Football Preview: Friendswood Mustangs vs. La Porte Bulldogs
Friendswood is 5-0 against La Porte since November of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Friendswood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points on September 6th, they were much more limited against Ball last Friday. They came up short against the Tornadoes, falling 33-7. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 65th).
Meanwhile, La Porte was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a hard 49-35 fall against Port Neches-Groves.
Despite the loss, La Porte got top-tier performance from Tyresse Barnes, who rushed for 235 yards while picking up 13.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Barnes a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, La Porte was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 228 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Friendswood now has a losing record at 1-2. As for La Porte, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Friendswood's way against La Porte in their previous matchup back in October of 2021 as Friendswood made off with a 28-3 win. Will Friendswood repeat their success, or does La Porte have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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