Football Preview: East Chambers Buccaneers vs. Orangefield Bobcats
The East Chambers Buccaneers will head out on the road to take on the Orangefield Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Chambers is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Kirbyville, posting a 52-14 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Buccaneers.
Jarrell Smith continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 105 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, while also picking up 130 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Koby Jones, who rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Meanwhile, Orangefield had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it five last Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 49-14 win over the Wildcats. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Wildcats are ranked 791st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Chambers' victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Orangefield, their win bumped their record up to an identical 6-2.
Everything went East Chambers' way against Orangefield in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as East Chambers made off with a 28-6 victory. Will East Chambers repeat their success, or does Orangefield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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