Football Preview: Clear Lake Falcons vs. Clear Springs Chargers
Clear Lake is 0-10 against Clear Springs since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Clear Lake Falcons will take on the Clear Springs Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Clear Lake will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Clear Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Brazoswood 51-14 at home. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 702nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Calab Benjamin, who rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 113 rushing yards dating back to last season. Penny Robinson was another key player, throwing for 234 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clear Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Clear Lake wouldn't let Brazoswood keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Clear Lake can thank Juan Posso and Luke Pullig for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Clear Springs entered their tilt with Clear Brook on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Wolverines 43-13 on the road. The contest marked the Chargers' most dominant victory of the season so far.
The win got Clear Lake back to even at 2-2. As for Clear Springs, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Clear Lake was dealt a bruising 41-10 defeat at the hands of Clear Springs in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clear Springs' Julian Salazar, who threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes. Now that Clear Lake knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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