Football Preview: Splendora Wildcats vs. Port Neches-Groves Indians
The Splendora Wildcats will head out to face off against the Port Neches-Groves Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Splendora has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight defeats, while Port Neches-Groves will come in with 20 straight victories.
Splendora will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat West Fork on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 51-point loss they were dealt last Friday. Splendora fell just short of West Fork by a score of 24-21. That makes it the first time this season the Wildcats have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Port Neches-Groves had just enough and edged Huntsville out 24-21 on Friday. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Hornets are ranked 98th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Splendora now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Port Neches-Groves, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
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