The Grand Prairie Gophers are on the road again on Friday to play the Bowie Volunteers at 7:00 p.m. Bowie took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Grand Prairie, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Grand Prairie was able to grind out a solid victory over Nimitz, taking the game 24-14.
Meanwhile, Bowie was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were dealt a 72-33 loss at the hands of Coppell. While losing is never fun, the Volunteers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 271st, while the Cowboys are ranked 11th).
Bowie might have lost, but man, Larry Nichols was a machine: he rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 167 yards on 18 of 27 attempts. The dominant performance gave Nichols a new career-high in rushing yards.
Grand Prairie's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Bowie, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Grand Prairie might still be hurting after the 45-21 loss they got from Bowie when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bowie's Darrion Bowers, who rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Now that Grand Prairie 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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