Lake Travis (8-0, 4-0) couldn’t have asked for a better test or a better result Friday night, as the Cavaliers cruised by Hendrickson (4-2, 2-1) 58-18.

It didn’t start all that well for Lake Travis, as Hendrickson opened up the scoring thanks to a 51-yard touchdown run by running back Kenny Williams, digging the Cavaliers an early 7-0 hole.

“It was tough early on just because [Williams] can be tough to bring down,” Lake Travis linebacker Ian Lazarus said. “But we made adjustments to what they were trying to do as the game went on, and we shut him down pretty well the rest of the way.”

Lake Travis responded in three plays on the ensuing drive, capping it with a 21-yard reverse touchdown run by Taylor Wrinkle. A Kramer Fyfe extra point tied the game up at 7-7 with 8:46 left in the first quarter. Lake Travis would score 43 points before Hendrickson would get back on the board. Williams’ big touchdown run was the only highlight for a Hawks offense that went into halftime with 134 total yards.

Lake Travis scored again on an 11-yard touchdown run by quarterback Michael Brewer with 5:13 left in the first quarter. Brewer finished the game with 15 completions on 17 passing attempts for 324 yards and four touchdowns, and had 6 carries for 43 yards and one touchdown on the ground. The touchdown and extra point, coupled with a 25-yard field goal by Fyfe on the Cavaliers’ next drive made it 17-7.

Brewer then hit Griffin Gilbert on a 12-yard fade to make it 23-7 with 9:12 left in the second quarter, and Lake Travis followed that up on the next drive with a 19-yard run by Andy Erickson to make it 30-7.

The highlight of the night was the Cavaliers’ final possession of the first half. With 41 seconds left in the half, facing a second-and-12 from his own six-yard line, Brewer hit Conner Floyd for a 37-yard completion. On the next play, Brewer rolled right and hit Jack Patton for a 38-yard completion to the Hendrickson 19-yard line. With nine seconds left in the half, Lake Travis called timeout.

“I just saw Michael [Brewer] roll out and went with him,” Patton said. “I noticed Andy [Erickson] slide in behind me, but the ball came down in front of me, got tipped and I came down with it.”

In the huddle during the timeout, Lake Travis head coach Chad Morris decided on the next play.

“They said they were going to come right back to me,” Patton said.

Brewer rolled out again, chucked the ball downfield right into Patton’s chest and the Cavaliers stunned the Hawks with a last-gasp touchdown with two seconds left in the half. The extra point made it 37-7 at the break.

“Brewer made a great pass, and it worked, what else can you say?” Patton said. “It was crazy, and the execution was ridiculous.”

Penciled in at the start of every game as the Lake Travis starting fullback, Patton has been seeing a lot more passes thrown his way lately. He’s not complaining.

“It kind of surprises me, even though I pride myself on my hands,” Patton laughed. “You know, with so many great receivers, it’s really hard to get that many looks in your direction. But it’s just a great job by everyone overall.”

Patton finished the game with five catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns from the fullback position.

The Cavaliers opened the second half with another 19-yard touchdown pass from Brewer to Patton to extend the lead to 44-7, and after stopping Hendrickson again, Brewer hit Floyd for another 19-yard touchdown pass to make it 51-7.

Late touchdowns by Hendrickson’s Jalen Howard and Lake Travis’ Michael Pojman pushed the final score to 58-15.

Tanner Gillette had another big game at receiver for Lake Travis, hauling in four catches for 103 yards, Floyd had two for 50 yards and Erickson had three for 34. Erickson was the leading rusher for Lake Travis with seven attempts for 67 yards and a score.

The Cavaliers extended their state-best winning streak to 38 games, and knocked off the last unbeaten team in district play with the win over the Hawks.

Lake Travis heads into a bye week before facing rival Dripping Springs on Oct. 30 in Dripping Springs. The Tigers’ poor performance this season hasn’t dimmed the excitement for the Cavaliers.

“They stole one of our stadium flags before the season,” Lazarus said. “We’ll be ready to go.”