A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals dukes it out withthe Livingston Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bridge City has six straight wins, Livingston has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Bridge City beat Hardin-Jefferson 28-24. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 196th, while the Hawks are ranked 645th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Livingston lost to Little Cypress-Mauriceville at home by a 35-16 margin on Friday. While the Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bears 8-7 in the first quarter.
Although Livingston took the loss, they still got scores from Carson Pipes and Tyler Soza.
Even though they lost, Livingston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Bridge City's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Livingston, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Bridge City was able to grind out a solid win over Livingston when the teams last played back in November of 2019, winning 14-6. Does Bridge City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Livingston turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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