Football Preview: Texas Wind vs. Newman International Academy Warriors
Texas Wind will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Newman International Academy Warriors at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Texas Wind has eight straight wins, Newman International Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Newman International Academy heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Texas Wind took over last week. Texas Wind managed a 30-26 victory over Stephenville FAITH on Friday. The 30-point effort marked Texas Wind's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, a win for Newman International Academy just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Faustina Academy on the road and fell 63-13. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Falcons are ranked 67th).
Texas Wind pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Newman International Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Texas Wind beat Newman International Academy 28-20 when the teams last played back in August of 2018. Does Texas Wind have another victory up their sleeve, or will Newman International Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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