Football Preview: Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos vs. Iowa Colony Pioneers
Two dominant signal callers in Kaeden Johnson and Carson White are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos will face off against the Iowa Colony Pioneers at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fort Bend Marshall is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 38-10 win over Bastrop. The victory was familiar territory for the Buffalos who have now won four matchups in a row.
Meanwhile, Iowa Colony entered their tilt with Pflugerville on Saturday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Panthers 44-14. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Panthers are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Aaron Tenner, who rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of White, who threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes.
Iowa Colony didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jarvis Solomon and Jeremy Garner II. Haydon Caston was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Iowa Colony was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 346 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Fort Bend Marshall has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.1 points per game. As for Iowa Colony, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
Fort Bend Marshall lost to Iowa Colony on the road by a decisive 35-21 margin when the teams last played back in October. Can Fort Bend Marshall avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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