Friday night the #6 Kennedale Wildcats take on a surging Kaufman Lion team in a game of the undefeated, each with matching records of 3-0. Expect a hard fought game to be played that will challenge both teams. {{more}}
Backstory ?
Kaufman plays in District 8-4A which includes Crandall, Mabank, Wills Point and Van. The Lions were 5-7 (4-2) last year and played two deep into the playoffs, beating Princeton 42-35 and losing to Argyle 49-13.
In the 2014 season, Kennedale defeated a different Kaufman team which entered the game at 0-3, by a score of 56-13. In the game, Wildcat Juwan Washington rushed for 255 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as Kennedale took a 35-0 halftime. For the game,the Wildcats rushed for 348 yards in the first half and 560 yards for the game.This year …
Last week for the first time since 1959, the Kaufman High School (3-0) football team defeated long-time rival 5A Terrell High School (2-1) 28-12. Leading the Lions? offense was Dru Prox with 142 total yards of the Lions 252, and two touchdowns. The Lions rushed for 190 yards and 62 yards passing. In their first two games of the season, Kaufman defeated Gainesville (0-3) 48-14 and Fairfield (2-1) by 49-34.
Kennedale is undefeated at 3-0 this year after rolling up Dunbar by a score 58-6 last week. With a loss by Argyle last week, Kennedale moved up in the polls. AP has the Cats up one place at #6 overall in Class 4A. In 4A D1, the Lone Star Gridiron has Kennedale at #2 behind Navasota and Campbell?s Texas Football has Kennedale at #5.
It is interesting to note that MaxPreps, who uses their own formula for ratings, has Kaufman at #9 and Kennedale at #12 in Class 4A D-1.
The real deal ?
As one of the Kennedale coaches put it this week, ?They [Kaufman] are the real deal.? He went on to describe them as big, strong and solid. This is the kind of team Kennedale needs to play. So far the combined record of the three teams Kennedale has played is 1-8.The Cats have played teams that have really great athletes but not consistently strong teams that can battle at all positions.
The Kaufman Lions have their own motivation for this game. The Lions have a chance to go 4-0 for the first time in many years and, by defeating a top ten team, earn their own spot in the polls.
Wildcat Dailyn Wells Offensive Player of the Week (JockSnap
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Game time is 7:30 at Wildcat Stadium in Kennedale.Last Week?s MaxPreps Players of the Game @ Dunbar …
- Overall – #2 Q Wadley:
16 carries for 144 yds, 4 TDs
- Offensive – #5 Dailyn Wells:
14 carries for 145 yds, 1 TD
- Defensive – #60 Aaron Williams: 6 Tackles, 1 Tackle for Loss, Fum Rec. for TD
- Special Teams – #1 Jace Zeller: 9 Kickoffs, 433 yds, 2 TBs,
8/8 XP
