The Eagle Mountain Knights will take on the Glen Rose Tigers on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Eagle Mountain has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Glen Rose will arrive with five straight victories.
Eagle Mountain is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Graham on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Eagle Mountain had to suffer through a 49-3 loss at the hands of Graham. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 547th, while the Steers are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Glen Rose). They claimed a resounding 61-7 win over Dunbar. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 28 points or more this season.
Canyon Evans was his usual excellent self, throwing for 441 yards and five touchdowns while completing 79.4% of his passes. He has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last seven times he's played. Brodey Bowman was another key player, gaining 146 total yards and two touchdowns.
Eagle Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Glen Rose, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Eagle Mountain has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 168.6 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Glen Rose has preferred to attack from the air: they average 278.1 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Thursday? There's only one way to find out.
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