Football Preview: Humble Wildcats vs. Summer Creek Bulldogs
The Humble Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Summer Creek Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Humble managed to keep up with King until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Humble lost 49-27 to King. That makes it the first time this season the Wildcats have let down their home crowd.
Despite the defeat, Humble had strong showings from Tristan Bernard, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and Mcarthur Baker, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 69 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Summer Creek). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging an 81-6 victory over Goose Creek Memorial. Considering the Bulldogs have won six matches by more than 41 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Blake Thomas, who threw for 246 yards and four touchdowns while completing 89.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 43 yards. Holden Miller did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 82 receiving yards.
Summer Creek wouldn't let Goose Creek Memorial keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Amontre Harris, Brinley Tita, and Pj Cormier picked up one apiece. Tita is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Summer Creek got some further help from Jashaud Johnson: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Humble has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season. As for Summer Creek, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Humble suffered a grim 42-16 defeat to Summer Creek when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Humble avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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