Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Warhorses enter the District 14-3A DI matchup riding a four-game winning streak after opening the season with a road loss at San Diego. Poteet, meanwhile, enters the contest 1-4 overall and 0-2 in district play after suffering losses to Carrizo Springs and Lytle.
Although the Warhorses carry 2-0 district mark into Friday night matchup with Aggies, don’t let the headline fool ya. When Devine takes the field in Poteet Friday night, Head Coach Jacob Campsey will have his players believing both squads are 0-0.
“Our guys understand that we play a sport where any given night the team that ‘shows up’ will win regardless of record,” Campsey said. “Poteet has some dangerous athletes that are not indicative of their record.”
And the Warhorses have already learned that lesson the hard way. “We’ve seen when we play badly teams will beat us. That San Diego taste is still in our mouths.”
Poteet opened the season with losses to Kenedy, 57-12, and Brackenridge, 45-27, before putting together an impressive 42-0 shutout of San Antonio Christian. The Aggies then opened district play with consecutive losses to Carrizo Springs, 50-0, and Lytle, 58-33.
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4-1 Horses hit the road against 1-4 Poteet
The Warhorses are currently the number 1 seeded team in the district with an overall record of 4-1 and a district record of 2-0. Photo by Brigid Howard.
