A bad football season ended badly Friday night for the San Marcos Rattlers, who fell to Seguin, 27-21, in a battle to escape last place in District 27-4A.

The San Marcos Rattlers collapsed again in the second half Friday night, losing 54-35 at Boerne Champion despite a productive night of offense.

After losing five in a row and falling from the high school football playoff race, the San Marcos Rattlers hope to send their seniors out on a good note in their final two games of the season.

With their fifth district football loss in five tries, the San Marcos Rattlers lost their last chance to make the high school football playoffs Friday night at Clemens, which beat the Rattlers, 26-10.

The San Marcos Rattlers absolutely must win Friday night at Schertz Clemens, then have a lot else go their way if they are to maintain any chance of going to the high school football playoffs.

Following their fourth straight district loss Friday night, the San Marcos Rattlers need to win the rest of their games and hope for a complex set of other outcomes just so they might nudge into the high school football playoffs on a tiebreaker.

The San Marcos Rattlers face almost certain playoff elimination Friday night if they can’t win at Bobcat Stadium against Alamo Heights. As it happened, the Ratters’ front-loaded District 27-4A schedule put them against San Antonio-area powers Steele, Kerrville Tivy and Alamo Heights in the first four weeks.

The long trip to Kerrville Tivy Friday night is the first in a series of long steps for the San Marcos Rattlers if they are to make the high school football playoffs for the tenth consecutive year.

In a near carbon copy of last week’s 49-17 loss at Steele, the San Marcos Rattlers fumbled five times Friday night in a 48-14 loss to New Braunfels Canyon at Bobcat Stadium.

The San Marcos Rattlers need to win this evening at Bobcat Stadium against New Braunfels Canyon, lest they should fall to 0-2 in the District 27-4A high school football race.