The Lubbock-Cooper Pirates will challenge the Frenship Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Frenship is hoping to do what Tascosa couldn't on Friday: put an end to Lubbock-Cooper's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Lubbock-Cooper put the hurt on Tascosa with a sharp 27-7 victory. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Rebels are ranked 515th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Frenship on the road against Legacy on Friday as the squad secured a 70-7 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Frenship got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Holden Phillips out in front who threw for 291 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt. Phillips is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Mateo Roberson was another key rusher, rushing for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Lubbock-Cooper's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Frenship, their victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-1.
Lubbock-Cooper and Frenship were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but Lubbock-Cooper suffered an agonizing 35-34 loss. Thankfully for Lubbock-Cooper, Hudson Hutcheson (who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 133 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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