Football Preview: Bells Panthers vs. Tolar Rattlers
The Bells Panthers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Tolar Rattlers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bells is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 44-0 win over Blooming Grove. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 476th, while the Lions are ranked 981st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bells' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Tucker Crites, who rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and Easton Branam, who rushed for 128 yards on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Branam a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Tolar had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.7 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bulldogs 49-14.
Peyton Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 191 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 112 rushing yards. Dacen Watkins was another key player, picking up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Bells has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.0 points per game. As for Tolar, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
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