Football Preview: Llano Yellowjackets vs. Goliad Tigers
The Llano Yellowjackets will be playing at home against the Goliad Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Llano is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 34-6 victory over Orange Grove. The Yellowjackets pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had little chance of recovering from.
It was another big night for Trey Mote, who rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 119 rushing yards. Luke Davis was another key player, throwing for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Goliad had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 50.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Bulldogs 56-28. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 750th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Goliad's record is now 10-2. As for Llano, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Everything went Llano's way against Goliad in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, as Llano made off with a 21-0 victory. Does Llano have another victory up their sleeve, or will Goliad turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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