The Midland Christian Mustangs will challenge the Frenship Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Frenship is facing Midland Christian at the wrong time: Midland Christian suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a hard 42-24 fall against the Warriors. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Although Midland Christian took the loss, they still got scores from Jackson Griffin, Case Cole, and Cole. Another player making a difference was Avery Morgan, who threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns.
Even if they lost, Midland Christian's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Isaiah Mathews was the leader with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13.
Meanwhile, Frenship entered their tilt with Lubbock-Cooper on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 51-42 win over the Pirates. The Tigers pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Frenship to victory, but perhaps none more so than Holden Phillips, who threw for 459 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.8% of his passes. Phillips is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for five or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Leyton Stone was Phillips' top target, picking up 174 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Midland Christian's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Frenship, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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