Football Preview: Glenn Grizzlies vs. East View Patriots
The Glenn Grizzlies will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the East View Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
Glenn came up short against Bowie two weeks ago, falling 42-21. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 131st).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for East View at home against Belton two weeks ago as the squad secured a 48-14 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Ty Blair was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 442 yards and five touchdowns while completing 78.1% of his passes. Luke Martin also helped out with an impressive 119 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to East View's defense and their three sacks. Isaiah Davenport-Bell was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Davenport-Bell is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least 12 every time he's taken the field this season. East View got some further help from Aquavious Marbury: he made 15 total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Having lost for the first time this season, Glenn fell to 2-1. As for East View, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.
Glenn came up short against East View in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 42-38. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blair, who threw for 431 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Now that Glenn knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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