The Cleveland Indians will venture away from home to take on the Willis Wildkats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 14 straight defeats, while Willis will come in with four straight victories.
Cleveland's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Grand Oaks on Friday. They were outmatched by the Grizzlies at home and fell 68-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1106th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, Willis had just enough and edged The Woodlands out 45-42 on Thursday.
It was another big night for Jack Emerson, who threw for 451 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 47 yards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 335.5 passing yards per game. 87 of those passing yards were hauled in by Romel Stevens, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Cleveland's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Willis, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Cleveland was dealt a bruising 75-14 defeat at the hands of Willis in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cleveland was down 68-7.
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