The Cleveland Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Willis Wildkats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Cleveland has struggled recently with 14 losses in a row, while Willis will arrive with four straight victories.
Cleveland's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Grand Oaks on Friday. They took a blow against the Grizzlies, falling 68-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1106th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, Willis had just enough and edged The Woodlands out 45-42 on Thursday.
Jack Emerson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 451 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 47 yards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 335.5 passing yards per game. A healthy portion of that aerial production (87 yards to be exact) went to Romel Stevens, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Cleveland's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Willis, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Cleveland was taken down by Willis 75-14 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cleveland was down 68-7.
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