FRIDAY NIGHT FLASHBACK: Week 1

The Sports Buzz Game of the Week: In a season-opening defensive struggle, the Class 3A, DII Clifton Cubs hold off the Riesel Indians, 12-7, Friday night at Cub Stadium

Week 1: CLIFTON Cubs 12, RIESEL Indians 7

THE SPORTS BUZZ Game Of The Week featured the Class 3A, Division II Clifton Cubs holding off the Riesel Indians, 12-7, in a defensive struggle during the 2024 season opener at Cub Stadium Friday with the highlights and Post Game Show sponsored exclusively by Clifton Feed & Service Center.

In the Post Game Show, THE SPORTS BUZZ On The Air talks to Clifton football head coach Brent Finney, senior wide receiver-defensive back Diego Rodriguez and sophomore running back-defensive back Jackson Ritz.

Named THE SPORTS BUZZ Offensive Player of the Game, Rodriguez hauled in a 16-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Joaquin De la Hoya with a one-handed catch in the corner of the endzone for what proved to be the game-winning points in the third quarter. In addition to the touchdown pass, De la Hoya rushed for 165 yards with a 65-yard scoring run on the game’s first play from scrimmage.

As THE SPORTS BUZZ Defensive Player of the Game, Ritz pulled down an interception, collected four tackles, delivered a 23-yard punt return and punted three times for a 46.7-yard average.

New this season, THE SPORTS BUZZ On The Air will premiere one of its weekly 15-minute highlight and interview segments every Sunday sponsored exclusively by Clifton Feed and Service Center, Inc. before the 4 p.m. matinee movie at the historic and beautifully-renovated Cliftex Theatre in Clifton, the longest continuously running movie house in Texas, showing films on the silver screen since 1916.

Check out The Sports Buzz On The Air post-game interviews from the 2024 Texas high school football season, then watch for the complete game highlights of THE SPORTS BUZZ Game Of The Week every week throughout the Texas high school football season. And don’t forget to sign up for a FREE subscription on THE SPORTS BUZZ website at: http://www.bvsportsbuzz.com to catch all the action.