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FOOTBALL
Undefeated Lake Travis and Westlake set to collide this weekend
Jay Plotkin American-Statesman Correspondent
Published 3:04 p.m. CT Sep. 20, 2023


CAM FITZPATRICK SCORES A RARE RUSHING TD TO SECURE A WIN OVER MARTIN

AUSTIN - Leading 35-0 with under three minutes left in their game against Akins the Lake Travis trio of Cam Fitzpatrick, Kadyn Leon and Nico Hamilton could be seen congregating on the Lake Travis bench, rooting on their replacements and discussing their next game. Normally you'd expect one game to be over before players start discussing the next one but with a meeting against 3-0 Westlake looming they could be forgiven for trying to get a head start on planning.

"We're where we had hoped to be at this point in the season." Head Coach Hank Carter said after securing the win over Akins. "Now we've got to get ready for the toughest game we've had so far. We have a lot of history with Westlake. This is a big test for us."

Fitzpatrick, Leon and Hamilton are largely responsible for Lake Travis' 4-0 start as each of them is near the top of their positions' respective stats leader board.

The Cavaliers started their season with a pair of close win over Martin. Lake Travis secured that win when Fitzpatrick, not really considered a runner, took off for a 39 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Fitzpatrick threw Lake Travis' only other touchdown to Seth Galbraith. Lake Travis won 17-14.

Against Steele the Cavaliers scored on a pair of Fitzpatrick to Leon passes and Hamilton added a touchdown run. Lake Travis came away with a 20-10 win.

Fitzpatrick threw for 333 yards and six scores in a 56-28 win over Johnson. Leon was on the receiving end of 193 of those yards and three touchdowns. Hamilton added 247 yards and a pair of scores on 21 carries.


KADYN LEON SCORES AGAINST JOHNSON AND AKINS

Next up was winless Akins. Lake Travis rested the trio for much of the second half but not before Fitzpatrick could toss four touchdowns and roll up four touchdown passes. Hamilton played sparingly but tallied 65 yards and a score on the ground. Leon tallied 152 yards and a score. Lake Travis won 35-0.


LAKE TRAVIS CELEBRATES THEIR WIN OVER AKINS

Now their toughest test of the season. Westlake.

Westlake comes into the game 3-0.

While Lake Travis leans heavily on their three stars Westlake spreads things around. QB Paxton Land has thrown half the passes Fitzpatrick has with a third of the yards and 5 touchdowns to Fitzpatrick's 13.

Westlake's top two rushers have less yardage than Hamilton. If you chose one word to describe Westlake it would be "deep".

Week one saw Westlake slip past Ridge Point 31-21 on the road. Paxton Land threw for 202 yards and a score while Nathan Acosta and Jack Kayser led the way on the ground, chipping in a touchdown each.

Westlake took down Judson 47-0 in their second game with Land and sophomore backup QB Rees Wise each tossing a pair of TDs. Wise also ran for a touchdown as did sophomore RB Sebastian Henault.

Westlake then handled Akins by a score of 64-0 with five touchdowns on the ground and three more through the air.

Westlake had last week off.

Team Leaders
Lake Travis
Cam Fitzpatrick - 74/115 64% 1,194Yds 13TD 2Int
Nico Hamilton - 73Car 509Yds 4TD
Kadyn Leon - 28Rec 592Yds 5TD

Westlake
Paxton Land - 32/58 381Yds 5TD 0Int
Jack Kayser - 41Car 204Yds 3TD
Nathan Acosta - 23Car 157Yds 1TD

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Cam Fitzpatrick 2023 Stats:
08/25/2023 vs Martin W 17-14 17/30 271Yds 1TD 1Int, 1Car 39Yds 1TD
09/01/2023 vs Steele W 20-10 19/29 277Tds 2TD 1Int
09/08/2023 vs Johnson W 56-28 20/28 333Yds 6TD 0Int
09/24/2023 @ Akins W 35-0 18/28 313Yds 4TD 0Int
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Totals 4 Games: 74/115 64% 1,194Yds 13TD 2Int, 1Car 39Yds 1TD

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FOOTBALL
Westlake blocks late field goal, holds on to top Lake Travis
Jay Plotkin American-Statesman Correspondent
Published 3:04 p.m. CT Sep. 23, 2023


LAKE TRAVIS WR KADYN LEON DIVES FOR A TD CATCH IN A LOSS TO WESTLAKE

AUSTIN - In what may be a contender for the UIL game of the year Westlake held on for a 24-21 win over Lake Travis. Westlake improves to 4-0 with the win while Lake Travis drops their first game of the season to fall to 4-1.

Things got started early when Paxton Land connected with Heath Mcree for an 82 yard catch and run on Westlake's first possession.

Lake Travis answered with an extended drive that ended with a three yard touchdown run by Nico Hamilton.


NICO HAMILTON CELEBRATES A TOUCHDOWN RUN

Westlake punched right back when Land found Brody Wilhelm for a 62 yard touchdown on a out and up that thoroughly fooled the Lake Travis defense.

Early in the second quarter Lake Travis QB Cam Fitzpatrick found his favorite target, Kadyn Leon for a diving seven yard touchdown.

Land and Mcree answered with another touchdown connection to take a 21-14 lead shortly before halftime.

Fitzpatrick and Leon connected once again, scoring on a 32 yard pass and catch to tie things up just before the break.


LEON GETS BEHIND THE DEFENSE FOR ANOTHER SCORE

Whatever adjustments he defenses made at halftime worked to perfection as the third quarter was scoreless aside from a 39 yard field goal by Westlake's Spencer Barnett.

With just over two minutes left to play Lake Travis got the ball back at their own 13 yard line. Fitzpatrick found Leon for 23 yards then Hamilton for a gain of 16. Cole Munnerlyn caught one for six yards out to the Westlake 42. Fitzpatrick then found Leon for gains of 11 and two yards, down to the 29 yard line with 58 seconds left to play.

Seth Galbraith caught back to back passes totaling 13 yards to put the ball at the 16. Hamilton then got a trio of carries, centering the ball at the eight yard line, setting up Braydon Doane for a 25 yard kick to send the game into overtime.

Westlake's Payton Luther burst around the end and laid out, getting enough of the ball to send the kick off target and secure the win for Westlake.

"Heck of a game, always is. Tough way to lose but we had other chances to win." Lake Travis head coach Hank Carter said following the game.

Cam Fitzpatrick completed 24 of 39 pass attempts for 363 yards and two scores while Kadyn Leon led the way with 113 yards and two scores on eight receptions. Sam Self added 106 yards on five receptions. Nico Hamilton picked up a very tough 64 yards and a score on 19 carries.

Lake Travis (4-1) will travel to face off against Del Valle (1-4) following a week off.

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Cam Fitzpatrick 2023 Stats:
08/25/2023 vs Martin W 17-14 17/30 271Yds 1TD 1Int, 1Car 39Yds 1TD
09/01/2023 vs Steele W 20-10 19/29 277Tds 2TD 1Int
09/08/2023 vs Johnson W 56-28 20/28 333Yds 6TD 0Int
09/14/2023 @ Akins W 35-0 18/28 313Yds 4TD 0Int
09/22/2023 vs Westlake L 21-24 24/39 363Yds 2TD 0Int
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Totals through 5 Games: 98/154 64% 1,557Yds 15TD 2Int, 1Car 39Yds 1TD

[Agent]

Sick diving catch for a TD

[djp73]

Sick diving catch for a TD

Leon is a beast

[The JZA]

Time to bounce back with another streak. Cam is playing well with only just 2 INTs

[djp73]

Time to bounce back with another streak. Cam is playing well with only just 2 INTs

Yeah I think we can run the table now. 5 games left in the regular season. Unfortunately we will probably run into Westlake again in the playoffs.