Football Preview: Red Oak Hawks vs. Joshua Owls
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks dukes it out withthe Joshua Owls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Friday, Red Oak lost to Highland Park at home by a 32-14 margin. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Scots are ranked 25th).
Although Red Oak took the loss, they still got scores from Billy Middleton and Kingstin Mcadams.
Red Oak wouldn't let Highland Park keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Desmond Cox was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15. Red Oak got some further help from Kaleb Ross: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
Meanwhile, Joshua ended up a good deal behind Tyler on Friday and lost 24-7. The contest marked the Owls' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Red Oak now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Joshua, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-2.
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