After two games on the road, Alvarado is heading back home. They will welcome the Kennedale Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Alvarado knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully Kennedale likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Alvarado was fully in charge, breezing past Castleberry 62-7. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Lions are ranked 667th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alvarado can attribute much of their success to Demarcus Belton, who gained 256 total yards and five touchdowns, and Cardea Collier, who threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. Collier is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played. Alvarado also got a significant boost from Lance Sansom, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 91 yards.
Alvarado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Kennedale got themselves on the board against Lake Worth on Friday, but Lake Worth never followed suit. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 34-0 win over the Bullfrogs. The Wildcats pushed the score to 20-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bullfrogs had little chance of recovering from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Kennedale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Riley Bingham, who rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Hammonds, who rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns.
Kennedale didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Bingham and Trey Smith. Smith also defended three defended passes, which is notable because Kennedale is 4-2 when he posts at least three defended passes, but 1-2 otherwise. Another thorn in Lake Worth's side was William ?Mitchell? Mcbroom, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Alvarado's victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points per game. As for Kennedale, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything went Alvarado's way against Kennedale in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as Alvarado made off with a 49-27 win. Does Alvarado have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kennedale turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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