Football Preview: Red Oak Hawks vs. Lone Star Rangers
Two dominant signal callers in Billy Middleton and Rece Hoyt are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Red Oak Hawks will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lone Star Rangers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Red Oak is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 35-21 victory over Cedar Park.
Middleton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 229 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 44 yards and a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Red Oak's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 6-2 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Kingstin Mcadams handled things on the ground, rushing for 138 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Red Oak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 208 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lone Star had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Longhorns 59-7. The result was nothing new for the Rangers, who have now won seven matchups by 36 points or more so far this season.
Lone Star found their leader in sophomore Hoyt, who threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 46 yards. Hoyt is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played. Ryder Mix was another key player, picking up 64 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lone Star didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Levi Griffin, Silas Davis, and Santonio Martin picked up one apiece.
Red Oak is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.5 points per game. As for Lone Star, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Red Oak has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 222.6 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Lone Star has preferred to attack from the air: they average 295.1 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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