After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Willis, Grand Oaks was happy to have turned things around on Friday. Everything went their way against the Caney Creek Panthers as the Grand Oaks Grizzlies made off with a 28-7 win. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Panthers are ranked 579th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grant Smith continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 214 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes. Preston Cloud was Smith's top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Grand Oaks didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Griffin Tillis, Cj Alvarado Jr, and Yosef Alexander picked up one apiece.
Grand Oaks pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.3 points per game. As for Caney Creek, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-8.
As of now, neither Grand Oaks nor Caney Creek have any future games scheduled.
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