Football Recap: Berry Sanders' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Wharton over East Bay + How To Watch

Wildcats

Previous 5 Games

10/03/25 vs East Bay	24-27
09/26/25 vs Sickles	54-7
09/19/25 @ Durant	31-13
09/12/25 vs Robinson	34-7
09/05/25 @ Sumner	7-44

Wharton dropped down to 4-3 on Friday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the East Bay Indians by a score of 27-24. If the Wildcats were looking for revenge after losing 34-27 to the Indians when the teams met back in October of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Wharton lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Berry Sanders, who rushed for six yards and a pair of touchdowns, and also picked up 57 receiving yards.

Even if they lost, Wharton's defense still kept up the pressure with five sacks. Leading the way was Markeal Howard with two.

As for East Bay, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 7.43 yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.47 in the others.

Trey Alexander had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 91 yards and two TDs on only eight carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.

Wharton has already played their next game, a 28-12 loss against Plant on the 10th. As for East Bay, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 32-9 defeat against Tampa Bay Tech on the 10th.