The Nimitz Cougars will square off against the Dekaney Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Nimitz came up short against Spring and fell 28-20.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Dekaney against MacArthur on Friday as the squad secured a 50-7 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Generals are ranked 708th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cj Chizer went supernova for Dekaney, rushing for 151 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Dekaney didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cordey Sherman and Nicholas Townsend. Sherman has become a key player for Dekaney: the team is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 1-5 otherwise.
Dekaney is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.5 points per game. As for Nimitz, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Nimitz was taken down by Dekaney 50-21 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dekaney's Samaritan Cunningham, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Now that Nimitz knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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