Grand Oaks is 0-4 against College Park since October of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Grand Oaks Grizzlies will be playing at home against the College Park Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Grand Oaks is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Cleveland on the road to the tune of 68-0 on Friday. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Indians are ranked 1106th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grand Oaks wouldn't let Cleveland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Kyson Morgan, Brandon Moylan, and Moylan picked up one apiece. Moylan is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last 14 games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in Cleveland's side was Joshua Tang, who picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for College Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They put the hurt on Oak Ridge with a sharp 54-33 victory on Friday.
College Park found their leader in underclassman Camden Hughes, who threw for 256 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Hughes a new career-high in rushing yards. Jordan Styles was Hughes' top target, picking up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, College Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Grand Oaks' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for College Park, their victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Grand Oaks came up short against College Park in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 38-28. Can Grand Oaks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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