The Cedar Creek Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Anderson Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cedar Creek hasn't scored more than 13 points for six games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
On Friday, Cedar Creek took a blow against College Station, falling 73-7. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1037th, while the Cougars are ranked 152nd).
Meanwhile, Anderson strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Everything went their way against Hendrickson as they made off with a 45-24 victory. Considering the Trojans have won five games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cedar Creek better keep an eye on Caleb Crenshaw. He was instrumental in Anderson's win, rushing for 294 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. Crenshaw showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 52 yards. Jay Fullmer was in the mix as well, providing Anderson with three TDs.
Anderson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 384 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
One reason for the win was Anderson's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by River Anderson and Max Middleton, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Anderson got some further help from Zach Cecalek: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Anderson's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Cedar Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Cedar Creek was taken down by Anderson 59-14 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Eagles were down 49-0.
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