Football Game Preview: Troup Tigers vs. West Rusk Raiders

Troup has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while West Rusk has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Tigers will host the Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Troup will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.

Troup is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past New Diana to the tune of 69-31 on Friday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 36 points or more this season.

Brett Wells

Rushing Yards

10/17/25 @ New Diana	225
10/10/25 vs Winona	158
10/03/25 @ Elkhart	156
09/26/25 vs Arp	130
09/19/25 vs Rusk	71
+ 13 more games

Brett Wells produced another solid performance rushing for 225 yards and five TDs while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Childress, who threw for 263 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Troup was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 426 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in four consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, West Rusk beat New Diana 28-21 last Friday.

Troup better keep an eye on Judson Dotson. He was instrumental in West Rusk's win, rushing for 85 yards and a pair of scores on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 147 yards and one TD. A healthy portion of that aerial production (80 yards to be exact) went to Kameron Brown.

West Rusk didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kemontrea McGregor and Brown.

Troup's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for West Rusk, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.

Troup came out on top in a nail-biter against West Rusk in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, sneaking past 25-23. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.