Bi-District Championship
Rochelle 46
Santa Anna 0
In 1886 Rochelle school opened its doors, records show that around 1924 the Hornets began its football program. Saturday night the Rochelle Hornets claimed their 1st play-off victory in its 91 years of football with a big win over Santa Anna! Still missing Sr Jacob Cox the Hornets started slow but were led by big offensive efforts from Sr's Marty Flores and Cody Tinney. Marty Flores led all players with 330 all-purpose yards and 4 TD's while Cody Tinney led all receivers with 6 catches for 141 yards and 3 TD's. Defense continued to frustrate opponents giving up only 105 total yards to the mountaineers! The Hornet defense was led by Marty Flores (9 tackles & a forced fumble), Christian Barron (7 tackles & 1 blocked punt), and Cody Tinney (2 tackles, 2 int, 1 fumble recovery)!
The victory over Santa Anna re-writes Rochelle history books on many levels. 1st play-off win, 1st time to win 10 games in a season, longest win streak at 10, and also continues its streak of 45 pt mercy rule wins at 9 (1 forfeit).
The 10-1 Rochelle Hornets will take on its biggest challenge since their season opener against the #2 Richland Springs Coyotes. The Gordon Longhorns are on an 11 game win streak after their Bi-district win over Bryson last week 52-34. The Longhorns are a tradition rich program led by Sr RB Chase Mackey. The Hornets and Longhorns have only played each other once; which ended in a 58-8 Gordon victory back in 2003.
This seasons common opponents are as follows:
Rochelle 54 Strawn 8
Gordon 50 Strawn 22
Come out and show your Rochelle pride this week as the Hornets look to continue their magical season!
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Rochelle (10-1) vs Gordon (11-0)
@ Hamilton, 7:30
Friday, November 20th
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