Spring Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against the Center Roughriders, falling 49-28. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 643rd, while the Roughriders are ranked 158th).
Despite the loss, Spring Hill still got an impressive performance from Coleman Stout, who rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Stout's longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Spring Hill wouldn't let Center keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Spring Hill can thank Travis Allen and Tristan Congdon for forcing all of them.
Center had a senior duo take command as Travis Belin threw for 427 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt and Timothy Johnson picked up 294 receiving yards and four touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Ratcliff, who picked up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Spring Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Center, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Spring Hill is taking a road trip to challenge Ford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Center, they will square off against North DeSoto at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,082 yards in their previous games.
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