The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Livingston Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Little Cypress-Mauriceville has three straight wins, Livingston has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Hardin-Jefferson 49-13 at home on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Livingston took on Liberty on Friday. Livingston took a 28-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of Liberty.
The losing side was boosted by Damorian Hill, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 38 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Livingston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 216 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Livingston, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Livingston in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with an 18-13 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Livingston's Trenden Williams, who rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Little Cypress-Mauriceville still be able to contain Williams? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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