Football Preview: Tatum Eagles vs. Liberty-Eylau Leopards
The Tatum Eagles will square off against the Liberty-Eylau Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tatum's defense has only allowed 16.2 points per game this season, so Liberty-Eylau's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Tatum's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Sabine 63-0 at home. That 63 point margin sets a new team best for the Eagles this season.
Meanwhile, Liberty-Eylau had just enough and edged Bullard out 27-24 last Friday. Given the Leopards' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Panthers are ranked 557th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty-Eylau's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Arian Taylor, who rushed for 140 yards, and Trip Baysinger, who rushed for 36 yards and two touchdowns.
Liberty-Eylau wouldn't let Bullard keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jaquan Johnson was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
The victory made it two in a row for Tatum and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Liberty-Eylau, their record now sits at 3-1.
Tatum lost to Liberty-Eylau on the road by a decisive 50-33 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2015. Thankfully for Tatum, Kemon Freeman (who threw for 441 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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