The Chapel Hill Bulldogs will take on the Kilgore Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Chapel Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.3 points per game this season.
Chapel Hill's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Palestine 28-0 on the road. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Wildcats are ranked 568th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rickey Stewart continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Cazden Holton was another key rusher, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Chapel Hill's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 5.5 sacks. Leading the way was Matthew Walker with two. Chapel Hill got some further help from Trevor Brooks: he picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Chapel Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Palestine only rushed for 144.
Meanwhile, Kilgore entered their game against Henderson on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Kilgore fell just short of Henderson by a score of 27-24. While the Bulldogs had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Lions 10-3.
Chapel Hill pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Kilgore, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Chapel Hill came out on top in a nail-biter against Kilgore in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, sneaking past 21-19. Will Chapel Hill repeat their success, or does Kilgore have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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