Football Preview: Sterling Rangers vs. Lufkin Panthers
The Sterling Rangers will head out on the road to face off against the Lufkin Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sterling has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Lufkin will come in with five straight wins.
Things were looking good for Sterling after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. The game between them and West Brook wasn't particularly close, with Sterling falling 26-9. While the Rangers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bruins 3-0 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Lufkin last Friday. They put the hurt on West Brook with a sharp 29-3 victory. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Bruins are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sterling now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Lufkin, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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