Football Preview: Weatherford Kangaroos vs. Arlington Colts
Weatherford hasn't had much luck against Arlington recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Weatherford Kangaroos will welcome the Arlington Colts at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Weatherford focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Weatherford will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They lost 51-28 to Azle. While losing is never fun, the Kangaroos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 479th, while the Hornets are ranked 236th).
Weatherford's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Xavier Craven, who rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and Luke Gray, who threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes.
Even though they lost, Weatherford was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 493 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Arlington came up short against Marcus on Friday and fell 47-35.
This is the second loss in a row for Weatherford and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Arlington, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Weatherford took a serious blow against Arlington in their previous matchup back in November of 2018, falling 49-16. Thankfully for Weatherford, Jahari Rogers (who threw for 203 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 42 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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