The Cypress Ridge Rams will take on the Cypress Falls Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Cypress Ridge focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up five last Thursday.
Cypress Ridge is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Stratford last Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cypress Ridge was beaten by Stratford 42-10. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 683rd, while the Spartans are ranked 227th).
Even though they lost, Cypress Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 68.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 134.2.
Meanwhile, Cypress Falls had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They came out on top against the Bobcats by a score of 45-37.
Chase Ferrell was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 129 yards on only eight carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Gabriel Wilson, who rushed for 107 yards on only ten carries.
Cypress Falls' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points per game. As for Cypress Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Cypress Ridge came up short against Cypress Falls when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 34-27. Can Cypress Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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