Football Preview: Methodist Children's Home Bulldogs vs. Avalon Eagles
The Methodist Children's Home Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Avalon Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Methodist Children's Home has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight defeats, while Avalon will come in with four straight wins.
Methodist Children's Home is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Oglesby on Friday. They were outmatched by the Tigers at home and fell 60-12. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Tigers are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Avalon took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 60-14 victory over Trinidad. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 54-14.
Josh Novak continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 89 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 78 yards and two touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Methodist Children's Home's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Avalon, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything went Methodist Children's Home's way against Avalon in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as Methodist Children's Home made off with a 58-33 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Methodist Children's Home since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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