The Teague Lions scored on a go-ahead 20-yard touchdown pass from Zak Leija to Bryce Bates with 42 seconds remaining in the game, sending the home crowd into a roar in the Lions’ home opener, but the defending 2A State Finalist Tolar Rattlers responded with a well-executed 40-yard field goal with room to spare in a 23-21 thriller as no time remained to stun the Teague Lions and the home faithful.
Tolar held a 14-0 lead at halftime and seemingly had the game in control, but the Lions offense awakened on 8-yard hard nosed touchdown run by senior twoway standout Korey Silar with 3:27 left in the third quarter to cut the Rattler lead to 14-7 after Alex Lopez converted the extra-point.
Leija tied the ball game on a 72-yard touchdown run, racing past the Rattler defense with 10:41 left in the fourth quarter. Leija converted on a two-point conversion pass to put Teague ahead, 1514, their first lead of the night.
