After three games on the road, Cypress Creek is heading back home. They will host the Oak Ridge Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Cypress Creek's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against East River on Friday. They were dealt a 42-0 defeat at the hands of the Falcons. The Bears have struggled against the Falcons recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, after only six points in their last matchup, Oak Ridge made sure to put some points up on the board against Freedom on Friday. Oak Ridge put the hurt on Freedom with a sharp 34-14 win. The Pioneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 20 points or more this season.
Taylor Crane continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 174 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Ashton Collins was Crane's top target, picking up 75 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Cypress Creek's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Oak Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Cypress Creek was taken down by Oak Ridge 43-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Cypress Creek, Keyvell Cooper (who rushed for 64 yards and four touchdowns on only six carries) 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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