It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-12, which was the final score in the Western Hills Cougars's tilt against the Krum Bobcats on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 892nd, while the Bobcats are ranked 420th).
Despite the loss, Western Hills still got an impressive performance from Elijah Jones, who rushed for 204 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry.
Ty Taber had an outrageously good game for Krum as he threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. 125 of those passing yards were hauled in by Lane Larson.
Western Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Krum, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Western Hills will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Hillcrest at 7:30 p.m. As for Krum, they are taking a road trip to face off against Lake Worth at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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