Parker is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Carrollton. The Thundering Herd had to suffer through a 43-7 loss at the hands of the Trojans. Having soared to a lofty 42 points in the game before, the Thundering Herd couldn't push the score so high this time.
Parker lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Chancellor Sparks, who rushed for 98 yards on only six carries.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carrollton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Peyton Zachary, who picked up 127 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Those 127 receiving yards gave Zachary a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Wood, who gained 120 total yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Parker fell to 4-1. As for Carrollton, the win keeps them at an undefeated 6-0.
Coming up, Parker will square off against Hoover at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. After each having a week off, Carrollton and Westlake will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:30 p.m. on October 3. This will be the Trojans' first chance to prove their worth in the conference.
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