River Road is 1-7 against Shallowater since November of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The River Road Wildcats will welcome the Shallowater Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. River Road is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
Last Friday, River Road ended up a good deal behind Dalhart and lost 35-19. 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 858th, 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. Warren has become a key player for River Road: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least 100 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 four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Shallowater waltzed into their game on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They slipped by the Falcons 21-20.
River Road's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Shallowater, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
River Road took a serious blow against Shallowater when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 56-0. Thankfully for River Road, Kouper Boyd (who rushed for 80 yards and five touchdowns on only 11 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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