It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Clear Springs can now relate to. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 34-33 to the Kingwood Mustangs.
Clear Springs' loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Cory Hosea, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Hosea a new career-high in rushing yards. Julian Salazar was in the mix too, providing Clear Springs with two touchdowns.
Marquez Xavion Ziair Davis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Kingwood, rushing for 152 yards and four touchdowns, while also catching a touchdown. With that strong performance, Xavion Ziair Davis is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game.
Clear Springs' defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3. As for Kingwood, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4.
Clear Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Kingwood, they are on the road again on Friday to play Fort Bend Elkins at 7:00 p.m. Fort Bend Elkins is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.4 points per game this season.
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