Football Preview: Travis Rebels vs. Canyon Lake
The Travis Rebels will venture away from home to take on Canyon Lake at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Travis knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Canyon Lake likes a good challenge.
Travis' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Taylor offense got past them. Travis fell to Taylor 42-36. The Rebels' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Canyon Lake strolled past Pleasanton with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 42-24.
Canyon Lake can attribute much of their success to James Garza, who rushed for 189 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and Jace Wheeler, who threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. The dominant performance gave Garza a new career-high in rushing yards.
Canyon Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Canyon Lake wouldn't let Pleasanton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Canyon Lake can thank Michael Anderson and Dalton Hodges for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Pleasanton's side was Eli Hammons, who made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Canyon Lake's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Travis, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 7-3.
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