Football Preview: Mansfield Tigers vs. Boswell Pioneers
The Mansfield Tigers will head out to challenge the Boswell Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mansfield has four straight victories, Boswell has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Mansfield strolled past Midway with points to spare, taking the game 29-15. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Panthers are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Mansfield's win came down to the chemistry between Braxton Van Cleave and his top target Jacobe Hayes. Van Cleave threw for 208 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.7% of his passes while Hayes picked up 128 receiving yards and a touchdown. Hayes showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 61 yards.
Meanwhile, Boswell had to suffer through a 49-16 loss at the hands of Forney. The Pioneers were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Mansfield's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Boswell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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