Football Preview: La Grange Leopards vs. Bellville Brahmas
La Grange is 0-4 against Bellville since November of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The La Grange Leopards will take on the Bellville Brahmas at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
La Grange will head out to face Bellville after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. La Grange took a hard 56-42 fall against Madisonville. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (34), the Leopards still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bellville, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in September. They walked away with a 35-28 victory over Sealy on Friday. Given the Brahmas' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Tigers are ranked 219th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dd Murray was his usual excellent self, rushing for 115 yards, while also picking up 61 receiving yards and a touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Bellville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 189 rushing yards in 22 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Bellville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nic Carlile and Don Gillum.
La Grange moved to 4-2 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Bellville, they pushed their record up to 3-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
La Grange was dealt a bruising 68-20 loss at the hands of Bellville in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point La Grange was down 62-13.
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