Football Preview: Alief Hastings Bears vs. Alief Elsik Rams
Alief Hastings is 8-2 against Alief Elsik since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Alief Hastings Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Alief Elsik Rams at 7:00 p.m. Alief Hastings will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Alief Hastings took a loss when they played away from home last Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Bellaire 44-7 at home. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Bears as it put an end to their four-game losing streak dating back to last season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jadien Douglas and he. Douglas rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries while he rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Sincere Nealy really tore up the turf during one magnificent 90-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Madden Harvey, who rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Alief Hastings was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Alief Hastings' defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Javin Mckinney and Collin Okafor, who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Alief Elsik was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost to Lamar at home by a 49-35 margin. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 407th, while the Texans are ranked 145th).
Alief Hastings' win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-3. As for Alief Elsik, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Alief Hastings strolled past Alief Elsik in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 40-24. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Alief Elsik's Tay'Ron Hughes, who picked up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Alief Hastings still be able to contain Hughes? There's only one way to find out.
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