Venus hasn't had much luck against Hillsboro recently, but that could start to change on Friday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Venus is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game dating back to last season last Friday. They took a blow against Trinity Leadership, falling 50-0. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1078th, while the Tigers are ranked 537th).
Meanwhile, a win for Hillsboro just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 48-22 to Robinson.
Venus' loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Hillsboro, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Venus was taken down by Hillsboro 56-3 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hillsboro's Moses Rangel, who rushed for 104 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 112 yards and a touchdown. Now that Venus 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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