The Brewer Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Fossil Ridge Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Brewer humbled Birdville with a 53-21 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Fossil Ridge had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged Denton out 42-40. The Panthers' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Malaki Lockhart had a dynamite game for Fossil Ridge, throwing for 277 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 107 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Lockhart a new career-high in rushing yards. Peyton Cundiff also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Fossil Ridge wouldn't let Denton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Fossil Ridge can thank Kingdom Tatum and Michael Reinoshek for forcing both of them. Tatum also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 16. Fossil Ridge got some further help from Jordan Cedillo: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Brewer's win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Fossil Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 2-6.
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