Football Preview: Centerpoint Knights vs. Parkers Chapel Trojans
The Centerpoint Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Parkers Chapel Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Centerpoint has four straight wins, Parkers Chapel has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Centerpoint is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 29, 2023 on Friday. Everything went their way against Horatio as Centerpoint made off with a 36-16 win. With the Knights ahead 36-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Centerpoint's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Dustin Cox, who gained 150 total yards and a touchdown, and Drew Diggs, who threw for 126 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Cox a new career-high in rushing yards. Beau McGough also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Centerpoint was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in five consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-8, which was the final score in Parkers Chapel's tilt against Bismarck on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Lions are ranked 47th).
Centerpoint's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Parkers Chapel, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
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