Winnsboro is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Hooks is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Winnsboro Raiders will host the Hooks Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Winnsboro will be strutting in after a victory while Hooks will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Winnsboro at home against Honey Grove as the team secured a 49-21 win. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Warriors are ranked 301st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hooks came up short against Atlanta last Friday and fell 28-21.
Hooks' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ripken Birdwell, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, and Dontravious Coulter, who rushed for 157 yards. The dominant performance gave Coulter a new career-high in rushing yards. Jay Smith also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 82 receiving yards.
Even though they lost, Hooks was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The victory got Winnsboro back to even at 1-1. As for Hooks, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Winnsboro strolled past Hooks in their previous matchup back in September of 2022 by a score of 41-27. Will Winnsboro repeat their success, or does Hooks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
