Football Game Preview: Kashmere Fighting Rams vs. North Forest Bulldogs

By Team Reports Sep 25, 2024, 6:29am

Football Preview: Kashmere Fighting Rams vs. North Forest Bulldogs

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Kashmere is 1-7 against North Forest since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Kashmere Fighting Rams will look to defend their home field against the North Forest Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Kashmere is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season two weeks ago. They were dealt a 46-0 defeat at the hands of Worthing. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1165th, while the Colts are ranked 421st).

Meanwhile, North Forest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 47-29 bruising from Worthing.

North Forest's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Michael Dean, who rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns, and Landon Robertson, who threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns. Jaden Garcia was Robertson's top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Kashmere's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for North Forest, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

Kashmere was taken down by North Forest 52-20 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Kashmere, Clinton Babineaux (who rushed for 102 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns while completing 89.5% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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