The Western Hills Cougars will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Krum Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Western Hills is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They lost to North Side on the road by a 35-20 margin on Thursday. The Cougars were down 35-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the defeat, Western Hills got top-tier performance from Elijah Jones, who rushed for 224 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Jones really tore up the turf during one magnificent 85-yard run.
Meanwhile, Krum took care of business in their home opener on Friday (and then some). They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Wills Point 35-7 at home.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Ty Taber and his top target Lane Larson. Taber threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes while Larson picked up 159 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
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