Football Preview: Kennedale Wildcats vs. Springtown Porcupines
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Kennedale is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Springtown Porcupines at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Kennedale lost 33-7 to Aubrey on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 590th, while the Chaparrals are ranked 167th).
Jackson Hammonds put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Kennedale's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. In that department, William ?Mitchell? Mcbroom was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, Springtown strolled past Graham with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 35-21. The Porcupines pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Steers cut but never quite recovered from.
Springtown found their leader in underclassman Kaine Hill, who rushed for 110 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes. Hill got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 87 yards. Springtown also got a significant boost from Ryan Kirk, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 81 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Springtown was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 447 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Kennedale's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Springtown, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Kennedale might still be hurting after the 43-17 defeat they got from Springtown when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Kennedale, Cameron Rickett (who rushed for 104 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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