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FOOTBALL: The Highlanders celebrate fourth shutout of the season against Oak Ridge, 30-0

By: Shelby Olive
| Published 10/23/2015

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SHENANDOAH, Texas — The Woodlands Highlanders had much to celebrate after their fourth shutout of the season and Head Coach Mark Schmid’s 100th win with the team.

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The Highlanders were all smiles after their 30-0 victory, which guaranteed the team a spot in the playoffs after the end of their district matches.

“We’re feeling great. At this time of the season with a couple of games left to play we’ve got some business we have to finish, so we’re going to enjoy tonight,” Schmid said. “It was a big win over a really good football team—a talented football team. That victory assures us a spot in the playoffs which is definitely a big goal of ours. These guys, they want to finish this thing right by being the undisputed district champions.”

The Woodlands set the tone of the game in the first quarter when junior quarterback Eric Schmid found a gap to senior wide receiver Brandon Stockerl for a 51-yard touchdown. Nearing the end of the game, Schmid threw another big pass to senior wide receiver Hunter Moore for a touchdown reception, finalizing their 30-0 score.

“It does great things for [Eric’s] confidence,” Schmid said. “Every game he plays out here he builds on being the junior quarterback, so that was a big pass for him.”

Establishing the Highlanders’ running game was sophomore running back and Player of the Game, Jordan Talford.

“That’s an important thing for us to do,” Schmid said. “We want to run the football because a lot of good things happen when you run the football, and to be able to have a Ramos, and a Talford and a Trauffler and get some runs out of the quarterback, that’s big for our recipe.”

Coach Schmid said the Highlander defense takes great pride in holding their opponent to no points, but he wants them to remember that they still have games down the road before they can start thinking about their playoff matches.

“This is a great win for us, but we’ve got two more games to play in district before we start on a play off run,” Schmid said. "We made the playoffs, but we can’t think about this right now. We have to think about Summer Creek.”

The Highlanders will play at Woodforest Bank Stadium against Summer Creek on Thursday, October 29, at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on Woodlands Online.

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