Football Preview: Chaparral Bobcats vs. Leander Lions
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Bobcats challenges the Leander Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chaparral is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Chaparral is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Georgetown on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Chaparral was beaten by Georgetown 65-7. The contest marked the Bobcats' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leander). They came out on top against Glenn by a score of 44-35 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
It was another big night for Logan Mitchell, who rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns. Zane Wooldridge was Mitchell's top target, picking up 152 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Leander didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Tyler Moorman. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Leander got some further help from Calvin Kesler: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Leander was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Chaparral now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Leander, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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