After each having a week off, the Cypress Park Tigers and the Cypress Ranch Mustangs will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cypress Park will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Cypress Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 40-14 to Cypress Lakes last Friday.
Despite the defeat, Cypress Park saw an underclassman step up: Jaharvey Johnson rushed for 88 yards, and also caught a touchdown. Those 88 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Johnson.
Meanwhile, Cypress Ranch has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 16.25 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit last Friday. They took a hard 31-16 fall against Cypress Springs.
Despite the loss, Cypress Ranch got top-tier performance from Peyton Thomas, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Thomas really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed ten in total. All came courtesy of Diego Alfaro: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 1-for-1 kicking extra points for an additional one.
Cypress Park's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Cypress Ranch, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Cypress Park took a serious blow against Cypress Ranch in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 48-7. Can Cypress Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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