Ready For The “Bonfire Battle”?
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Updated: October 23, 2008
The Dripping Springs Tigers sit at 8-0 as they head into their game against the Pflugerville Hendrickson Hawks Friday Oct 24th. The Tigers are favored to win which would set up an a matchup of two undefeated teams at the annual “Bonfire Battle” against the Lake Travis Cavaliers on Oct. 31. The Cavaliers are the defending Class 4A state champions sitting at #2 in the polls this year and are bitter cross-town rivals of the Tigers. Last year, the Tigers were only 3-7 but they took the eventual state champions to the wire 34-24. Dripping Springs has surprised pretty much everyone this year. They began the season ranked #140 and have steadily moved up the polls are are now the 29th ranked team in the state. The teams are 7-7 vs. each other since 1994 but the Cavaliers have won the last five in a row
Tiger Schedule
vs Gonzales (2-5) (W 40-13)
at Wimberley (4-3) (W 35-28)
at Austin McCallum (3-4) (W 20-13)
at Austin Travis (3-5) (W 42-6)
vs *Marble Falls (3-4) (W 27-26)
at *Killeen (4-3) (W 24-17)
vs *Hutto (5-3) (W 17-7)
at *Lampasas (0-7) (W 35-14)
25-4A Standings
Lake Travis 4-0
Dripping Springs 4-0
Pflugerville Hendrickson 2-1
Killeen 1-2
Hutto 1-3
Lampasas 0-3
Marble Falls 0-3