After each having a week off, the Deer Park Deer and the Clear Lake Falcons will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Deer Park has four straight wins, Clear Lake has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Deer Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 70-14 victory over Clear Brook. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Clear Lake played a tough contest last Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 71-14 loss at the hands of Dickinson. 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 605th, while the Gators are ranked 33rd).
Deer Park's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Clear Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Deer Park strolled past Clear Lake in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a score of 38-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Deer since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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