Armando Munoz bought off to a quick begin.
And Harlandale by no means let off the fuel.
Munoz returned the opening kickoff for a rating, sparking Harlandale to a 49-7 win over Jefferson in a District 14-5A-II recreation Friday at Harlandale Memorial Stadium.
Munoz scored two touchdowns, together with the 91-yard kickoff return. He added a landing reception within the second quarter, lifting his crew to its fourth district win in a row after beginning the season 0-2 in opposition to a troublesome non-district slate.
"This complete week our coach was speaking about we bought to return one (kick), that is our week," mentioned Munoz, a junior broad receiver. "And earlier than we went on the market, he mentioned, ‘Take it to the home,' after which that's what I did.
"I noticed my teammates giving me nice blocks," Munoz added. "I did an amazing learn after which simply to the races after that."
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In addition to Munoz, Harlandale (4-2, 4-0) bought a balanced effort from a number of of its offensive weapons, together with from operating again Gio Silva and quarterback Gabe Salazar, each seniors. Silva rushed for 100 yards and accounted for 2 scores whereas Salazar handed for 127 yards and three scores.
Salazar distributed the ball successfully, tossing landing passes to 3 completely different receivers – Munoz, Silva and Jacob Schindler.
Harlandale coach Justin Lozano mentioned the offense has a number of gamers it could actually go to.
"The offensive line, our quarterback and our operating backs," Lozano mentioned. "We're so a number of all through our offense, it's capable of get guys like him (Munoz) the ball."
Regardless of standing at 5-feet-4, Silva is making a huge impact along with his pace and agility on the sector.
"Properly, being small, it actually helps out hiding behind my linemen," Silva mentioned. "They (protection) don't see me, and I capable of lower out wherever I would like. Simply because I'm small doesn't imply I can't do what I'm doing truthfully, that's simply one thing lots of people take a look at. However dimension doesn't matter when it comes all the way down to it, you simply bought to do what you bought to do."
Lozano mentioned Silva is a participant who supplies power for the crew.
"Truthfully, his power is the largest a part of him," Lozano mentioned. "When he comes out for soccer, he genuinely loves the sport. No one on the crew has the power and the passion about soccer and Harlandale soccer like that child."
Jefferson (2-2, 1-2) tied the sport at 7 on a 36-yard scoring run from Marnez Davis on the 6:15 mark of the primary quarter.
Munoz helped Harlandale regain the lead on the second play of the second quarter, hauling in a 24-yard scoring toss from Salazar. Harlandale tacked on two extra scores earlier than halftime. The primary on a 32-yard landing go from Salazar to Schindler and the second on a 1-yard Silva run with 29 seconds remaining within the first half.
Salazar threw his closing scoring toss to Silva on an 18-yard display screen go within the third quarter, placing Harlandale up 35-7.
With the sport just about in hand within the fourth quarter, Harlandale's reserves bought an opportunity for some taking part in time. Backup quarterback Victor Lopez threw a 14-yard scoring go to Julian Sanchez, and sophomore operating again Leo Reyes, who got here up from the junior varsity, scored on an 18-yard run.
Harlandale racked up 238 yards dashing and ended the sport with 379 complete yards.
Defensively, Harlandale held Jefferson to 50 yards of offense, because the Mustangs managed solely 4 first downs and had been compelled to punt seven occasions.
With the win, Harlandale continues its greatest begin in district play in 21 years when it went 6-0 in league play in 2005 to win the District 30-4A title. The Indians have dominated their district competitors thus far, successful their first 4 video games by a median of 32 factors.
After Harlandale completed 4-6 final yr in a troublesome district that included Alamo Heights, Boerne and Kerrville Tivy, Harlandale has excessive prospects for a title in its new district.
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