The Southwest Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Springtown Porcupines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Southwest has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Springtown will arrive with three straight victories.
Southwest's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Brock on Friday. They had to suffer through a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 507th, while the Eagles are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Springtown beat China Spring 28-23 on Friday.
Kaine Hill was his usual excellent self, rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 124 yards on ten of 16 attempts. Ryan Kirk handled things on the ground, rushing for 95 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Springtown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
Southwest's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Springtown, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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