The Granbury Pirates will venture away from home to face off against the Aledo Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Granbury has given up an average of 27.4 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Granbury's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Ryan last Friday. They were beaten by the Raiders 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while the Raiders are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, on Friday Aledo's undefeated season almost came to an end. They came within a single point of losing the streak, but they secured a 15-14 W against Ryan. The 15-point effort marked the Bearcats' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Aledo came from Brady Powell and Lincoln Tubbs.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Aledo proved: they limited Ryan to a paltry 0.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Chase Wilburn for the heroic effort on defense: he. Aledo hasn't allowed more than 3.9 yards per carry in three consecutive games.
Aledo's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Granbury, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-3.
Granbury was taken down by Aledo 56-7 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Pirates were down 42-0.
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