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Live score update summary: Lake Travis beats Bowie 44-6 behind 3 TDs each from Vann Hopping, Lark Sidle

Chaston Ditta also throws for 303 yards and three touchdowns as Texas' No. 9 team improves to 5-0 in game of unbeatens

Mitch Stephens

Austin Westlake takes on Lake Travis in the 2023 Texas high school football playoffs.
Austin Westlake takes on Lake Travis in the 2023 Texas high school football playoffs. / Photo by Paul Brick, SBLive

The Lake Travis Cavaliers did a lot of everything to improve to 5-0 with a 44-6 win at previously unbeaten Bowie on Friday night in Austin, Texas.

A 10-yard touchdown pass from Chaston Ditta to Lark Sidle started the scoring but that duo was just getting started. The combined for two more scores on plays of 10 and 7-yards and rugged, fleet running back Vann Hopping added three touchdown runs of his own as the Cavaliers beat Bowie for a 10th straight time since 2012.

Besides all that offense — Ditta was 24 of 35 for 301 yards — the defense was stout, giving up just one big play, a 69-yard touchdown pass from Cruz Tello to Rowen Wells. Bowie dropped to 4-1.

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LAKE TRAVIS AT BOWIE LIVE SCORE UPDATE

FINAL SCORE: Lake Travis 44, Bowie 6

FOURTH QUARTER

FIELD GOAL LAKE TRAVIS! Short field goal in the final minute. Lake Travis 44, Bowie 6.

THIRD QUARTER

SIDLE AGAIN! Third TD catch by Lark Sidle, a sliding 8-yarder from Chaston Ditta. Lake Travis 41, Bowie 6. 0:35 3Q.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE TRAVIS! Second 10-yard touchdown pass from Chaston Ditta to Lark Sidle. Lake Travis 34, Bowie 6. XP failed. 7:31 3Q.

TOUCHDOWN BOWIE! Cruz Tello 69-yard touchdown strike to Rowen Wells, who sprints about 50 yards untouched. Lake Travis 28, Bowie 6. 8:01 3Q.

HOPPING ONCE MORE: Vann Hopping with his third TD, a 1-yard plunge on first drive of second half after 65-yard kickoff return by Westin Smith. Lake Travis 28, Bowie 0. 9:50 3Q.

SECOND QUARTER

FIELD GOAL BLOCKED! Bowie with its best drive of the half, with the benefit of a couple penalties, had its last drive end with a blocked field goal — of about 22-yard field try. End of half: Lake Travis 21, Bowie 0.

FIELD GOAL FAILS AGAIN! An even close try, this one from 29 is again pulled left for Lake Travis, which leads 21-0. 3:00 2Q.

HOPPING AGAIN! Vann Hopping with his second touchdown run, a 7-yarder after Lawson Watkins intercepted a Bowie tipped pass. Hopping bullied up the gut, then with a defender pulling his facemask, still managed to power his way into the end zone. Lake Travis 21, Bowie 0. 6:00 2Q.

FG MISSES! A 31-yard field goal try by Lake Travis' Braydon Doane just missed left, keeping the score at Lake Travis 14, Bowie 0. 10:00 2Q.

FIRST QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN LAKE TRAVIS! Vann Hopping gone! 55 yards around left end. One-play scoring drive after Bowie turnover. Lake Travis 14, Bowie 0. 6:00 1Q.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE TRAVIS! Chaston Ditta caps a 70-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Lark Sidle on a pretty inside post. Lake Travis 7, Bowie 0. 9:00 1Q.

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PREGAME

For the Bowie High School football team to continue to an undefeated season, it's going to have to buck some trends. One very big one.

The Bulldogs (4-0) will have to knock off a big nemisis in the Lake Travis Cavaliers Friday night.

Lake Travis has knocked off the Bulldogs all nine times since they first met in 2012 and that was the closest game of all, losing just 24-14. Since then, the Cavaliers, who have been a national power over the last decade, have won by scores of 43-0, 64-7, 44-27, 42-21, 52-10, 52-2, 52-21 and last season, 66-14.

Clearly the Bulldogs have a score to settle. They've been perfect so far with big wins over Manor (60-34) and Glenn (42-21), whth more narrow victories over Vista Ridge (37-28) and last week 28-24 over Judson. They are led offensively by senior quarterback Cruz Tello, who has not only thrown for 725 yards and 10 touchdowns but rushing for 184 yards and three more scores.

Lake Travis, ranked ninth in the state by SBLive, has outscored fores 199-87, including a 62-13 stomping over San Marcos last week. The high-powered Cavalier offense has scored at least 41 points in every game. Senior QB Chaston Ditta, a 6-foot, 180-pounder, has thrown for 852 yards and eight touchdowns, while leading rushing Vann Hopping, a junior, has rushed for 485 yards and 11 scores.

The top recruit in the game is Lake Travis senior DL Gus Cordova, who has committed to USC,

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