The Victoria East Titans will challenge the Pieper Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Victoria East has given up an average of 35.1 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Victoria East was beaten by Boerne-Champion 48-14. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 637th, while the Chargers are ranked 305th).
Although Victoria East took the loss, they still got scores from Dedric Callis and Breshawn Stafford.
Meanwhile, Pieper entered their tilt with MacArthur on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Brahmas 49-0. That looming 49-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Warriors yet this season.
Victoria East better keep an eye on Isaiah Gaitan. He was instrumental in Pieper's win, throwing for 212 yards and four TDs while completing 72.2% of his passes. Those 212 passing yards gave Gaitan a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Brady Hopper, who rushed for 87 yards and one score on only six carries.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Pieper proved: they limited MacArthur to a paltry 2.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Brodie Spencer for the heroic effort on defense: he. Pieper didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.5.
Pieper's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for six sacks. That dominant display was truly a team effort as six different players picked up one apiece. They got some further help from Laiton Springer: he picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made two total tackles.
Pieper's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Victoria East, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Victoria East has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 166.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Pieper has preferred to attack from the air: they average 307.6 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Victoria East took a serious blow against Pieper when the teams last played back in November of 2024, falling 49-17. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Titans were down 35-8.
