Football Preview: Lakeview Centennial Patriots vs. Wylie East Raiders
The Lakeview Centennial Patriots will challenge the Wylie East Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Friday, Lakeview Centennial ended up a good deal behind McKinney and lost 41-24. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 416th, while the Lions are ranked 79th).
Meanwhile, Wylie East took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 38-8 victory over McKinney Boyd. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Howard Fisher IV was a one-man wrecking crew for Wylie East as he threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Wylie East also got help from King Baribe, who showed off his sure hands for 93 receiving yards.
Wylie East's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Rome Jeffers and Damon Vinson. Jeffers is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in McKinney Boyd's side was Sean Berry, who picked up 0.5 sacks and made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wylie East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McKinney Boyd only rushed for 61.
This is the second loss in a row for Lakeview Centennial and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Wylie East, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Lakeview Centennial was dealt a bruising 62-14 loss at the hands of Wylie East when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lakeview Centennial was down 55-0.
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