It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons faces off against the Cypress Falls Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Jersey Village is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Stratford on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Jersey Village was dealt a 60-3 loss at the hands of Stratford. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 514th, while the Spartans are ranked 123rd).
Meanwhile, Cypress Falls got themselves on the board against Northbrook on Thursday, but Northbrook never followed suit. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 38-0 victory over the Raiders. The Eagles' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a point in their last three games.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cypress Falls to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brandon Derbigny Jr., who threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Gabriel Wilson was in the mix too, providing Cypress Falls with two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cypress Falls' defense and their ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ebot Arrey and Jacob Flores, who racked up four sacks between them. Cypress Falls got some further help from Gabriel Collins: he picked up a sack, made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Jersey Village's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Cypress Falls, their record now sits at 4-2.
Jersey Village was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Cypress Falls when the teams last played back in October of 2019. Can Jersey Village avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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