The Palestine Wildcats will take on the Chapel Hill Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Palestine is looking for their season's first win.
Palestine is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 62-38 to Henderson on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 607th, while the Lions are ranked 233rd).
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill hadn't done well against Lindale recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Chapel Hill walked away with a 42-30 victory over Lindale.
Rickey Stewart was his usual excellent self, rushing for 226 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in December of 2023. Cazden Holton was another key rusher, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Chapel Hill's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kelean Banks and Trevor Brooks.
Palestine's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Chapel Hill, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Palestine came up short against Chapel Hill when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 40-31. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stewart, who rushed for 238 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 46 receiving yards. Now that Palestine knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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