The La Porte Bulldogs will take on the Barbers Hill Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
La Porte is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Anderson as La Porte made off with a 42-21 win. The victory was nothing new for the Bulldogs as they're now sitting on eight straight.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Tyresse Barnes and Sean Simon. Barnes gained 296 total yards and three touchdowns while Simon rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance also gave Barnes a new career-high in rushing yards (255).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Barbers Hill). They breezed by Sterling to the tune of 84-13 on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Raiders are ranked 723rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Barbers Hill's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brycen Wells led the charge by throwing for 181 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes. Darren Jordan helped Wells out on the ground, rushing for 88 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
The win (which was Barbers Hill's fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for La Porte, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
La Porte didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Barbers Hill in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 34-29 win. Will La Porte repeat their success, or does Barbers Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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