Football Preview: Hallsville Bobcats vs. Whitehouse Wildcats
Hallsville is 1-7 against Whitehouse since August of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Bobcats takes on the Whitehouse Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hallsville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Nacogdoches on the road to the tune of 42-14 last Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Bobcats with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Whitehouse really took it to Nacogdoches for the full four quarters, racking up a 50-23 win at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 181st, while the Dragons are ranked 531st), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jojo Adams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 183 yards and five touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 233 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.2% of his passes. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards. Layne Hooker was Adams' top target, picking up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Whitehouse was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
The victory made it two in a row for Hallsville and bumps their season record up to 3-4. As for Whitehouse, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Hallsville took a serious blow against Whitehouse when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 54-13. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hallsville was down 30-7.
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