Faith Academy football gives Medina 1st loss

CAPTION: Senior Andrew Houy is on his way to the end zone. Photo by Stennis Shotts

The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team beat Medina 76-55 Oct. 3.

It was Medina’s (5-1) first loss of the season.

“We kept grinding,” head coach Jay Silvers said. “Speed kills. We kept running at them. Offensively, we had to grind. We kept working on them and working on them.”

The first half revealed two evenly matched teams. They answered each other’s scores until late in the second quarter.

Faith had a turnover and Medina capitalized. But it left the Flames about 50 seconds in the quarter, enough time to get the score back and take a two-point lead at the half.

Medina fumbled the opening drive to begin the third quarter.

“We scored on that,” Silvers said. “They were fighting for it and the defense did a great job.”

Faith simply kept adding to the lead throughout the second half.

The coach believes one big difference between the two teams determined the outcome.

“The guys playing two ways,” he said. “I think that’s what helped us. We were still fresh and pretty good.”

The Faith offense was led by a group of playmakers.

Sophomore Landon Silvers had 16 rushes for 126 yards and two touchdowns and three receptions for 58 yards and a score.

Senior Andrew Houy had 18 rushes for 78 yards and two touchdowns and completed 11 of 14 passes for 166 yards and four 4 touchdowns.

Junior Wade Dillard had a 21-yard rushing touchdown and five receptions for 39 yards.

Senior Adam Merlick had two receptions for 61 yards and two touchdowns and senior Sawyer Jones had an 11-yard touchdown catch..

“We moved well, we threw the ball well all night, ” the coach said. “Speed kills and that saved us. We kept the running game. We stayed with what we do well. We kept going right at them. We took one 55 yards to the house. We didn’t let up ever. We were getting the yards.”

Houy had 13 tackles and two pass breakups, while junior Price Rosemond had three tackles, five assisted tackles, one interception and a fumble recovery, Sophomore Madden Kinnee had five tackles and three assisted tackles.

Sophomore Nick Zarob and Jones each had a fumble recovery and sophomore Egan Barnes made 7 of 8 extra points.

CAPTION: Sophomore Landon Silvers (9) looks for his blockers, who include Adam Merlick (4), as he makes his way down the field. Photo by Stennis Shotts