Football Preview: Haskell Indians vs. Electra Tigers
The Haskell Indians will be playing at home against the Electra Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Haskell is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points back in October, they were much more limited against Windthorst two weeks ago. They had to suffer through a 55-7 loss at the hands of the Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1025th, while the Trojans are ranked 449th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Haegen Pinkerton and Brock Belcher. Belcher had a great game and rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Meanwhile, Pinkerton was balling out in the loss, rushing for 106 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Despite a strong season so far, Electra has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. The game between them and Windthorst wasn't particularly close, with Electra falling 20-6. The Tigers were down 20-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Electra's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2. As for Haskell, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Haskell beat Electra 34-24 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Haskell have another victory up their sleeve, or will Electra turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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