The Bridgeport Bulls will face off against the Eagle Mountain Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bridgeport is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Bridgeport's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Graham on Friday. They had to suffer through a 56-0 loss at the hands of the Steers. While losing is never fun, the Bulls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 768th, while the Steers are ranked 176th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eagle Mountain). They breezed by Burkburnett on the road to the tune of 56-26 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
TERRY STARKS continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 292 yards while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
Eagle Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mason Young and Matthew Neill. Neill is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Another thorn in Burkburnett's side was Qu'Mario Nichols, who picked up a sack, made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Eagle Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 396 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bridgeport's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Eagle Mountain, their record now sits at 3-4.
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