Football Preview: Carter-Riverside Eagles vs. Springtown Porcupines
The Carter-Riverside Eagles's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Springtown Porcupines at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Carter-Riverside's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Decatur on Thursday. They took a blow against the Eagles, falling 70-0. While losing is never fun, Carter-Riverside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1118th, while Decatur is ranked 254th).
Meanwhile, Springtown had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 68-0 win over the Raiders. The Porcupines' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Springtown found their leader in underclassman Kaine Hill, who threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Springtown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in six consecutive games dating back to last season.
Carter-Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Springtown, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
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