Football Preview: Poteet Pirates vs. Midlothian Heritage Jaguars
The Poteet Pirates will square off against the Midlothian Heritage Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Poteet was just a hair shy of victory and fell 28-27 to Kaufman. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 553rd, while the Lions are ranked 260th).
Poteet might have lost, but man, Dylan Davis was a machine: he rushed for 181 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Davis is now averaging an impressive 118.3 rushing yards per game.
Meanwhile, Midlothian Heritage waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They claimed a resounding 56-3 win over the Pirates at home. The result was nothing new for the Jaguars, who have now won three contests by 25 points or more so far this season.
Midlothian Heritage relied on the efforts of Za'Ko Davis, who rushed for 141 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Carter Rutenbar, who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Midlothian Heritage is 3-1 when Rutenbar posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Wright, who picked up 77 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Midlothian Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Crandall only rushed for 66.
Poteet's defeat was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Midlothian Heritage, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Things could have been worse for Poteet, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 49-33 loss to Midlothian Heritage when the teams last played back in October of 2020. Will Poteet have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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