Football Preview: Grape Creek Eagles vs. Wall Hawks
Grape Creek is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Wall is on a six-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles faces off against the Wall Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Grape Creek is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Stanton on Friday. They came up short against the Buffaloes, falling 34-12. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Buffaloes recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Wall won against Merkel last Friday with 48 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Wall really took it to Coahoma for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-6 victory at home. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 21 points or more this season.
A big part of Wall's win came down to the chemistry between Landon H York and his top target Thomas Leanos. York threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns while Leanos rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 91.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 207.7.
Grape Creek's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Wall, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Grape Creek took a serious blow against Wall in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 67-0. Can Grape Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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