Football Recap: Silsbee Tigers vs. Tarkington Longhorns
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Silsbee). They blew past the Tarkington Longhorns, posting a 44-3 win on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Longhorns are ranked 974th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Silsbee came from Gavin Hayes, Michael Moshier, Matsyn Morris, Carter Howard, and Gary Farr.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Silsbee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Silsbee didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Julian Brown and Farr. The dominant performance also gave Farr a new career-high in rushing yards.
Silsbee's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Tarkington, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Silsbee will be playing at home against West Orange-Stark at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Orange-Stark will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Silsbee surely won't give up without a fight. As for Tarkington, they will head out on the road to take on Hamshire-Fannett at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hamshire-Fannett is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.1 points per game this season.
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