Hillcrest hasn't had much luck against South Oak Cliff recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Hillcrest Panthers will look to defend their home field against the South Oak Cliff Bears at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hillcrest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Spruce 48-0 on the road. The win was nothing new for the Panthers as they're now sitting on three straight.
Meanwhile, South Oak Cliff never let their opponents score on Friday. They breezed by Adamson on the road to the tune of 50-0. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Leopards are ranked 836th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Oak Cliff had a senior duo take command as Brayden Burns rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries and Carter Kopecky threw for 174 yards and a touchdown on perfect 6-for-6 passing. Kopecky's posted a season-high passer rating of 177.1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Oak Cliff was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Hillcrest now has a winning record of 3-2. As for South Oak Cliff, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Hillcrest was dealt a bruising 63-7 defeat at the hands of South Oak Cliff in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hillcrest was down 49-7.
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