The Sterling Rangers will square off against the Ball Tornadoes at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sterling is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 56-0 victory over Cesar E. Chavez. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 504th, while the Lobos are ranked 1118th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ball put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Westside 54-17 at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-10.
Kyden Barker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 174 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Arentheis Winn was Barker's top target, rushing for 133 yards while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ball was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Ball wouldn't let Westside keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Ball can thank Cameron Thomas and Jonah Williams for forcing both of them.
Sterling's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Ball, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Sterling might still be hurting after the 36-10 loss they got from Ball in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Sterling avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
