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Why a Six-Man Powerhouse Played an 11-Man Game... and Won
Six-man powerhouse Gordon knew it would face plenty of adversity when it scheduled an 11-man game against 2A Thorndale. But Stryker Reed and Ry Reed lived up to the billing in a dominant Longhorns victory.
THORNDALE, Texas -- Coach Mike Reed was thinking about failure in the moments after his Gordon Longhorns beat Thorndale 54-21 to extend their state-best winning streak to 34 games.
For his players, failure in football is a foreign concept. The back-to-back six-man state champions only played into the second half of two games last season, winning all by a 45-point mercy rule. The Longhorns won the 2024 Class 1A DII State Championship after running 17 offensive plays.
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