Preview: Grapevine Mustangs vs. Lake Dallas Falcons
Grapevine is 9-1 against Lake Dallas since January of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Grapevine Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Lake Dallas Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Grapevine will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 501st, while Lake Dallas is ranked 220th).
Last Tuesday, Grapevine came up short against Ryan and fell 58-47.
Despite the defeat, Grapevine saw an underclassman step up: David Coe scored 24 points. That was a full 51.1% of Grapevine's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Blue Schaper, who scored ten points along with two steals.
Lake Dallas posted their biggest win since December 15, 2023 on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Richland as Lake Dallas made off with a 63-42 win. The victory was some much needed relief for Lake Dallas as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Grapevine's loss dropped their record down to 9-18. As for Lake Dallas, their victory bumped their record up to 14-10.
Grapevine suffered a grim 79-59 defeat to Lake Dallas when the teams last played on January 2nd. Can Grapevine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
