A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Albany Lions take on the Archer City Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday... Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Albany sitting on eight straight victories and Archer City on four.
Albany is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They breezed by Era to the tune of 46-0. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Hornets are ranked 879th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Albany's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Chip Chambers, who threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.3% of his passes. Huffman Heatly did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 134 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Archer City took their matchup on Thursday with ease, bagging a 51-14 victory over Shamrock. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 37 points or more this season.
Landon Smith was his usual excellent self, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Smith is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 118 every time he's taken the field this season.
Archer City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 474 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 262 rushing yards in 11 consecutive games.
Archer City wouldn't let Shamrock keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Archer City can thank Noah Cornell and Grayson Jeter for forcing both of them. Archer City got some further help from Luke Deerinwater: he picked up a sack, made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Albany's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.9 points per game. As for Archer City, their record is now 8-3.
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