After each having a week off, the Connally Cadets and the China Spring Cougars will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Connally is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.2 points per game this season.
Connally will head out to face China Spring after giving up their first home loss of the season two weeks ago. Connally fell 34-21 to Athens. That's two games in a row now that the Cadets have lost by exactly 13 points.
Connally might have lost, but man, Braeden Ford was a machine: he rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
Connally didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of D'Marion Brandon and Je'Corey Mays. Mays is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, China Spring was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight loss. The match between them and Brownwood wasn't particularly close, with China Spring falling 37-21.
This is the second loss in a row for Connally and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for China Spring, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Connally suffered a grim 61-41 defeat to China Spring in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Connally was down 48-21.
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