Football Preview: Bridgeland Bears vs. Cypress Woods Wildcats
Bridgeland and Cypress Woods are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Bridgeland Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cypress Woods Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cypress Woods is hoping to do what Cypress Ranch couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Bridgeland's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Bridgeland breezed by Cypress Ranch to the tune of 41-3. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Mustangs are ranked 226th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cypress Woods). They really took it to Cypress Park for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-6 win. With the Wildcats ahead 42-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Cypress Woods' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kyler Singletary, who picked up 157 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Frank Gomez, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Gomez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cypress Woods wouldn't let Cypress Park keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cypress Woods can thank Aiden Haby and Ja'Morrion Sneed for forcing both of them. Haby also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Bridgeland pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.1 points per game. As for Cypress Woods, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Bridgeland strolled past Cypress Woods in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 31-14. Does Bridgeland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cypress Woods turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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