Football Game Preview: Plainview Bears vs. Brooks Lions + Official Tickets

The Plainview Bears will face off against the Brooks Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

If Plainview beats Brooks with 49 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Bears really took it to St. John Paul II for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-21 victory. The win was just business as usual for the Bears, who after ten games remain undefeated this season.

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Brooks' strategy against East Lawrence on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Lions blew the Eagles out of the water with a 56-20 final score. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.

Plainview better focus on containing Ro Thompson and Tanner Bowens as the pair were huge in Brooks' win. Thompson rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while Bowens rushed for 114 yards and one score on only 11 carries. Those 124 rushing yards gave Thompson a new career-high.

Brooks was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 205 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.

Brooks' win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Plainview, their victory bumped their record up to 10-0.