Football Preview: Sanger Indians vs. Gainesville Leopards
The Sanger Indians will take on the Gainesville Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sanger is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.5 points per game this season.
Gainesville better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Sanger really get things going. Sanger put the hurt on Krum with a sharp 40-14 victory last Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sanger to victory, but perhaps none more so than Reed Sebastian, who threw for 111 yards and two touchdowns while completing 93.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Reginald Jones helped Sebastian out on the ground, rushing for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Gainesville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were beaten by Krum 43-10. The Leopards were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-10.
Sanger's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5. As for Gainesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Sanger lost to Gainesville at home by a decisive 45-31 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Sanger avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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