Football Preview: De Leon Bearcats vs. Bangs Dragons
The De Leon Bearcats will venture away from home to challenge the Bangs Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (De Leon has three straight victories, Bangs has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
De Leon is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Ballinger: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that De Leon blew Ballinger out of the water with a 55-13 final score. With De Leon ahead 28-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, a win for Bangs just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Hamilton on the road and fell 46-8. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1112th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 487th).
De Leon's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Bangs, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
De Leon strolled past Bangs in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 40-21. Does De Leon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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