There was no excuse for our offense,we only gained 90 yard s the whole game. Our defense was awesome as usual.They gave us plenty of chances to win the game we just didn't use them.

HONDO — Hondo's Layne Neumann helped the Owls secure a shutout over the Medina Valley Panthers with his field-goal efforts Friday night.

Neumann drilled home three field goals and chipped in a PAT to help the Owls secure their second victory in three starts.

Teammate Ernie Tapia put the Owls on the scoreboard with a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:37 remaining in the first quarter. The tailback finished with 48 yards on 21 carries.

Neumann made field goals from 43 and 46 yards, and after a scoreless third period, he connected on a 35-yarder for the game's final points.

They thought it was bad last week when pranksters from Uvalde painted a 20-yard long U across the football field. But not even that prepared Hondo officials for the "redecorating" their athletic complex underwent Thursday night.

Slogans lauding Medina Valley, Hondo's Friday night opponent, littered the area. Paint in orange and black — the Medina Valley school colors — was splattered across the field house and weight rooms, in the stadium's aisles, on the goal posts and in the end zone.

Maintenance crews were out with a power sprayer Friday, repainting as much as they could. Workers removed the paint on the field with a petroleum agent, which killed much of the grass.

Hondo principal Larry Carroll estimated that, by the time everything's repainted and new sod is laid down on the field, the bill will have run around $2,500. The district is paying for everything now, but Carroll said he is confident the police will find the perpetrators.

"We most definitely will press charges and then hopefully get the money back," he said.

Officials at Medina Valley apologized for the damage and Hondo officials urged students not to retaliate, but Carroll said the admonitions were unnecessary. "That's not what our kids are like."