The Rockport-Fulton Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Kinkaid Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rockport-Fulton knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 point or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Kinkaid likes a good challenge.
Rockport-Fulton's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 34-0 victory over Bishop at home. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Pirates had established a 27 point advantage.
Peyton Taylor had a dynamite game for Rockport-Fulton, rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Taylor a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rockport-Fulton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 266 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Kinkaid beat St. Thomas Catholic 27-17 on Friday. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Eagles are ranked 319th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kinkaid found their leader in underclassman Wayne Shanks Jr., who rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 80 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Manuel, who picked up 179 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Rockport-Fulton's record is now 3-0. As for Kinkaid, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
Friday's match might be decided in the trenches. Rockport-Fulton has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 310.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Kinkaid struggles in that department as they've been averaging 163.3. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Rockport-Fulton lost to Kinkaid on the road by a decisive 49-33 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2020. Can Rockport-Fulton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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