Felux will have freshman quarterback Ryan Ramirez #11 leading their offense. Veteran running back Jonathan Handy #20 will be their featured back in their running back and is a very tough runner that must be contained. The Cowboys passing game will feature wide receivers Juan Covarrubias #24 and Eric Leija #88. The slot/tight end receivers will be Richard Ruiz #82 and Gerard Orosco #3 both of whom are very capable receivers..
The Cowboys offensive line who are not very aggressive off the line of scrimmage will have Tyler Pena #64 at right tackle, Jesse Garza #67 at right guard, the center will be Niklas Charo #50, Roman Salazar #62 at left guard, Jaron Gonzalez #60 at left tackle and the tackle over will be Johnathan Johnson #66.
The home standing C.C. Winn Mavericks will come into this district opener ready to get their offensive attack untracked against the winless Cowboys with young sophomore quarterback Ethan Johnston who has been the team’s leading rusher the previous two games armed and ready to have a big outing against the Cowboys. Joining him in the backfield and expected to contribute in the running game will be junior running back Fernando Zapata. Look for the Mavericks to employ their aerial game more in this contest with the receiving corps of Luis Olvera, Isaac Villarreal and Jose Blanco ready to carry the airmail to the promise land. But the key to the success of the Mavericks offense will certainly be the play of the young men in the front line who will need to dominate in the trenches both on running plays as well as in pass plays with Jaime Rodriguez starting at left tackle, Miguel Nino at left guard, Sebastian Lopez at center, Erik Del Bosque at right guard and Juan Hernandez at right tackle.
The Mavericks hard hitting defensive unit will be armed and ready for the challenge to stop the Cowboys offensive scheme with the likes of their young men on the defensive line with the likes of Isaias Gonzalez, Ismael Villarreal, Ricardo Morales, Alexis Morales as well as Alejandro Ontiveros who will need to control the line of scrimmage on run plays and apply relentless pressure on pass plays that will allow their stellar dynamic duo of linebackers Ernesto Villasenor and Miguel De Los Santos to roam freely to inflict their patented punishing tackles as well as to provide the underneath pass protection coverage. The Mavericks secondary unit of Xavier Cerezo, Brandon Wheeler, Juan J. Garcia, Domingo Duran and German Velasquez will have their hands full in covering the Cowboys receiving corps as well as coming up quickly to provide run support and perhaps force a few turnovers in this game.
Eagle Pass Sports Central wishes the C.C. Winn Mavericks’ varsity football team the very best of luck against the McCollum Cowboys and invite the entire community of Eagle Pass, Texas to come out to the stadium this coming Thursday night and support the mighty Mavericks. GO MAVERICKS! BEAT THE COWBOYS!