The Reedy Lions will square off against the McKinney North Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
McKinney North is hoping to do what Lebanon Trail couldn't last Friday: put an end to Reedy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Reedy's way against Lebanon Trail as Reedy made off with a 49-27 win. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 22 points or more this season.
Reedy can attribute much of their success to Jake Ferner, who threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and Jarrett Walker, who rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Braylon Evans was Ferner's top target, picking up 84 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Reedy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McKinney North). They blew past Lebanon Trail, posting a 70-35 victory at home. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Trail Blazers are ranked 518th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Reedy's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for McKinney North, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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