Football Preview: Northbrook Raiders vs. Cypress Falls Eagles
The Northbrook Raiders will face off against the Cypress Falls Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Northbrook is out to stop a eight-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Northbrook's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Stratford on Friday. They were outmatched by the Spartans on the road and fell 45-0. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 950th, while the Spartans are ranked 126th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cypress Falls). They claimed a resounding 52-0 win over Cypress Creek at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
The critical scores for Cypress Falls came from Kaleb Burns and Ashton Wilson.
Cypress Falls wouldn't let Cypress Creek keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cypress Falls can thank James Harris and Burns for forcing both of them. Kaden Mccarty was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cypress Falls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 206 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cypress Creek only rushed for 62.
Northbrook now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cypress Falls, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Northbrook was taken down by Cypress Falls 61-3 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northbrook was down 54-3.
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