Football Preview: Happy Cowboys vs. Springlake-Earth Wolverines
The Happy Cowboys will head out on the road to square off against the Springlake-Earth Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Happy is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Happy's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-0 win over Kress at home. Given the Cowboys' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Kangaroos are ranked 100th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Springlake-Earth made easy work of Nazareth on Friday and carried off a 48-22 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wolverines.
Froylan Agundiz continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 75 yards on only eight carries, while also throwing for 73 yards and a touchdown. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making eight total tackles and defending three passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Springlake-Earth was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Springlake-Earth's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Leading the way was Kaleb Castillo with three sacks.
Happy's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Springlake-Earth, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Everything went Happy's way against Springlake-Earth when the teams last played back in September, as Happy made off with a 60-34 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Agundiz, who threw for 210 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 32 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Happy still be able to contain Agundiz? There's only one way to find out.
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