The La Porte Bulldogs are taking a road trip to challenge the Porter Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
La Porte is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Fort Bend Kempner 56-16 on the road on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Cougars are ranked 649th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
La Porte's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sean Simon, who rushed for 177 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Simon is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 104 every time he's taken the field this season. Alijah Bright was another key rusher, rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: La Porte was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Porter never let their opponents score on Thursday. They breezed by Pasadena on the road to the tune of 35-0. That looming 35-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Spartans yet this season.
The victory (which was La Porte's third in a row) raised their record to 3-3. As for Porter, they pushed their record up to 3-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
La Porte strolled past Porter when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 56-42. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Porte since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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