Playoff Semifinal Program Profile: Wimberley
Jack Densmore
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The Wimberley Texans have reached the semifinals of the 4A Division II state tournament. The Texans have had an explosive offensive season this year. The 12-3 Texans take on the 12-0 Carthage Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
The Texans are led by senior quarterback <strong>Matthew Tippie</strong> who has 3,548 passing yards for 35 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. Tippie has had a career season to close out his time with Wimberley, which includes the time he threw a 99-yard touchdown bomb against Navarro. Tippie is a gunslinger who has yet to be stopped this season because even if his passing yards is low, he still scores two-three touchdowns. Given that Tippie is a commit to Angelina’s baseball team, it is no surprise that he can sling it downfield, and he will likely do so against Carthage.
Although it seems like Tippie has the ball 24/7, that is not the case as Wimberley has an excellent running game as well. Junior running back [player_tooltip player_id="60768" first="Moses" last="Wray"] leads the charge on that front with 996 yards and 11 touchdowns. A large chunk of his rushing yards have come in the playoffs as he has rushed over 100 yards in each playoff game so far. Wimberley is an offensive powerhouse, almost like the Kansas City Chiefs of Texas UIL 4A, so although Tippie will be doing his thing, Wray will make a name for himself as well.
Senior wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id="60674" first="Ty" last="Pruett"] has been the beneficiary of Tippie’s gunslinging this season with 1,039 yards and 14 touchdowns. Not far behind him is senior <strong>Jaxon Watts</strong>, who has 860 yards and eight touchdowns. Any secondary will have trouble covering this duo given the stats alone. Plus, Wimberley has even more good talent that could explode at any minute like senior [player_tooltip player_id="60542" first="Christian" last="Marshall"] and junior <strong>Nathan Simpson</strong>.
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