Copperas Cove and Shoemaker are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs will square off against the Shoemaker Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Copperas Cove is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.1 points per game this season.
Copperas Cove is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Harker Heights on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Copperas Cove took a blow against Harker Heights, falling 49-21. While losing is never fun, the Bulldawgs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 405th, while the Knights are ranked 85th).
Despite the loss, Copperas Cove had strong showings from Anthony King, who threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.8% of his passes, and Trishstin Glass, who picked up 177 receiving yards and two touchdowns. King has become a key player for Copperas Cove: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least 250 passing yards, but 1-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, the third road contest was the charm for Shoemaker, as they earned their first road win of the season. They enjoyed a cozy 35-21 win over Bryan on Friday.
Shoemaker can attribute much of their success to Brandon Brown Jr, who gained 190 total yards and three touchdowns, and Tyrieke Wade, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Brown Jr a new career-high in rushing yards. Maurice Starr also helped out with an impressive 97 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shoemaker was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 269 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 221 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
This is the second loss in a row for Copperas Cove and nudges their season record down to 3-4. As for Shoemaker, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
Friday's match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: King and Wade. King has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 257.3 passing yards and has 20 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Wade has averaged 233.5 passing yards and has 9 passing touchdowns on the season.
Copperas Cove might still be hurting after the 58-35 defeat they got from Shoemaker in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Thankfully for Copperas Cove, Omari Evans (who rushed for 251 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.9 yards per carry, and also threw for 112 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.8% 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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