The Fort Worth Country Day Falcons will venture away from home to face off against the Houston Christian Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Worth Country Day is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.3 points per game this season.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Fort Worth Country Day challenged Cistercian on Thursday. Fort Worth Country Day took their match at home with ease, bagging a 46-16 victory over Cistercian. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 481st, while the Hawks are ranked 975th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fort Worth Country Day's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Connor Davidson, who threw for 169 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes, and Alex Parsons, who rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Fort Worth Country Day was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Fort Worth Country Day didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Major Factor and Canaan Factor.
Meanwhile, Houston Christian entered their game against Tomball Christian HomeSchool on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Houston Christian received a blow as they fell 28-10 to Tomball Christian HomeSchool. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
The win made it two in a row for Fort Worth Country Day and bumps their season record up to 5-1. As for Houston Christian, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-3.
Fort Worth Country Day came up short against Houston Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 34-21. Thankfully for Fort Worth Country Day, Bret Kilchrist (who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes) 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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