Lake Ridge is on a seven-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Haltom a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Lake Ridge Eagles will host the Haltom Buffalos at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Friday, Lake Ridge took a blow against Reedy, falling 61-7. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 435th, while the Lions are ranked 96th).
Meanwhile, Haltom had to start their season on the road on Friday, and it wasn't the start they were hoping for. They came up short against Richland, falling 38-17. The Buffalos were down 24-3 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Haltom's loss came about despite a quality game from Vudrico Roberson, who rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 45 receiving yards.
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