Football Preview: Gladewater Bears vs. Sabine Cardinals
Gladewater has gone 6-0 against Sabine recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Gladewater Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the Sabine Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Neither Gladewater nor Sabine posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Gladewater will head out to face Sabine after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Gladewater was beaten by Jefferson 41-12. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 503rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 159th).
Although Gladewater took the loss, they still got scores from Trayvion Watts and Aubry Floyd.
Even if they lost, Gladewater's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Amarion Minter was especially locked on to Jefferson's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Jefferson's side was Mason Budro, who picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Sabine's offense. They took a blow against Tatum on Friday, falling 63-0. The Cardinals have struggled against the Eagles recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
This is the second loss in a row for Gladewater and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Sabine, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 2-3.
Gladewater didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Sabine in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 48-42 victory. Will Gladewater repeat their success, or does Sabine have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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