The Alvarado Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Robinson Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Alvarado is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Van Alstyne: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Alvarado blew Van Alstyne out of the water with a 71-32 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Indians had established a 33 point advantage.
Alvarado can attribute much of their success to Cardea Collier, who rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and Demarcus Belton, who rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Belton's longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Lance Sansom did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 139 receiving yards.
Alvarado wouldn't let Van Alstyne keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Alvarado can thank Layne Woolard and D.J. Clampitt for forcing both of them. Clampitt is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. Alvarado got some further help from Logan Woolard: he made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Robinson was able to grind out a solid win over Caldwell on Friday, taking the game 31-20. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 368th, while the Hornets are ranked 774th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Robinson's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brice McCurdy led the charge by throwing for 170 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes. Evan Moreno also helped out as he racked up 102 rushing yards.
Robinson was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 428 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
The victory made it two in a row for Alvarado and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Robinson, their record now sits at 2-0.
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