The Victory Life Academy Warriors gained their first ever playoff victory in the short history of the football program, defeating the San Antonio Castle Hills Eagles 52 to 7 at Warrior Stadium Friday night. The game ended with 9:22 left in the third quarter due to the 45 point mercy rule.
Spread back Tyler McDaniel rushed for 214 yards and two touchdowns. He also completed 13 of 19 passes for 160 yards and six touchdowns. Cullen Ruth caught a team high six receptions for 78 yards and four touchdowns. The Warriors compiled 372 yards of total offense while holding the Eagles to only 160 total yards.
With the victory the Warriors are TAPPS Division 2 Area Champions. Victory Life Academy will face Fredricksburg Heritage next Friday. Fredricksburg defeated Alvin Living Stones 56 to 7 to advance.
Photo contributed by Pam Polaski.
Victory Life Academy Warriors vs. SA Castle Hills Eagles
|
Score by quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
SA Castle Hills Eagles |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
victory life academy warriors |
21 |
25 |
6 |
52 |
|
Scoring summary |
Qtr |
Time |
Scoring play |
SA |
VLA |
|
victory life academy |
1 |
8:47 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 2 yd run (#8 McDaniel, Tyler pass to #40 Norway, Weston) |
0 |
7 |
|
victory life academy |
1 |
5:33 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 15 yd pass to #23 Polaski, Logan (#8 McDaniel, Tyler kick) |
0 |
15 |
|
SA Castle Hills |
1 |
2:49 |
#19 Mills, Jon 60 yd pass to #1 Farias, Carlos (#8 Leos, Ethan pass to #19 Mills, Jon) |
7 |
15 |
|
victory life academy |
1 |
1:14 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 7 yd pass to #51 Ruth, Cullen |
7 |
21 |
|
victory life academy |
2 |
9:09 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 20 yd pass to #51 Ruth, Cullen |
7 |
27 |
|
victory life academy |
2 |
5:47 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 20 yd pass to #45 Hagood, Garrett |
7 |
33 |
|
victory life academy |
2 |
3:52 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 10 yd pass to #51 Ruth, Cullen (#8 McDaniel, Tyler pass to #25 Taylor, Michael) |
7 |
40 |
|
victory life academy |
2 |
0:36 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 4 yd pass to #51 Ruth, Cullen |
7 |
46 |
|
victory life academy |
3 |
0:00 |
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 20 yd run |
7 |
52 |
|
Team stats |
SA Castle Hills |
victory life academy |
|
First downs |
4 |
14 |
|
Rushing yardage |
41 |
212 |
|
Pass completions – attempts |
7-18 |
13-19 |
|
Passing yardage |
119 |
160 |
|
Pass touchdowns – interceptions |
1-1 |
6-0 |
|
Total plays |
29 |
40 |
|
Total offense |
160 |
372 |
|
Fumbles – lost |
2-2 |
1-0 |
|
Penalties – yards |
2-25 |
5-55 |
|
Defensive sacks – yards lost |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
Time of possession |
8:42 |
21:18 |
|
3rd down efficiency |
1 for 6 |
1 for 4 |
|
4th down efficiency |
1 for 5 |
2 for 3 |
|
Punts – average |
0-0.0 |
0-0.0 |
Rushing
|
Name |
Att |
Yds |
Avg |
Lng |
TD |
|
#8 McDaniel, Tyler |
19 |
214 |
11.3 |
21 |
2 |
|
#45 Hagood, Garrett |
2 |
-2 |
-1.0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total: |
21 |
212 |
10.1 |
21 |
2 |
Passing
|
Name |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TD |
Int |
|
#8 McDaniel, Tyler |
13 |
19 |
160 |
6 |
0 |
Receiving
|
Name |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
Lng |
TD |
|
#51 Ruth, Cullen |
6 |
78 |
13.0 |
20 |
4 |
|
#25 Taylor, Michael |
4 |
24 |
6.0 |
10 |
0 |
|
#40 Norway, Weston |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
23 |
0 |
|
#45 Hagood, Garrett |
1 |
20 |
20.0 |
20 |
1 |
|
#23 Polaski, Logan |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
15 |
1 |
|
Total: |
13 |
160 |
12.3 |
23 |
6 |
Defense
|
Name |
Tkl |
Ast |
Sac |
TFL |
Int |
|
#8 McDaniel, Tyler |
4.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
#25 Taylor, Michael |
4.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
1 |
|
#45 Hagood, Garrett |
3.5 |
1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
#51 Ruth, Cullen |
3.5 |
1 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0 |
|
#22 Bessent, Keagan |
3.0 |
2 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0 |
|
#23 Polaski, Logan |
1.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
#11 Marshall, Dustin |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
|
Total: |
19.0 |
4 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
1 |