Football Preview: Churchill Chargers vs. Clark Cougars
Churchill has been away from home for three games now, but on Saturday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Clark Cougars at 2:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Churchill beat Madison 37-30. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Mavericks are ranked 594th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hunter Pavlicek was a one-man wrecking crew for Churchill as he rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 122 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Pavlicek a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clark). They blew past LEE 48-9 at home on Thursday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-9.
Xavier Canavis had a dynamite game for Clark, rushing for 236 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per carry. Canavis' longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Childs, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clark was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Churchill's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Clark, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Churchill suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Clark in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Churchill, Phillip Metzger (who threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes) 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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