It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Barbers Hill can now relate to. They were outmatched by the La Porte Bulldogs on the road and fell 55-27. 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 184th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 47th).
Cooper Lucas and Anthony Bonnet Jr. certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Lucas threw for 75 yards and a touchdown, while Bonnet Jr. picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown. Bonnet Jr. really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards. Kaegan Morton got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Sean Simon and Tyresse Barnes. Simon rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry while Barnes rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
With the defeat, Barbers Hill broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-4. As for La Porte, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-3.
Barbers Hill does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for La Porte, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 35-17 victory against A&M Consolidated on the 29th.
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