Football Preview: Midlothian Heritage Jaguars vs. Poteet Pirates
The Midlothian Heritage Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Poteet Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Midlothian Heritage is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Last Friday, Midlothian Heritage took their match at home with ease, bagging a 56-3 victory over Crandall. Considering the Jaguars have won three games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Za'Ko Davis and Carter Rutenbar were among the main playmakers for Midlothian Heritage as the former rushed for 141 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries and the latter threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Davis' longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Landon Wright was in the mix as well, providing Midlothian Heritage with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Midlothian Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Crandall only rushed for 66.
Meanwhile, Poteet was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 28-27 to Kaufman. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 553rd, while the Lions are ranked 260th).
Despite the defeat, Poteet got top-tier performance from Dylan Davis, who rushed for 181 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Davis is now averaging an impressive 118.3 rushing yards per game.
Midlothian Heritage now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Poteet, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Midlothian Heritage strolled past Poteet in their previous meeting back in October of 2020 by a score of 49-33. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Poteet's Jaylond Police, who threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Midlothian Heritage to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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