Football Preview: Argyle Eagles vs. Burleson Elks
The Argyle Eagles will face off against the Burleson Elks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Argyle will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, everything went Argyle's way against Mansfield Summit as Argyle made off with a 31-6 victory. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 25 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Watson Bell and Adarion Nettles. Bell had a solid game and gained 113 total yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Nettles was balling out in the loss, picking up 84 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards.
Argyle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Argyle didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nathaniel Bruce and Thomas Irwin.
Meanwhile, Burleson was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 14-10 to Mansfield Timberview. While losing is never fun, the Elks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 378th, while the Wolves are ranked 149th).
Argyle's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Burleson, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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