Football Preview: Clark Cougars vs. Churchill Chargers
Clark hasn't had much luck against Churchill recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Clark Cougars will challenge the Churchill Chargers at 2:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Clark is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past LEE 48-9 at home on Thursday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-9.
Xavier Canavis was a one-man wrecking crew for Clark as he rushed for 236 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per carry. Canavis really tore up the turf during one magnificent 85-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Childs, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clark was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Churchill earned a 37-30 victory over Madison on Friday. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Mavericks are ranked 594th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hunter Pavlicek had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 122 yards and a touchdown. Those 107 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
The win got Clark back to even at 2-2. As for Churchill, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Everything went Clark's way against Churchill in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Clark made off with a 28-7 win. In that match, Clark amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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