Football Preview: Caprock Longhorns vs. Abilene Eagles
The Caprock Longhorns are taking a road trip to challenge the Abilene Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Caprock is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 33 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Canyon on Thursday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 27-3. The Longhorns haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Abilene entered their contest against Midland Legacy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Abilene lost 62-42 to Midland Legacy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (37), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Caprock's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Abilene, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
Caprock took a serious blow against Abilene in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 55-0. Can Caprock avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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