After each having a week off, the Clifton Cubs and the Eastland Mavericks will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Clifton's defense has only allowed 14.6 points per game this season, so Eastland's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Clifton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Blooming Grove 40-8 on the road last Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cubs considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Clifton found their leader in underclassman Jackson Ritz, who rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Ritz a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clifton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 336 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Clifton wouldn't let Blooming Grove keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Brody Baggett led the way and forced a all by he.
Meanwhile, Eastland's game two weeks ago was all tied up 14-14 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They and Hawley were almost perfectly matched up, but Eastland suffered a 22-21 loss. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 549th, while the Bearcats are ranked 256th).
Clifton now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Eastland, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 3-2.
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