Football Preview: Mansfield Tigers vs. Boswell Pioneers
The Mansfield Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Boswell Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mansfield has four straight wins, Boswell has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Mansfield didn't have too much trouble with Midway at home as they won 29-15. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Panthers are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Mansfield's victory came down to the chemistry between Braxton Van Cleave and his top target Jacobe Hayes. Van Cleave threw for 208 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.7% of his passes while Hayes picked up 128 receiving yards and a touchdown. Hayes showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 61 yards.
Meanwhile, Boswell had to suffer through a 49-16 loss at the hands of Forney. The Pioneers were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Mansfield's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Boswell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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