Football Preview: Harris County Tigers vs. Central Lions
On Friday Harris County will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges the Central Lions at 7:30 p.m. Harris County's defense has only allowed 11.9 points per game this season, so Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Harris County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 31 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Starr's Mill on Friday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 28-7. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Central unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak last Friday. They fell just short of Starr's Mill by a score of 38-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (31), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Central saw an underclassman step up: Jr Harris threw for 256 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 40 yards. Central also got a significant boost from Jonaz Walton, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 101 yards.
Harris County's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2. As for Central, their loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-2.
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