(Seguin) — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are back on campus this week to host the East Texas Baptist Tigers for their final non-conference game of the season.
The Bulldogs(1-2) are coming off a 38-35 road win at Southwestern this past Saturday for their first win of the season. TLU quarterback and Canyon High School grad Reece Deitrick connected with Levanta Henry for a five-yard touchdown with nine seconds left in the game for the winning score.
The true freshman led the Bulldogs on an 11-play, 64-yard game-winning drive in three minutes and five seconds.
TLU head coach Neal LaHue said the freshman quarterback stepped up big in the moment.
“He did. Our whole offense stepped up. Our offensive line did a great job of giving him some good protection,” LaHue said. “We work on the two-minute (offense) quite a bit and he did a great job executing. Proud of him for that. He had a good game, not just that drive, but he did some good things throughout the game.”
Deitrick finished the game with 218 yards passing and two touchdowns. Senior receiver Caleb Camarillo caught four of Deitrick’s passes for 96 yards and a TD. And senior running back Weston Guzman ran for 155 yards and two scores in handing Southwestern their first loss of the season.
The Bulldogs face another unbeaten team this week in East Texas Baptist. The Tigers are 3-0 on the season. The game will kick off at 1 o’clock this Saturday at Bulldog Stadium on the TLU campus. We’ll have the game on KWED. Our TLU Bulldog football pregame will start at 12:30 Saturday afternoon on AM 1580 and streaming at SeguinToday.com.
TLU is off next week. The Bulldogs start Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on October 11th at Centenary.