Football Preview: Polytechnic Parrots vs. Chisholm Trail Rangers
Two dominant backs in Saidi Wasaidi and William Quintana-Rodriguez are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Polytechnic Parrots are taking a road trip to take on the Chisholm Trail Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Polytechnic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Last Friday, Polytechnic beat South Hills 33-24.
Wasaidi was his usual excellent self, rushing for 133 yards. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 121 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Chisholm Trail against South Hills last Friday as the team secured a 59-9 victory. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Scorpions are ranked 989th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chisholm Trail can attribute much of their success to Quintana-Rodriguez, who rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and Joey Mcgowen, who threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.2 yards per attempt. Quintana-Rodriguez is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Chisholm Trail was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Chisholm Trail wouldn't let South Hills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chisholm Trail can thank Terrance Dukes and Marcus Walton for forcing both of them. Another thorn in South Hills' side was Deun Lewis, who picked up three sacks and made seven total tackles.
Polytechnic's record is now 3-6. As for Chisholm Trail, their record is now 6-2.
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