The Hargrave Falcons will square off against the Lumberton Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hargrave has four straight wins, Lumberton has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Hargrave didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-9), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Liberty with a sharp 49-28 victory on Friday. Fans of the Falcons have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Sawyer Jameson, who rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry, and also threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Kurtis Felder was Jameson's top target, picking up 128 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hargrave was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lumberton came up short against Bridge City on Friday, falling 28-7. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 609th, while the Cardinals are ranked 241st).
Hargrave's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Lumberton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Hargrave took a serious blow against Lumberton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 46-14. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hargrave was down 33-7.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
