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Lifegate cruises past New Life
By John Taddy
Special to the G-E
GERONIMO  When it comes to rematches, the Lifegate Falcons always seem to step up their game.
A final-play loss at San Antonio New Life Christian Academy last year offered a good-natured desire for revenge.
Friday night’s contest against New Life proved the rule again, as the Falcons evened their season record at 1-1 with a 66-19 victory, ending at the half under the six-man football 45-point mercy rule.
But the game didn’t start as a blow-out.
Lifegate took the opening kickoff and drove 60 yards in six plays, with Cruz Sepeda finding Alex Schaefer for a 33-yard scoring pass and a 6-0 Falcon lead.
Replaying the script from last year, the Eagles didn’t waste much time to answer. Jeremy McDonald found a lane along the right sideline on the first play from scrimmage and went 47 yards to give New Life a 7-6 lead.
Lifegate responded again with a 50 yard, five play drive with Sepeda finding Heath Jones on a 32-yard strike and regaining the lead at 12-7 with 5:45 gone in the first period.
Freshman Caleb Tate recovered the first of two fumbles he’d find on the night on the ensuing onside kick. It took two plays for Jones to find the endzone three yards away to increase the lead to 19-7.
The Eagles answered back, with McDonald returning the kickoff 50 yards and cutting the Falcon lead to 19-13.
Jeremy Meador answered back with a 50-yard run up the middle of the field, putting Lifegate up 27-13.
Like a chess match, it was New Life’s move. Madu X took off on a 60-yard score with 2:29 remaining, bringing the Eagles to within eight, 27-19.
And in a chess match, you make adjustments. The Falcon coaches switched their defense to pressure the Eagles at the line of scrimmage and shut down the high-octane Eagle offense.
Sepeda added two scoring runs of his own in the first quarter, from 52 and 37 yards out, to put the Falcons up 41-19 at the end of the first quarter.
Both teams scored a total of nine touchdowns in the first quarter. With dead balls and kickoffs, it took one hour on the clock.
The second period was all Falcons. Sepeda and Heath combined on a 32-yard touchdown reception.
Meador blocked an Eagles punt and three plays later, scored on a 9-yard run. Sepeda added another touchdown run, from one yard out, and hit sophomore newcomer Austin Swick on a 30-yard pass for the final score.
On the night, Sepeda ran for 146 yards and three scores and passed for 170 yards and 4 touchdowns. Meador added 68 yards on the ground and Jones caught four passes, two for scores, for a total of 73 yards.
Defensively, Lifegate held New Life to 114 yards, only 10 in the air.
Coach John Rabon credited the defense for making the adjustments needed to stop the New Life offense.
“We moved Jeremy to defensive end and Bart Bohuslav to nose guard, and that took away New Life’s running game,â€
Lifegate cruises past New Life
By John Taddy
Special to the G-E
GERONIMO  When it comes to rematches, the Lifegate Falcons always seem to step up their game.
A final-play loss at San Antonio New Life Christian Academy last year offered a good-natured desire for revenge.
Friday night’s contest against New Life proved the rule again, as the Falcons evened their season record at 1-1 with a 66-19 victory, ending at the half under the six-man football 45-point mercy rule.
But the game didn’t start as a blow-out.
Lifegate took the opening kickoff and drove 60 yards in six plays, with Cruz Sepeda finding Alex Schaefer for a 33-yard scoring pass and a 6-0 Falcon lead.
Replaying the script from last year, the Eagles didn’t waste much time to answer. Jeremy McDonald found a lane along the right sideline on the first play from scrimmage and went 47 yards to give New Life a 7-6 lead.
Lifegate responded again with a 50 yard, five play drive with Sepeda finding Heath Jones on a 32-yard strike and regaining the lead at 12-7 with 5:45 gone in the first period.
Freshman Caleb Tate recovered the first of two fumbles he’d find on the night on the ensuing onside kick. It took two plays for Jones to find the endzone three yards away to increase the lead to 19-7.
The Eagles answered back, with McDonald returning the kickoff 50 yards and cutting the Falcon lead to 19-13.
Jeremy Meador answered back with a 50-yard run up the middle of the field, putting Lifegate up 27-13.
Like a chess match, it was New Life’s move. Madu X took off on a 60-yard score with 2:29 remaining, bringing the Eagles to within eight, 27-19.
And in a chess match, you make adjustments. The Falcon coaches switched their defense to pressure the Eagles at the line of scrimmage and shut down the high-octane Eagle offense.
Sepeda added two scoring runs of his own in the first quarter, from 52 and 37 yards out, to put the Falcons up 41-19 at the end of the first quarter.
Both teams scored a total of nine touchdowns in the first quarter. With dead balls and kickoffs, it took one hour on the clock.
The second period was all Falcons. Sepeda and Heath combined on a 32-yard touchdown reception.
Meador blocked an Eagles punt and three plays later, scored on a 9-yard run. Sepeda added another touchdown run, from one yard out, and hit sophomore newcomer Austin Swick on a 30-yard pass for the final score.
On the night, Sepeda ran for 146 yards and three scores and passed for 170 yards and 4 touchdowns. Meador added 68 yards on the ground and Jones caught four passes, two for scores, for a total of 73 yards.
Defensively, Lifegate held New Life to 114 yards, only 10 in the air.
Coach John Rabon credited the defense for making the adjustments needed to stop the New Life offense.
“We moved Jeremy to defensive end and Bart Bohuslav to nose guard, and that took away New Life’s running game,â€
