The Arlington Heights Yellowjackets will venture away from home to square off against the Chisholm Trail Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Arlington Heights' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat South Hills 63-0 at home. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Scorpions are ranked 991st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kaeden Grant was his usual excellent self, throwing for 200 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Hank Hayden helped Grant out on the ground, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Arlington Heights wouldn't let South Hills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Arlington Heights can thank Jataivien Hawkins-Davis and Carter James for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chisholm Trail). They blew past Trimble Tech 63-0 on the road on Thursday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Rangers with their most commanding win of the season.
The win for Arlington Heights keeps them at an undefeated 4-0. As for Chisholm Trail, the victory for themalso keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Arlington Heights lost to Chisholm Trail on the road by a decisive 31-13 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2019. Can Arlington Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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