Football Preview: Joshua Owls vs. Red Oak Hawks
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Owls challenges the Red Oak Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Joshua's defense has only allowed 13.3 points per game this season, so Red Oak's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, Joshua lost to Tyler on the road by a 24-7 margin. The game marked the Owls' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Red Oak ended up a good deal behind Highland Park on Friday and lost 32-14. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Scots are ranked 25th).
Although Red Oak took the loss, they still got scores from Billy Middleton and Kingstin Mcadams.
Red Oak wouldn't let Highland Park keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Desmond Cox was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15. Red Oak got some further help from Kaleb Ross: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
This is the second loss in a row for Joshua and nudges their season record down to 4-2. As for Red Oak, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
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