Westlake Picayune

When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Burger Stadium
Radio/TV: 1370 AM.
Records: Westlake 0-3; Bowie 2-1
Last season: l. 31-14.
Foe to know: Heath Hohmann – The versatile running back has  497 yards from scrimmage and five TDs for high-powered Bowie.
Stat that matters: 40.7 – Points per game for the Bulldogs, which leads all District 25-5A teams. 
Rundown: After a stunning season-opening [...]

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor 
Westlake has allowed at least 30 points for three consecutive games for the first time in school history, and an inability to force offenses off the field has emerged as one of the primary reasons. 
Foes have converted 16 of 29 third downs this season, including seven of 14 attempts on third-and-10 or [...]

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Akins 
Record: 1-2
Results: d. Crockett 27-13; l. LBJ 44-20; l. Hutto 49-13
What we know: The Eagles are serious about their new offense. Coach Mike Zierlein dumped his spread attack in the off-season and went to a flexbone attack; the Eagles have rushed for 637 yards and thrown for just 207 yards.
What we don’t: What will happen when Akins [...]

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor
It’s taken three tournaments and more than 30 matches, but the Chaps appeared to have discovered their offensive rhythm.
Westlake (24-7, 4-0) rode that beat to a 25-14, 25-13, 25-20 pummeling of Pflugerville Connally (13-15, 2-2) in a District 25-5A match up last night at Westlake High School. Five starters had at [...]

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor 
At 5 feet 11 inches and a solid 175 pounds, Lake Travis defensive back Michael Streuling can muscle most receivers. 
But when he found himself on an island against Westlake’s Mike Walker two weeks ago, Streuling found himself at a big disadvantage.
Literally.

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor
Hopefully, the drive back from College Station for the hundreds of Chap fans that made the midweek sojourn to watch Westlake face A&M Consolidated featured nothing more dramatic than a deer grazing on the side of a country road.
The heavens know neither school should endure any more.  
In a setting tinged [...]

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor
 
COLLEGE STATION­ - Few thought that a rugged and revamped District 25-5A would offer any solace to the Chaps, but that’s exactly what it must do if Westlake salvages a season on the brink.
 
A&M Consolidated (1-2) completed a winless nondistrict slate for the Chaps (0-3) with a 44-23 win Tuesday at [...]

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The Westlake High School football game versus A&M Consolidated, rescheduled for tonight in College Station, has been postponed until next week due to Hurricane Ike and the anticipated evacuation traffic on the highways.
The game has been rescheduled to Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. in College Station.
In addition, the Westlake volleyball team’s District 25-5A opener at Austin High [...]

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By Thomas Jones, Sports Editor
Sara Shaw hammered and sliced through the Cedar Park defense for all three games in Westlake’s sweep, but her most important kill came more from a shrug than a swing.

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Coach confident that volleyball team will learn from losses in nondistrict
By Thomas Jones, Westlake Picayune
Throughout this dynastic decade, the Chaps have used a brutal nondistrict schedule to steel themselves for the playoffs.
That schedule has delivered more than its usual share of lumps this season, but Coach Al Bennett remains confident that his youth-laden team can [...]

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