Bobcats open district play against Rogers

After a bye week, the Comfort High football team will return to action Friday to open district play.

Comfort hosts Rogers this week at Bobcat Stadium at 7 p.m. as they begin District 13-3A DII action.

Comfort is 2-3 outside of district and Rogers is 1-6 overall. The Eagles opened district play last week and lost to Blanco 46-39, leaving them 0-1 in district.

Rogers has just one win, but Comfort coach Jay Rieken said their record isn’t a true measure of how good the Eagles really are.

Rieken points out that Rogers scored a lot of points in his games and the Eagles scored 63 points in their lone win againstschulenburg.

“They are the best 1-6 team I have ever seen, they are a goal machine,” he said. “If you look at who they played, they played a really good schedule.”

The Eagles posted losses of 42, 46, 40 and 39 points and are averaging 35 points per game. They’ll attack a team with that option and Rieken said they’re doing it well.

“We have to play task football and be very disciplined,” he said. “If they use the option we have to make them indecisive on the pitch and hopefully we can get some turnovers.

“We have to slow them down and keep their offense off the field,” Rieken added.

The bye week was good for the Bobcats as they were able to get some rest and recovery.

“The attitude was great; We had great practices and you can tell that they concentrated better,” said Rieken.

The coach added that they are getting a starter back and may get another in time for Friday’s game.

“We are still trying to get players back and get back on our feet. We’ll definitely have one back and possibly two, which will help,” he said. “Just the return of this one player has made a big difference in training.”

As the Bobcats head into the final part of their season, Rieken said it’s the little things they need to focus on.

“We have to keep getting better and get a win,” he said. “We need to avoid some penalties. Against Bandera (on October 4), nine penalties were called from the middle of the third quarter, and all of them were against us.”