A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Archer City Wildcats take on the Albany Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday... Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Archer City comes in on four and Albany on eight.
Archer City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 51-14 victory over Shamrock. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 37 points or more this season.
Landon Smith was his usual excellent self, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Smith is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 118 every time he's taken the field this season.
Archer City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 474 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 262 rushing yards in 11 consecutive contests.
Archer City wouldn't let Shamrock keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Archer City can thank Noah Cornell and Grayson Jeter for forcing both of them. Archer City got some further help from Luke Deerinwater: he picked up a sack, made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, while Albany put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Era. Albany breezed by Era to the tune of 46-0. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Hornets are ranked 879th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Albany to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chip Chambers, who threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.3% of his passes. Branson Beal was in the mix too, providing Albany with two touchdowns.
Albany pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.9 points per game. As for Archer City, their record is now 8-3.
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