The Grandview Zebras will venture away from home to challenge the Connally Cadets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Grandview took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They managed a 32-27 victory over Eagle Mountain. Given the Zebras' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 477th, while the Knights are ranked 1179th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Connally didn't have too much trouble with Lago Vista on the road on Friday as they won 44-26. The Cadets pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Braeden Ford went supernova for Connally, rushing for 205 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Rashad Stubbs, who rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
Grandview's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1. As for Connally, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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