The Lake Ridge Eagles lost 49-24 to the North Forney Falcons on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 465th, while the Falcons are ranked 194th).
Although Lake Ridge took the loss, they still got scores from Noel Butler, Tre Murphy, and Murphy.
Lake Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Markeis Smith and Cameron Wilson.
Legend Bey was nothing short of spectacular for North Forney: he rushed for 240 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 229 yards and a touchdown on only 19 passes. Bey really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. Kellen Sanders was another key player, rushing for 194 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake Ridge and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for North Forney, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Lake Ridge will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Mansfield at 7:00 p.m. on October 3rd. As for North Forney, their road trip will continue as they head out to face Forney at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. North Forney will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
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