Game Week Update-Boerne Champion

The Excitement Builds for Boerne Champion

-Mule Fan Editorial Staff Cuts Short 'Off Week' Mustache Wax Manufacturers Convention in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Write Game Notes

Next up for the Mules is Boerne Champion at Harry B. Orem Stadium this Friday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.  Champion comes in to the game sporting a 3-0 record after a 59-37 pasting of Marble Falls at Marble Falls.  Boerne rolled up 485 yards on the ground led by a highlight film filling night from junior running back Travis Pospisil who collected 305 yards on 24 carries and three touchdowns including two trips to the pay station of 57 and 43 yards.  Oh, while he was up, Pospisil also caught five passes including three touchdowns and was named Offensive Player of the Week by the Express News (I guess so!).  Anyway, the Mule Fan has inquired as to whether Mr. Pospisil’s biology teacher might consider holding him after class on Friday to dissect a newt or something so that he might miss the team bus down IH-10.

The Mule Fan chased up Coach Mike Norment to check in on his observations of the district opener and Boerne Champion.

Mule Fan:  You were in the stands to watch Boerne keep their record unbeaten with a big scoring night.  Most of it was ground game.  What impressions did you come away with in Marble Falls?

Coach Norment:  Well it was a rainy night sort of like the conditions we played them in last year.  The difference between Boerne last year and Boerne this year is that they were able to get into “two tight-two back” and were able to run the ball and were able to do that very successfully.  They had a running back that had over 300 yards and they threw the ball some as well.  They’re more two-dimensional than they were last year.  They can run and pass because that running back had three touchdowns running and passing.

Mule Fan:  Of course they knew you and your staff were in the stands.  Do you think they held back a little bit to not show you everything after they got up to the big score at the half (45-16)?

Coach Norment: No when they had the big lead at halftime they were trying to get out of there with no injuries.  They wanted to run the ball because they had the lead.  They didn’t want to do anything to allow Marble Falls back into the game and started putting a lot of their subs in the second half.  I’ll admit that’s when we left.  It was raining and we didn’t stay there very long.

Mule Fan:  Marble Falls was able to put up some passing yards on them.  What are the keys to attacking Boerne’s defense?

Coach Norment:  Before the Marble Falls game they were playing just a base defense. But against Marble Falls they blitzed a lot more than we’d seen in their previous two games.  That’s causing us to have to work on some other things more than we had the week before.  But that was good.  We were able to work their base defense last week because we saw that on film and this week we’ve been working more on the blitzes that we saw. 

Mule Fan:  What about keys to the game for your defense?

Coach Norment:  We’re going to have to stop the run and be able to play the pass, which is what we do with other teams.  We try to be more than one-dimensional and that causes defenses a bigger problem. 

Go Mules!!!