Football Preview: Victoria East Titans vs. Smithson Valley Rangers
The Victoria East Titans will square off against the Smithson Valley Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Victoria East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.4 points per game this season.
Victoria East is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Pieper on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Victoria East had to suffer through a 49-17 loss at the hands of Pieper. 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 422nd, while the Warriors are ranked 51st).
Although Victoria East took the loss, they still got scores from Kahliel Prater and Daylen King.
Even if they lost, Victoria East's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Maddox Kent was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played. Noah Shepard was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Smithson Valley). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 70-0 win over MacArthur. Considering the Rangers have won six contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Victoria East's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Smithson Valley, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.
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