The Houston Christian Mustangs will take on the Fort Worth Country Day Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Fort Worth Country Day is facing Houston Christian at the wrong time: Houston Christian suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a hard 28-10 fall against the Warriors. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Fort Worth Country Day duked it out withCistercian on Thursday. Fort Worth Country Day breezed by Cistercian at home to the tune of 46-16. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 481st, while the Hawks are ranked 975th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fort Worth Country Day's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Connor Davidson, who threw for 169 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes, and Alex Parsons, who rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Fort Worth Country Day was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Fort Worth Country Day didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Major Factor and Canaan Factor.
Houston Christian moved to 4-3 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Fort Worth Country Day, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Houston Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Worth Country Day when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 34-21. Will Houston Christian repeat their success, or does Fort Worth Country Day have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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