Football Preview: Westwood Panthers vs. Teague Lions
Westwood is 0-4 against Teague since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers faces off against the Teague Lions at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Teague is hoping to do what Diboll couldn't on Friday: put an end to Westwood's winning streak, which now stands at seven games. Westwood simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Diboll 41-13 on the road. The 41-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Teague). They claimed a resounding 57-19 victory over Crockett at home. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 416th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 845th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Teague was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 215 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Westwood pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Teague, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Westwood suffered a grim 35-13 defeat to Teague in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Westwood was down 28-6.
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