Football Preview: Western Hills Cougars vs. Eastern Hills Highlanders
Western Hills is 4-0 against Eastern Hills since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Western Hills Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastern Hills Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses dating back to last season for Western Hills and four for Eastern Hills.
Western Hills is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against Community on Friday, falling 55-27. The Cougars were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-12.
Western Hills might have lost, but man, Elijah Jones was a machine: he rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns. Jones is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 191 every time he's taken the field this season.
Even though they lost, Western Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Eastern Hills managed to keep up with Benbrook until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Eastern Hills came up short against Benbrook, falling 28-6. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 897th, while the Bobcats are ranked 200th).
Western Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Eastern Hills, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Western Hills skirted past Eastern Hills 18-16 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Western Hills repeat their success, or does Eastern Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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