The Kingwood Mustangs will square off against the Summer Creek Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Kingwood comes in on four and Summer Creek on three.
Kingwood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Strake Jesuit by a score of 27-16.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Marquez Xavion Ziair Davis and John Hebert. Xavion Ziair Davis had a great game and rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Hebert was balling out in the loss, rushing for 167 yards and a touchdown.
Kingwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jonathan Ankutse and Trace Taylor. Ankutse also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Kingwood got some further help from Cade Haug: he made 15 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Summer Creek humbled Jordan with a 54-20 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won 11 contests by 28 points or more so far this season.
Blake Thomas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 127 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 131 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in December of 2023.
Summer Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jordan only rushed for 114.
Summer Creek wouldn't let Jordan keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Summer Creek can thank Amontre Harris and Joseph Carroll for forcing both of them. Carroll has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Jordan's side was Josiah Pratt, who picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Summer Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 45 points. As for Kingwood, their record is now 9-4.
Kingwood was dealt a bruising 42-14 defeat at the hands of Summer Creek in their previous meeting back in November. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thomas, who threw for 255 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 30 yards. Now that Kingwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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