Football Preview: Lindale Eagles vs. Chapel Hill Bulldogs
Lindale has gone 6-1 against Chapel Hill recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Lindale Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the Chapel Hill Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lindale is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They and Gilmer were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Lindale suffered a 37-36 defeat. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Buckeyes are ranked 77th).
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Friday. They had to suffer through a 45-14 loss at the hands of Carthage. Chapel Hill was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-7.
Although Chapel Hill took the loss, they still got scores from Trevor Brooks and Malik Gee.
This is the second loss in a row for Lindale and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Chapel Hill, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Lindale was able to grind out a solid victory over Chapel Hill when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 35-23. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Chapel Hill's Rickey Stewart, who rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lindale still be able to contain Stewart? There's only one way to find out.
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