After flying high against Lakeview Centennial last Friday, Naaman Forest came back down to earth. The Naaman Forest Rangers were beaten by the Wylie East Raiders 49-19 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Raiders are ranked 94th).
Despite the loss, Naaman Forest still got an impressive performance from DeAngelo Perales, who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 145 yards and a touchdown. 92 of those passing yards were hauled in by Corey Thomas`.
Howard Fisher IV was his usual excellent self, rushing for 78 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 299 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt for Wylie East. Amarean Porter was Fisher IV's top target, picking up 145 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Naaman Forest's loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-4. As for Wylie East, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-1.
Naaman Forest and North Garland are set to duel on Friday. Naaman Forest is facing North Garland at the right time seeing as North Garland is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Wylie East, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Rowlett at 7:00 p.m. Wylie East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 45.4 points per game this season.
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