Football Preview: Athens Hornets vs. Connally Cadets
The Athens Hornets are taking a road trip to square off against the Connally Cadets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Athens' favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Athens' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 31-0 victory over Jacksonville. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Fightin' Indians are ranked 649th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Connally's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Friday. They fell 55-42 to Alvarado. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (38), the Cadets still had to take the loss.
Athens' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Connally, their defeat was their first of the season and also makes their record 3-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
