The Centennial Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Tyler Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Centennial is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Things were looking good for Centennial after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 37-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of Midlothian. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 328th, while the Panthers are ranked 119th).
Meanwhile, everything went Tyler's way against Cleburne on Friday as Tyler made off with a 45-22 victory. The Lions pushed the score to 38-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yellowjackets cut but never quite recovered from.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ashton Arriaga and he. Arriaga rushed for 185 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.9 yards per carry while he rushed for 185 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Trey Haralson also helped out with an impressive 128 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tyler was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Centennial has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season. As for Tyler, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-3.
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