A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the Ford Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Wills Point took a loss when they played away from home back in September, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 48-12 win over Life Waxahachie. With the Tigers ahead 34-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Jett Fletcher was his usual excellent self, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also throwing for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ford). They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat North Lamar 59-29 at home. Ford pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit North Lamar had little chance of recovering from.
Payton Wallen had a dynamite game for Ford, rushing for 73 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 115 yards while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Wallen a new career-high in rushing yards. Landon Edwards was another key player, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 548 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 245 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Wills Point pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ford, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Wills Point beat Ford 39-29 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Ford's Zalen Morales, who rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Wills Point to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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