Deer Park is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Clear Springs is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Deer Park Deer will host the Clear Springs Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Deer Park took their matchup with ease, bagging a 49-21 win over Brazoswood. With the Deer ahead 34-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Clear Springs didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Dickinson on Friday, but they still walked away with a 34-28 victory.
Julian Salazar had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Muizz Tounkara was another key player, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Clear Springs didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Auston Ware and Jeremiah Davis. Zaqwaun Nunn was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Clear Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Deer Park's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Clear Springs, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 7-1.
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