Don’t forget, tonight is AHS Meet the Hornets night at Brookshire’s. Come on out and get introduced to the various teams, listen to the band and watch the cheerleaders perform! The program starts at 6 p.m. (Photo: Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)
Category: Sports
Friday Night Wrap Up
FINAL SCORES
Athens hosts Waco Robinson (HC)– Athens wins 23-20, getting a tough win over previously unbeaten Robinson. The Hornets move to 3-2 on the year and will have an open date next week before starting district play against Van in two weeks.
Brownsboro hosts Rusk (HC) – Rusk 55 – Brownsboro 46 … The Bears fall to 1-4
Cross Roads hosts Mt. Enterprise (HC) – Mt. Enterprise 62 – Cross Roads 14 … Cross Roads drops to 1-4 on the season.
Eustace on the road at Mildred – Eustace improves to 3-2 with a 27-20 win over Mildred.
Mabank hosts Teague (HC) — Teague 62 – Mabank 14 .. Mabank drops to 1-4.
Malakoff hosts Scurry – Malakoff rolls over Scurry Rosser, 68-12, to keep its record a perfect 5-0. The win is Coach Jamie Driskell’s 50th as a head coach, all with Malakoff.
Trinidad on the road at Abbott — Abbott 56 – Trinidad 48 … Trinidad drops to 4-1 on the year after getting its first loss against a very tough Abbott squad.
Athens Christian Prep hosts Kings Academy (10 a.m. Saturday – HC)
Hornet’s 50-year Rushing Record Poised to be Broken
By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Specialist
Records are meant to be broken, but some of them are highly resistant to doing so.
In 1964, Dick Watt finished his three-season football career with the Athens Hornets in possession of a number of milestones. Watt was both a running back and defensive back, playing both ways, as was typical of the time. By the end of the ’64 season, he held the record for career total touchdowns, which was previously held by quarterback Duke Carlisle. (Carlisle, after whom the Hornets field house was named in 2008, went on to lead the University of Texas Longhorns to a national championship.) Watt also set the record for most interceptions in a season (10), career interceptions (20), and for career rushing yards (2,671).
The total-touchdowns record was broken three years ago by Kendal Sanders, but every other record has stood without being challenged … until now. The career rushing record will likely be held by another Hornet by the end of this season, if not by the end of this week.
“I’m amazed that the record still stands,” said Watt, a prominent Houston attorney. “Fifty years is long enough. I would love to personally congratulate the young man who does it and wish him well.”
There are actually two young men poised to surpass Watt’s rushing record. Senior Devin Hall needs only 128 yards to do so — a feat which could potentially be accomplished during this Friday’s homecoming game against No. 7 Waco Robinson. Junior Logan Fuller, who sat out last week’s game with an injury, is 353 yards shy of the record. Continue reading “Hornet’s 50-year Rushing Record Poised to be Broken”
Georgi Lichtenberg Wins Karate Trophies
Georgi Lichtenberg, 12, a green belt at the Athens Karate School, attended the Texas X State Karate Championships in Bedford, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 20, and won First Place (State Champion in her division) in kata (forms) competition and 2nd place in weapons forms competition. Georgi is the daughter of Dr Byron and Tamara Lichtenberg of Athens.
Podcast with Coach Essary
Michael sits down with Coach Essary to discuss last week’s win, and this week’s game against Waco Robinson, and homecoming festivities going on this week.