The Karnes City Badgers will take on the Cotulla Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cotulla took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Karnes City, who comes in off a win.
Karnes City is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Nixon-Smiley: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Karnes City blew Nixon-Smiley out of the water with a 41-14 final score. The result was nothing new for the Badgers, who have now won six games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Karnes City's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Savion Nixon-Thompson, who threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 71 yards. That's the most rushing yards Nixon-Thompson has posted since back in September. Israel Soto was in the mix too, providing Karnes City with two touchdowns.
Karnes City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Andrew Crow and Nixon-Thompson.
Meanwhile, Cotulla came up short against Dilley on Friday and fell 23-16.
Cotulla wouldn't let Dilley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cotulla can thank Deric Aldaco and Eric Aldaco for forcing both of them. Deric has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Cotulla's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3. As for Karnes City, their win bumped their record up to an identical 6-3.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Karnes City has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 191.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Cotulla struggles in that department as they've been averaging 184.6. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Karnes City didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Cotulla in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, but they still walked away with a 14-10 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Cotulla's Cahel Lafferty, who rushed for 155 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Karnes City to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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