It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southwest can now relate to. They lost to the Kennedale Wildcats on the road by a 25-8 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 684th, while the Wildcats are ranked 340th).
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Riley Bingham and Laurrence Watkins. Bingham rushed for 58 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries while Watkins rushed for 83 yards on only 11 carries. Kennedale is 5-2 when Bingham posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Southwest now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Kennedale, they pushed their record up to 6-5 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Southwest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Kennedale, they will face off against Celina at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Celina knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past 11 matches -- so hopefully Kennedale likes a good challenge.
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