The Bridge City Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bridge City is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Bridge City is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Vidor: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bridge City blew Vidor out of the water with a 49-20 final score. With the Cardinals ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Hutch Bearden was his usual excellent self, rushing for 56 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 128 yards and a touchdown on only 11 passes. Braxton Lynam was in the mix as well, providing Bridge City with a touchdown.
Bridge City wouldn't let Vidor keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bridge City can thank Kolby Leblanc and Bryce Breeden for forcing both of them. Breeden is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made nine or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bridge City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 202 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, a win for Hardin-Jefferson just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Little Cypress-Mauriceville 49-13. The defeat continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Bears: they've now lost eight in a row.
Bridge City pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Hardin-Jefferson, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Everything went Bridge City's way against Hardin-Jefferson in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Bridge City made off with a 51-26 win. Will Bridge City repeat their success, or does Hardin-Jefferson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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