Football Preview: Western Hills Cougars vs. Community Braves
The Western Hills Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Community Braves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 985 yards in their previous games.
Western Hills is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They fell to Hillcrest 21-15.
Despite the defeat, Western Hills got top-tier performance from Elijah Jones, who rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Jones is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 191 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyu Wilson, who threw for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 11 passes.
Even though they lost, Western Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Community was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 58-57 to Sanger. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (49), the Braves still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Community got top-tier performance from Koren Ewing, who threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt. 83 of those passing yards were hauled in by Colton Dupes, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Western Hills' loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Community, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-3.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Western Hills has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 289 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Community has preferred to attack from the air: they average 278.3 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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