Football Preview: Timber Creek Falcons vs. Southlake Carroll Dragons
Timber Creek is 0-6 against Southlake Carroll since November of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Timber Creek Falcons will square off against the Southlake Carroll Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southlake Carroll is hoping to do what Keller Central couldn't on Friday: put an end to Timber Creek's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Timber Creek put the hurt on Keller Central with a sharp 37-14 win. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Chargers are ranked 449th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Southlake Carroll put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 56-48 victory over Trinity.
Southlake Carroll can attribute much of their success to Riley Wormley, who gained 265 total yards and three touchdowns, and Angelo Renda, who threw for 376 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Wormley a new career-high in rushing yards. Brock Boyd was Renda's top target, picking up 135 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southlake Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in ten consecutive games dating back to last season.
Timber Creek's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Southlake Carroll, their record is now 4-0.
Timber Creek was taken down by Southlake Carroll 44-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Timber Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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