Cypress Woods has gone 10-0 against Cypress Lakes recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Cypress Woods Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Cypress Lakes Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Cypress Woods is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Thursday, Cypress Woods strolled past Langham Creek with points to spare, taking the game 38-21.
Ty Cogdill went supernova for Cypress Woods, picking up 94 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cypress Woods' defense and their 3.5 sacks. Jason Hemphill was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cypress Lakes). They blew past Waller 44-20 on Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Spartans just coasted through the last quarter.
Cypress Lakes' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jimmy Alarcon led the charge by rushing for 33 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Theodis Fields, who rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Cypress Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 299 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Cypress Woods' win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Cypress Lakes, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Cypress Woods has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 265.8 passing yards per game. Cypress Lakes, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 168.2 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Cypress Woods beat Cypress Lakes 23-16 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cypress Woods since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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