Football Preview: Malakoff Tigers vs. Liberty-Eylau Leopards
Two dominant signal callers in Mike Jones and Trip Baysinger are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Malakoff Tigers will challenge the Liberty-Eylau Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Malakoff will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Malakoff is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 31-21 win over Jefferson.
Meanwhile, Liberty-Eylau came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Raiders by a score of 56-49.
Baysinger continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 247 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also throwing for 302 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Liberty-Eylau wouldn't let Winnsboro keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Liberty-Eylau can thank Dequane Prevo and Serleio Creer for forcing both of them. Prevo's receiving production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 124 receiving yards.
Liberty-Eylau was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 511 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Malakoff pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.1 points per game. As for Liberty-Eylau, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.
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