Canyon Lake's's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fourth straight loss. They lost to Lampasas at home by a decisive 53-34 margin. While losing is never fun, Canyon Lake can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 690th, while Lampasas is ranked 242nd).
When it comes to explaining why Canyon Lake lost, one person who can't be blamed is Trevin Cutrer. Despite the final result, he rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Cutrer really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Lampasas was led to victory by Reed Jerome and Jett Walker. Jerome threw for 180 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes, while Walker rushed for 263 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry.
Canyon Lake's loss was their fourth straight at home , which bumped their record down to 2-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 8-2 Boerne-Champion and 7-3 Burnet (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 67.5% over those games). As for Lampasas, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Canyon Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Lampasas will take on Uvalde at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
