Football Game Preview: Cranfills Gap Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 2:55am

Football Preview: Cranfills Gap Lions vs. Mount Calm

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Cranfills Gap is 6-0 against Mount Calm since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cranfills Gap Lions will square off against Mount Calm at 7:30 p.m.

Cranfills Gap's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Blanket on Friday. They took a blow against the Tigers, falling 60-0.

Meanwhile, Mount Calm didn't have too much trouble with Kopperl on the road on Friday as they won 58-44.

Mount Calm relied on the efforts of Tre Walker, who rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and Reid Blain, who picked up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mount Calm was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 519 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.

Cranfills Gap dropped their record down to 0-2 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Mount Calm, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.

Everything went Cranfills Gap's way against Mount Calm when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Cranfills Gap made off with a 43-20 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cranfills Gap since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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