San Marcos travels to Converse to take on San Antonio Wagner in their first road trip of the season.
The Rattlers secured their first victory of 2022 during week two, beating San Antonio Madison 31-24 in overtime at Toyota Rattler Stadium. The purple and white’s matchup with the Thunderbirds is the toughest test San Marcos had this season in head coach John Walsh’s eyes, and Wagner played single-digit games against District 27-6A foes Cibolo Steele, New Braunfels and Converse Judson last season. The Rattlers face off with the Thunderbirds in a Thursday contest, making this week’s preparation a quick turnaround.
“Early in the year Thursdays aren’t ideal, because we got so much to work on even coming off a victory,” Walsh said. “As good as we might’ve looked in some areas, we really weren’t very good yet. So, not fun (during) the short week. (I’m) really not fond of it on our defensive side of the ball, because we’re seeing the academy, double-slot, triple-option midline and they do it really well. And they’re well-coached. That’s difficult. So it is what it is, you know, you try to teach all you can teach as far as how to handle the week in these non-district games. So we’ve already seen over time, we’ve already got a short week on a double-slot team. So we’re getting it all early.”
