The Cypress Creek Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Cypress Woods Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Cypress Creek lost 52-27 to Tomball Memorial on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 731st, while the Wildcats are ranked 178th).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Stephen Chaney, who threw for 177 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Cypress Creek also got a significant boost from Garland Wilburn, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 136 yards.
Cypress Creek's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Nixon Porter and Dwayne Brocken. Cypress Creek got some further help from Marlon Cook: he forced a fumble and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Cypress Woods was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Clear Lake 58-14 at home.
Cypress Woods' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bryant Thomas, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Logan Johnson was another key player, rushing for 29 yards and two touchdowns.
Johnson wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Cypress Woods was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
This is the second loss in a row for Cypress Creek and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Cypress Woods, their record is now 2-0.
Cypress Creek took a serious blow against Cypress Woods in their previous matchup back in November of 2017, falling 59-29. Thankfully for Cypress Creek, Jackson Jones (who rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 151 yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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