Football Recap: Make It 22 in a Row for Carthage

Bulldogs

Previous Games

10/17/25 vs Athens	61-56
10/10/25 @ Center	60-14
10/03/25 @ San Benito	41-3
09/26/25 @ Jasper	42-0
09/19/25 vs Chapel Hill	56-34
+ 17 more games

Carthage put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 61-56 W against the Athens Hornets. The Bulldogs have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Hornets, too.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carthage to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kj Edwards, who rushed for 174 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, and also picked up 69 receiving yards and one score. Edwards showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 59 yards. Another passer making a difference was Jett Surratt, who threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes.

Carthage's record is now 7-0. As for Athens, they moved to 5-2 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.

Carthage and Athens should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. The Bulldogs (ranked 30th) will meet Bullard (ranked 538th) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 953 yards in their previous games. Meanwhile, Athens will take on Rusk at 7:30 p.m. on Friday with a big rank advantage (219 vs. 639).