Football Preview: Winnsboro Raiders vs. Liberty-Eylau Leopards
The Winnsboro Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Liberty-Eylau Leopards at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Winnsboro is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 48-7 victory over Palmer. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 390th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Liberty-Eylau entered their tilt with Pilot Point on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They breezed by the Bearcats to the tune of 57-7. 57 seems to be a good number for the Leopards as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Trip Baysinger, who threw for 382 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 16.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. He has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last six times he's played. Arian Taylor also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Liberty-Eylau wouldn't let Pilot Point keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. It was a group effort, with five picking up one apiece. Liberty-Eylau got some further help from Maliki Stephens: he made 17 total tackles.
Liberty-Eylau is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.3 points per game. As for Winnsboro, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
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