Amarillo High’s Gabriel Rodriguez threw for 135 yards, Cole Sanchez ran for 113 yards and the Sandies walked away from Ratliff Stadium with 56-15 season-opening win over the Odessa High Bronchos in Odessa.
AHS (1-0) had a 21-0 lead after the first quarter and was up 42-7 at halftime.
Rodriguez threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Sanchez was the first Sandie to find the end zone on a 57 run.
Ryan Sluder had 107 yards receiving and caught two touchdowns. Blaine Prescott also caught a pair of scoring passes.
— Ricky Treon
Amarillo High 21 21 14 0 — 56

Odessa High 0 7 8 0 — 15

AHS—Cole Sanchez 57 run (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Gabriel Rodriguez 26 run (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Ryan Sluder 32 pass from Gabriel Rodriguez (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Chase Ferrell 44 run (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Josh Woods 8 run (Mason Edmondson kick)

OHS—Hayden Keese 22 pass from Ryan Martinez (Hector Lozano kick)

AHS—Ryan Sluder 44 yard pass from Gabriel Rodriguez (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Blaine Prescott 10 pass from Gabriel Rodriguez (Mason Edmondson kick)

AHS—Blaine Prescott 11 pass from Jonathan Shoels (Mason Edmondson kick)

OHS—C.J. Eddison 12 pass from Ryan Martinez (Isaiah Deary run)

Amarillo Odessa High

First Downs 20 10

Total Yards 515 228

Rushes-Yards 40-351 38-173

Passing Yards 164 55

Passing 9-13-1 6-13-0

Return Yards 27 137

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1

Punts-Avg 0-0 4-32.5

Penalties-Yards 9-65 6-49

Individual statistics

Rushing—Amarillo High: Cole Sanchez 12-113, Josh Woods 11-93, Chase Ferrell 2-42, Curtis Alexander 4-31, Gabriel Rodriguez 1-25, Brent Burdett 2-21, Drake Reid 4-13, Team 2-6, Colten Castleberry 1-5, Isaac Garcia 1-1. Odessa High: C.J Eddison 17-83, Tomas Gonzales 14-71, Ryan Martinez 6-46, Team 1-(-27).

Passing—Amarillo High: Gabriel Rodriguez 7-9-0-135, Jonathan Shoels 1-1-0-11, Team 1-1-0-18, Phillip Brunson 0-1-1-0. Odessa High: Ryan Martinez 6-13-0-55.

Receiving—Amarillo High: Ryan Sluder 5-107, Blaine Prescott 2-21, Josh Woods 1-23, Shy Burney 1-18. Odessa High: Hayden Keese 2-31, C.J. Eddison 4-24.