Bulldogs

continued from page 2 through a 26-yard field goal as time expired to give Gunter a 20-0 halftime lead

Coming back from the locker room, Gunter, who had deferred to the second half took the ball and wasted no time by scoring on a 75-yard touchdown by Colson Stovall on the very first play of the second half That have Gunter a 28-0 lead with 11:48 left in the third

Howe and Gunter traded punts on their next possessions before the 'Dogs took the ball at their own 46 yard line with 7:58 in the third That's when Howe quarterback Brandon Wall was intercepted by Clopton who returned it 85 yards for the touchdown to give the Tigers a 34-0 lead As if things weren't already bad enough, Tyler Grisham fumbled which led to a one play drive and a 29-yard touchdown by Stovall Gunter's lead now went to 42-0 after a successful 2-point conversion Howe would punt two more times before recovering a Pablo Jaramillo fumble and taking possession at their own 39 yard line The 61-yard drive ended on Jaden Matthews' 2-yard touchdown, Howe's first on the year with 4:54 left in the game. After another Gunter punt, Howe would drive 88 yards and score when Brent Masters raced 65 yards for a score to cut the Gunter lead to 42-14 after Honaker's PAT Gunter would take a knee and end the game as they got the ball back with :27 seconds to go

Howe rushed for 195 yards and threw for 26 Masters led the Bulldogs in rushing with 95 and Matthews followed with 77

Howe will host the Bowie Jackrabbits next week in the home opener They were defeated by Aubrey, 26-20 on Friday

Passing: Brandon Wall 3-7-1-26

Rushing: Brent Masters 12-95; Jaden Matthews 16-77; Tyler Grisham 5-16; Dylan Moreau 4-4; Cooper Akins 2-5; Andrew Griffin 22; Brandon Wall 3-(-4)

Receiving: Ty Harvey 1-13; Dylan Moreau 1-11; Tyler Grisham 1-2 continued from page 3 campus police officers Stating that in his experience at Luling, the campus once had a paid police officer on campus and then for a period of time didn't have one He says that what he found was that the kids were more behaved when they didn't have a campus officer than when they did.

Teafatiller is the high school principal in the last 80 years at Howe ISD

Previous Howe High School principals:

Michael Smiley (2012-16)

Blake Stiles (2007-12) to give the school what it needed " said Teafatiller "As a classroom teacher, it was pretty easy to juggle But as an administrator, with all the extra duties and responsibilities, it became too much so I resigned my position there (with the church). But I still saw the school as my mission field "

Teafatiller sees the Howe community as a breathe of fresh air "Having only been in the community only a few months now, I've been very pleased and maybe even in some regards surprised of the importance of faith in this community It was important where I was before, but here it seems to be in the fabric of the teachers, the administrators and the community Once I learned more about the community of Howe, I wasn't surprised that they were at least interested in visiting with me there at the beginning having seen my background, at least on a resume "

Teafatiller says that there has been no surprises in the first week with kids back on campus He says that three or four people have told him that they are off to the best start in several years

"It's been really smooth." said Teafatiller "Maybe it's just a honeymoon period, but the kids are trying to adjust and get to know me and my expectations "

He told them on the first day that he has but only three rules for high school "They are very simple rules Each rule is only two words long "

Teafatiller's rules are:

1 Be safe

2 Be respectful

3 Be responsible

"I feel like it's my responsibility to maintain a safe learning environment for our kids " said Teafatiller "I can't create a learning environment that's not safe It has to be safe and then we have to focus on academics It should be so safe and it should be so easy that we never really pay too much attention to it."

Teafatiller went on to explain that safety comes with physical safety as well as emotional safety In the second rule, he wants the kids to be respectful to one another, to the teachers and themselves In the third and final rule, he said he explained to the students that being responsible means taking responsibility for their work, being on time, for their words, and for their actions

"What I have found in my career as an educator and as youth minister as well for that matter is that if we do those three things well, we can't keep from being successful " said Teafatiller "I tell the kids that if you do those three things, you will be successful. Of course that's not a rule - that's an outcome "

With the number one rule of keeping the campus safe, Teafatiller said that he does not recommend

"The officer's authority has changed by the state legislature over the last couple of years " said Teafatiller "As I told the superintendent, 'There's not an issue on this campus that I can't handle And those that I can't, it's just a phone call to the PD '"

Kevin Wilson (2000-2007), Randy Hancock (1995-1999), Deborah Tidwell (1993-95), Donal Gilstrap (1977-93), L H Linker (1969-76), Arthur Boyle (1955-69), Jack Hollensed (1950-55), George Matlock (1948-50), E G Osborn (1946-48), John B Lair (1944-46); Charles R Thompson (1934-44)