Spruce is 0-10 against South Oak Cliff since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Spruce Timberwolves will venture away from home to take on the South Oak Cliff Bears at 7:30 p.m.
Spruce is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They were beaten by Wilmer-Hutchins 53-23. While losing is never fun, the Timberwolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1011th, while the Eagles are ranked 287th).
Meanwhile, after only 12 points in their last match, South Oak Cliff made sure to put some points up on the board against Longview on Friday. South Oak Cliff slipped by Longview 45-44.
Carter Kopecky was a one-man wrecking crew for South Oak Cliff as he threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 92 yards. The dominant performance gave Kopecky a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Oak Cliff was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Longview only rushed for 183.
Spruce's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for South Oak Cliff, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Spruce was taken down by South Oak Cliff 63-3 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kopecky, who threw for 247 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Spruce knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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