The Highland Park Hornets will venture away from home to face off against the Dimmitt Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Highland Park has three straight wins, Dimmitt has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Highland Park's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Memphis 34-0 at home. That 34 point margin sets a new team best for the Hornets this season.
Highland Park wouldn't let Memphis keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Alberto Olivas, Thomas Phan, and Phan picked up one apiece. Phan also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Another thorn in Memphis' side was Rili Fry, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Dimmitt scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. The match between them and Lamesa wasn't particularly close, with Dimmitt falling 48-34. The Bobcats were down 48-12 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Highland Park's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Dimmitt, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Highland Park skirted past Dimmitt 47-45 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Highland Park repeat their success, or does Dimmitt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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