The Reagan Rattlers will square off against the Temple Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Saturday, Reagan was beaten by Steele 62-34. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (31), the Rattlers still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Reagan got some senior leadership from Jack Bingham and Caleb Cappuccio. Bingham threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.1% of his passes, while Cappuccio. picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cappuccio got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 75 yards.
Meanwhile, Temple lost 42-21 to Round Rock 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 310th, while the Dragons are ranked 100th).
Temple might have lost, but man, Byron Crittendon was a machine: he rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown.
Crittendon wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Temple was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Reagan's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for Temple, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
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