Football Preview: Collinsville Pirates vs. Wolfe City Wolves
The Collinsville Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Wolfe City Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Collinsville is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
If Wolfe City heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Collinsville took over last week. Collinsville took down Callisburg 28-14 on Friday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Wildcats are ranked 739th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Garrett Trevino and Jaxon Jenkins were among the main playmakers for Collinsville as the former rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries and the latter threw for 148 yards and three touchdowns. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 80 yards.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Wolfe City over Celeste in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Wolfe City blew Celeste out of the water with a 62-0 final score. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Hd Davis was a one-man wrecking crew for Wolfe City as he rushed for 245 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 52 receiving yards and a touchdown. Davis' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 102 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Carson Herron, who threw for 131 yards and four touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wolfe City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 186 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Wolfe City wouldn't let Celeste keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Tyler Howey, Chris Herron, and Daniel Guillen picked up one apiece.
Collinsville's record is now 3-0. As for Wolfe City, their record now sits at 2-0.
Collinsville won a contest that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, slipping by Wolfe City 15-14. Will Collinsville repeat their success, or does Wolfe City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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