Football Preview: Lake Dallas Falcons vs. Community Braves
The Lake Dallas Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Community Braves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lake Dallas' defense has only allowed 15.4 points per game this season, so Community's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Lake Dallas is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Paris just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to the Wildcats 28-23. The match marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Lake Dallas got top-tier performance from Dylan Brauchle, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Brauchle a new career-high in rushing yards. Braxton Allison also helped out with an impressive 111 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Community, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in September. They took their contest at home last Friday with ease, bagging a 55-27 win over Western Hills. The Braves pushed the score to 41-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars had little chance of recovering from.
Community's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cruze Pettay led the charge by rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also picking up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Koren Ewing, who threw for 182 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Community was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 333 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lake Dallas fell to 4-1. As for Community, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
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