Caney Creek hasn't had much luck against Grand Oaks recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Caney Creek Panthers will face off against the Grand Oaks Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. Caney Creek will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Caney Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 62-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Oak Ridge on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (36), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, a victory for Grand Oaks just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 63-21 loss at the hands of Willis. The loss continues a trend for the Grizzlies in their matchups with the Wildkats: they've now lost three in a row.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Keilan Gause, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Grand Oaks' defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Caney Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Caney Creek came up short against Grand Oaks in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 13-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grand Oaks' Devon Wallace, who rushed for 184 yards and a touchdown. Now that Caney Creek knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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