After the rain postponed Friday's game, Southlake Carroll runs out on Saturday night to play the Panthers of Colleyville Heritage. Southlake won decisively 49-14 at Dragon Stadium. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
Waves after waves of thunderstorms pounded the Dallas-areabrlast weekend, forcing a number of high school football games to be rescheduled,brincluding Southlake Carroll vs. Colleyville Heritage.
Originally scheduled for Friday, the matchup took place 24 hoursbrlater. After suffering its first district loss in five years, the Dragonsbrovercame the adversity of the defeat, weather and an early 14-point deficit to top Colleyville Heritage, 49-14.
“The weather was crazy, for sure,” said head coach HalbrWasson said. “But we prepared our team for a wet, nasty game. They came backbrand fought hard. I was really proud. Losing a heartbreaker is tough to getbrover, but we were able to jump back up and go. You have to respond and reboundbrin this league.”
Weather conditions won't get much better this weekend asbrmost area high schools, including Southlake Carroll, have moved their games from Friday up to Thursday The move means Wasson’s team will have one less day tobrprepare for the Haltom Buffalos.
Despite the short week one thing is for certain — thebrDragons will be ready.
“You can't control all the obstacles on the field, andbrweather is one of them,” Wasson said. “You have to be ready to play when it'sbrwindy, when it's rainy and when it's hot. We feel like we're a balancedbrfootball team. We can run the football and we can throw the football. If webrwere one-dimensional, it might be a different story.”
With just two weeks left in the season and a playoff berthbrvirtually clinched, Wasson has the tall task of keeping his team focused on thebrcurrent week rather than the postseason.
Simply put, Haltom is not a very good football team. ThebrBuffalos are 1-9 on the season and winless in district play.
“We've always taken the attitude of respect all opponentsbrand fear none,” Wasson said. “We know Haltom is going to give us their bestbrgame. We just have to keep the focus on ourselves and continue to get better.”
Haltom is averaging just 15 points per game and is giving upbrmore than 40 points per contest. If there is a bright spot on the team it'sbrathlete JQ Reed, who leads the Buffalos with more than 700 yards of offense andbrthree touchdowns.
But Wasson said he's a little more concerned with Haltom'sbrdefense, especially with another stormy night on the horizon.
“They like to bring pressure,” Wasson said. “We have to pickbrup blitzes and sustain blocks. And we have to treat this game like any otherbrgame, really.”