The Harlan Hawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Sotomayor WILDCATS at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Harlan is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Harlan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 63-20 win over Warren. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Warriors are ranked 821st), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton Matthews was his usual excellent self, picking up 89 receiving yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 107 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Caelan Grbic-Schultz was another key receiver, picking up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Sotomayor came tearing into two weeks ago's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Warriors onto the board and left with a 41-0 victory. That looming 41-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the WILDCATS yet this season.
Sotomayor's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cameron Grady, who rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and Chauncey Moon, who rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Grady's longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Sotomayor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Sotomayor wouldn't let Warren keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sotomayor can thank Seth Hamil and Shawn Wasley for forcing both of them. Wasley has been hot for a while, having also posted six or more total tackles the last 15 times he's played.
Harlan's record now sits at 8-1. As for Sotomayor, their record is now 7-2.
Harlan didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Sotomayor when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 44-38 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harlan since the team 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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