Football Preview: Fulshear Chargers vs. Paetow Panthers
The Fulshear Chargers will face off against the Paetow Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fulshear knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past nine contests -- so hopefully Paetow likes a good challenge.
Paetow better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Fulshear really get things going. Fulshear blew past Alief Elsik 42-16 last Friday. The result was nothing new for the Chargers, who have now won eight games by 25 points or more so far this season.
Fulshear can attribute much of their success to Ryland Forks, who rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and Patrick Broadway Ii, who rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Broadway Ii's longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Fulshear was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 403 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 351 rushing yards in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, a win for Paetow just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 50-19 loss at the hands of Jordan. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Fulshear's victory was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.4 points. As for Paetow, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
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