The Brownwood Lions begin their pursuit of a District Championship Friday night, October 7, at Gordon Wood Stadium as the Big Spring Steers come to town. Both teams are 4-2 through their season so far.
Expect Big Spring to throw the ball early and often. Big Spring is averaging 28 points and allowing 28 points per game, but the Steers have thrown for 327 of their 416 yards per game, while rushing for just 89.
Quarterback Gavin Padron has connected on 176 of 262 passes for 1,966 yards with 18 touchdowns and five interceptions, while leading receivers include Zeyire Franklin (34-546, 3 TDs), Derick Walleck (28-313, 2 TDs), Ricky Escovedo (26-281, 4 TDs), Kavien Ford (26-217, 2 TDs), Eli Cobos (23-281, TD) and Donavyn Hilario (19-228, 2 TDs). On the ground, Ford (446 rushing yards, 3 TDs) is the top rusher.
“They like to throw the ball a lot,” said Brownwood Head Coach Sammy Burnett.
“They like to throw it sideways, too. They like to throw a lot of screens, they’ll throw plays off the screen, they have some tall kids on the outside and they have a lot of kids that rotate in. I haven’t figured out why they’re not committed to the run, but the quarterback gets the job done and puts up some numbers. We have to make sure we’re doing our job in the back end, but we’re not just going to sit back and let them throw the ball, we’re going to heat them up a little bit and see if we can bust up his timing.”
Big Spring enters Friday’s game having defeated Lubbock High (51-26), Monahans (24-20), Sweetwater (20-7) and Snyder (27-24), with losses to Pampa (27-20) in the season opener, and Seminole (63-28) last week.
Remember that the game starts earlier, at 7:00 pm, as will be the case with the other district games.
Homecoming activities will begin at 6:30 pm with the crowning of the queen and king prior to the start of the game.
As always, listen to the Friday night lineup of football shows as follows on KOXE 101.3, KOXE.com or the KOXE App.
5:30 pm – Pigskin Pick’em Show
6:10 pm – Lion Talk
6:25 pm – Countdown to Kickoff
6:35 pm – Mic’d Up with Dallas Huston
6:40 pm – Lion Pre-Game Show
7:00 pm – Brownwood Lion Football game vs. Big Spring
After the Game – The Dr. Pepper High School Scoreboard Show