Football Preview: Canyon Cougars vs. San Marcos Rattlers
The Canyon Cougars will face off against the San Marcos Rattlers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Canyon nor San Marcos posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Canyon is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Steele on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Canyon was dealt a 62-0 defeat at the hands of Steele. The match marked the first time this season in which the Cougars were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, San Marcos was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their 20th straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 63-0 loss at the hands of Steele. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 764th, while the Knights are ranked 30th).
This is the second loss in a row for Canyon and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for San Marcos, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Canyon came up short against San Marcos in their previous meeting back in November of 2019, falling 27-22. Can Canyon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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