Football Preview: Heritage Coyotes vs. Centennial Titans
The Heritage Coyotes will head out to square off against the Centennial Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Heritage is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Heritage came up short against McKinney North and fell 38-31. While the Coyotes didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 14-7 in the first quarter.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Cameron Lomax, who picked up 148 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 79 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Joshua Greek, who threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Centennial was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were beaten by McKinney North 52-21. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 479th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 175th).
Centennial might have lost, but man, Adam Schmid was a machine: he rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 233 yards and a touchdown.
Centennial wouldn't let McKinney North keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Centennial can thank Brendan Stephens and Anthony Mendoza for forcing both of them. Centennial got some further help from Jackson Hand: he made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Centennial's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Heritage, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Everything went Heritage's way against Centennial in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Heritage made off with a 47-24 victory. In that match, Heritage amassed a halftime lead of 31-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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