Football Preview: Grand Saline Indians vs. Lone Oak Buffaloes
Two dominant signal callers in Jett Taylor and Slayde Parnell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Grand Saline Indians will face off against the Lone Oak Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated (Grand Saline has seven wins , while Lone Oak has eight dating back to last season).
Grand Saline's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 61-0 victory over Chisum. Considering the Indians have won five matches by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Grand Saline's win came down to the chemistry between Taylor and his top target Kolton Prox. Taylor threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes while Prox gained 244 total yards and three touchdowns. Taylor's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 102 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lone Oak made easy work of Quitman on Friday and carried off a 41-21 victory. Considering the Buffaloes have won four contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Lone Oak's win came down to the chemistry between Parnell and his top target Tre Hubbard. Parnell threw for 350 yards and six touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes while Hubbard picked up 203 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Parnell is now averaging an impressive 3.1 passing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Corbin Johnson, who picked up 82 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Grand Saline pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lone Oak, their win bumped their record up to an identical 7-0.
Grand Saline was dealt a bruising 55-13 defeat at the hands of Lone Oak when the teams last played back in October of 2015. Can Grand Saline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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