Kennedale starts district play tonight at home …
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The Kennedale Wildcats will start another quest of a district title tonight against the Castleberry Lions tonight. The Wildcats have won 6 straight titles, dating back to the 2012 season . Kick-off is set for 730 p.m. in Wildcat Stadium. {{more: continue …}}
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This season has Kennedale playing in District 6-4A with a mix of old and new opponents. In order of schedule, Kennedale (2-2) plays Castleberry (3-1), FTW Western Hills (3-1), Lake Worth (3-2), FTW Dunbar (1-2), FTW Diamond Hill (3-2), and then ends the season with FTW Benbrook (3-1).?Kennedale has been picked by Texas Football to win the title followed by Dunbar and the Benbrook. The rest of the prediction has Lake Worth in 4th followed by Castleberry and then Diamond Hill.?Castleberry hoping for upset …??
Castleberry (3-1) roars into town tonight with a hopeful gleam in their eyes. The Kennedale Wildcats are at an unusual 2-2 and in Castleberry?s view vulnerable for an upset. Over the years, Kennedale and Castleberry have met up 7 times with the Wildcats winning all but the very first meeting of the overall series.{{more: continue …}}
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The Lions of River Oaks have already tripled their wins from last year when they finished 1-9 overall and 1-4 in district play.? They are returning 11 starters off of last year’s team – 6 on offense and 5 on defense.
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Castleberry is coming off of a 15-14 win over Godley (2-2) last week. They opened the season with a 46-13 win over FTW Carter-Riverside (0-5) followed by a 45-16 win over FTW Northside (2-3). Their loss was by a score of 50-48 against Gainesville (1-3) in the third week of the season.
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In the Godley win, Castleberry managed a comeback win in the 4th with a touchdown and a two point conversion.
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Castleberry stats and players to watch …?
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The Lions have passed for 671 yards this season at 167 average per game with almost of all of that (656) by senior #5 QB Michael Dameron. He has recorded 10 TDs along with 2 interceptions. He is 39 for 83 for 47% rate. His favorite target is senior #34 Seth Oaks who has 18 receptions for 368 yards and 5 TDs. #13 Diego Rivera (So) has 9 catches for 130 yards and 2 TDs.
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For the season the Lions have rushed for 978 yards or 244.5 per game. Their go to runner is again QB Dameron who has averaged 125.5 yards per game for 502 total yards (9.0 per) and recorded 8 TDs. Following him is #6 Elijah West with 56 carries for 390 yards (7.0 per) and 5 TDs.
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Defensively #89 Darren Wilmore (Sr) leads in tackles at 50 followed by #20 Jose Luis Hernandez (Sr) with 39, #2 Ricardo Garza (Sr) 39, #22 Cole Lopez (Jr) 27 and #1 Matthew Teran (Jr) with 26. The defense has recorded 4 sacks and 6 interceptions.?Kennedale’s homecoming is in two week, October 12, against Lake Worth … see 2018 Football Schedule
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