The Naaman Forest Rangers and the North Garland Raiders are set to duel on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Naaman Forest is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Wylie East on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Naaman Forest was dealt a 49-19 loss at the hands of Wylie East. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Raiders are ranked 94th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in DeAngelo Perales and Howard Fisher IV. Fisher IV had a great game and rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Perales was balling out in the loss, rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 145 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, North Garland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell to South Garland 26-21.
Naaman Forest's loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-4. As for North Garland, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Naaman Forest ended up a good deal behind North Garland in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, losing 28-14. Can Naaman Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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