Football Preview: Montwood Rams vs. Frenship Tigers
Two dominant signal callers in Damian Briano and Holden Phillips are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Montwood Rams will take on the Frenship Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Montwood is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since October 5, 2023 on Friday. They put the hurt on Socorro with a sharp 42-21 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rams.
Meanwhile, Frenship had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.9 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They walked away with a 51-44 victory over the Bobcats. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Bobcats are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Frenship's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Phillips, who threw for 276 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Phillips a new career-high in rushing yards (23). Chase Campbell was another key player, gaining 119 total yards and three touchdowns.
Frenship was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 76.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 145.2.
Frenship pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for Montwood, their win bumped their record up to 3-6.
Everything came up roses for Montwood against Frenship when the teams last played back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 70-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Montwood since the squad 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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