River Road lost against Dalhart back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The River Road Wildcats lost to the Dalhart Wolves on the road by a 35-19 margin. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 857th, while the Wolves are ranked 412th).
Defeat or not, River Road got some senior leadership from Alex Warren and Malaki Miller. Warren rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, while Miller rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. River Road is 2-1 when Warren posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 2-3 otherwise.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: River Road was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 266 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
River Road's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Dalhart, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. River Road will host Shallowater at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. River Road is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.3 points per game this season. As for Dalhart, they have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Bushland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dalhart also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 40.2 points per game.
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