The Midland Bulldogs will challenge the Pebble Hills Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Midland can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Friday. They came up short against Southlake Carroll, falling 48-24. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Dragons are ranked fourth).
Stroman Bridges put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Pebble Hills' offense. They took a 7-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Canutillo on Friday.
Even if they lost, Pebble Hills' defense still kept up the pressure with six sacks. Dorian Jaramillo was especially locked on to Canutillo's QB and sacked him twice. Jaramillo's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Midland won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, slipping by Pebble Hills 43-42. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Pebble Hills' Sebastian Ochoa, who threw for 346 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Midland to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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