The Eagle Mountain Knights will square off against the Benbrook Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eagle Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Ferris on Friday as Eagle Mountain made off with a 35-13 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Eagle Mountain's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was TERRY STARKS, who rushed for 132 yards. MAMOUD HUSSEIN was another key rusher, rushing for 73 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Eagle Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 205 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Eagle Mountain wouldn't let Ferris keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Eagle Mountain can thank Zachary Thomas and Jayden Hernandez for forcing both of them. Hernandez also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Meanwhile, Benbrook put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 28-6 margin over Eastern Hills. That looming 28-6 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bobcats yet this season.
The victory got Eagle Mountain back to even at 2-2. As for Benbrook, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
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