Football Preview: Montgomery Bears vs. Huntsville Hornets
The Montgomery Bears will take on the Huntsville Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Montgomery is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Montgomery on the road against Lake Creek as the squad secured a 46-14 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 25 points or more this season.
Reggie Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 201 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 100 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 106.8 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Dq Swapsy, who rushed for 107 yards on only ten carries.
Montgomery wouldn't let Lake Creek keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Montgomery can thank Keilan Carver and Layne Vandiver for forcing both of them. Carver is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 15 games he's played dating back to last season. Montgomery got some further help from Braxden Havard: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 439 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Huntsville's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Port Neches-Groves by a score of 24-21. The game marked the Hornets' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Montgomery pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Huntsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
Montgomery lost to Huntsville at home by a decisive 44-27 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Huntsville's Traeshawn Brown, who rushed for 252 yards and four touchdowns. Now that Montgomery knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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