There’s no doubt that the Geneva School of Boerne football team will face its toughest test of the year so far when they visit No. 1 state-ranked Holy Cross this Friday.
The 5-0 Knights are the No. 1 TAPPS III team in the state, according to Maxpreps heading into Friday’s contest scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in San Antonio.
Geneva coach Grant Gaston acknowledged that it’ll be a challenge for his Eagles (3-2) on Friday.
“Yes, Holy Cross will be our most difficult opponent to date and may be the most difficult we will have to face all year,” he said. “They were a state finalist last year and are returning most of their team from that squad.”
Holy Cross lost in the TAPPS title game last year to Dallas Christian, 28-13 and finished the year at 10-3.
Last year, Holy Cross beat Geneva, 74-7, and Gaston said the Knights just don’t have many weaknesses.
“In addition to being well coached, Holy Cross is just very good across the board at all positions,” he said. “They are deep and talented.”
The Knights and Eagles are 1-0 in district after they both won their league openers last Friday. Holy Cross defeated New Braunfels Christian Academy, 48-0 and Geneva turned in a similar result with a 48-8 domination of Schertz John Paul II.
Bryce Hanover was making his second start at QB, taking over for the injured Caleb Quitadamo and Hanover looked like a poised veteran. He completed 15 of 21 passes for 342 yards and six TDs.
Reid Aderholt only had five catches in the game but all five went for touchdowns and the wide out finished with 216 receiving yards.
Geneva was up 20-0 at the end of the first quarter last Friday and it was because of three Hanover to Aderholt TD passes. The duo connected once again in the second quarter and made it 27-0.
Aderholt intercepted a pass while on defense to set up another Geneva score, a Hanover to Brady Chandler pass and catch for the 34-0 lead.
Hanover tossed one more TD pass to Aderholt and then Chris Oliver capped the scoring for the Eagles with their only rushing touchdown of the game.
Gaston said it was good to see his team keep their foot on the gas pedal and not let up.
“I think what I’m most proud of is that we did take care of business. Last year against this team we were not able to pull away,” he said. “This year we closed it out earlier, which allowed us to play some developing players while still focusing on how to finish games.”
The Eagles have some injuries and Gaston said the younger players are stepping up.
“We try to set up our practices so we are constantly developing players at all levels and cross-training players at multiple positions so if there is an injury or illness, we have guys ready to step in and play,” he said.
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