The South Grand Prairie Warriors will take on the Lake Highlands Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
South Grand Prairie will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played two weeks ago but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Thursday was a bit more commanding. They lost 48-28 to Bowie. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Volunteers are ranked 86th).
Meanwhile, Lake Highlands had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Tigers 68-22. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 21 points or more this season.
Lake Highlands' win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.7 points. As for South Grand Prairie, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
South Grand Prairie came up short against Lake Highlands in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 42-38. Can South Grand Prairie avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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