The Seven Lakes Spartans will take on the Tompkins Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Seven Lakes is out to stop a six-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Seven Lakes is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Paetow on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Seven Lakes had to suffer through a 37-7 loss at the hands of Paetow. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Panthers are ranked 129th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tompkins). They managed a 50-45 win over Cinco Ranch on Thursday. The victory was familiar territory for the Falcons who have now won three contests in a row.
Ethan Meadows was his usual excellent self, rushing for 234 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Justin Thierheimer, who threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tompkins was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 179 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Seven Lakes now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Tompkins, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Seven Lakes was taken down by Tompkins 42-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Seven Lakes, Caleb Blocker (who rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also caught a touchdown) 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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