FRISCO — Mercifully, nondistrict is over for the Sanger Indians.
The Indians found themselves struggling again Thursday night, falling behind quickly before losing 51-21 to Frisco Lone Star on Thursday night at FC Dallas Stadium.
Sanger (0-6) will get two weeks to think about this loss before starting District 9-3A action against Gainesville on Oct. 18.
About the only good news to come out of Thursday’s loss is that the nondistrict season is now over and district action represents a fresh start.
Sanger had difficulty generating much offense in the first half. The Indians did score on their opening drive of the game, a 33-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Wyatt Broxson to wide receiver Brennan Bloom that tied the score at 7-7.
But that ended quickly, as the Indians’ defense proved unable to slow down the Rangers (5-1), while the offense committed two turnovers, punted twice and took a safety by halftime.
Lone Star scored on its first four drives of the game, in some cases knifing through the Indians in only a couple of plays, to take a 37-7 halftime lead.
Jordan Jones, who took over at running back for an injured Ramon Harris, burst through for a 55-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter to give the Rangers the lead for good, 14-7.
Jones ended up with 129 yards rushing on only 11 carries. Lone Star quarterback Will Campbell went 12-of-19 passing for 180 yards and three touchdowns. He didn’t play the second half.
Neither did Broxson, who threw for 104 yards on 5-of-11 passing along with an interception. He gave way to backup Brandon Mann, who played the second half. Mann went 2 of 5 for 15 yards and an interception, which was returned by Lone Star’s Sonny Maze for a touchdown.
The Indians did play better overall in the second half, scoring twice on a 6-yard touchdown run by Dylan Hennen and a 12-yard touchdown pass from Mann to Bloom. The Indians’ defense only gave up one second-half touchdown.
Hennen led the Indians with 55 yards on 19 carries. Bloom caught four passes for 62 yards, including the two scores.
Frisco Lone Star 51, Sanger 21
Sanger | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 21 |
Frisco Lone Star | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | — | 51 |
SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
LS — Toure Stephens 22 pass from Will Campbell (Cameron Scott kick), 10:41
S — Brennan Bloom 33 pass from Wyatt Broxson (Kyle Johnson kick), 6:45
LS — Jordan Jones 55 run (Scott kick), 5:52
LS — Stevens 33 pass from Campbell (Scott kick), 2:28
LS — Jordan Ruby 8 pass from Campbell (Scott kick), :15
SECOND QUARTER
LS — Safety, quarterback tackled in end zone, 6:49
LS — Campbell 20 run (Scott kick), 6:22
THIRD QUARTER
LS — Sonny Maze 48 interception return (Scott kick), 8:47
S — Dylan Hennen 6 run (Johnson kick), 2:00
FOURTH QUARTER
S — Bloom 12 pass from Brandon Mann (Johnson kick), 9:24
LS — Austin De Leon 4 run (Scott kick), 7:37
TEAM STATISTICS
| S | LS |
First Downs | 13 | 17 |
Rushing | 42-103 | 34-265 |
Passing | 7-16-2 | 12-21-1 |
Passing Yards | 119 | 180 |
Total Yards | 222 | 445 |
Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 4-3 |
Punts-Avg. | 6-36.0 | 3-22.7 |
Penalties | 3-32 | 8-66 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — S: Derek Shelby 1-(-2), Wyatt Broxson 11-35, Dylan Hennen 19-55, Lance Hunter 4-4, Brandon Mann 5-20, Tanner Thomas 1-5, Team 1-(-14); LS: Ramon Harris 2-12, Jordan Jones 11-129, Will Campbell 1-20, CJ Encalade 14-62, Chase Moake 1-46, Austin De Leon 1-4, Team 4-(-8).
Passing — S: Broxson 5-11-1 104, Mann 2-5-0 15; LS: Campbell 12-19-1 180, Moake 0-2-0 0.
Receiving — S: Brennan Bloom 4-62, Thomas 2-60, Hennen 1-(-3); LS: Toure Stevens 2-55, Jordan Jones 3-54, De Leon 2-16, Jordan Ruby 3-35, Corey Craddock 2-20.
