The Forrest Rockets will venture away from home to take on the White House-Heritage Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Forrest is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
While Forrest didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down Cannon County 28-12 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask White House-Heritage). They blew past Cheatham County Central 42-6 at home on Friday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Xavier Murray and his top target Aric Lopez. Murray threw for 201 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes while Lopez picked up 113 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
White House-Heritage's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Dason Springer picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Forrest's record now sits at 4-0. As for White House-Heritage, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Forrest's way against White House-Heritage in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Forrest made off with a 47-21 win. In that contest, Forrest amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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