Football Preview: Eagle Pass Eagles vs. Taft Raiders
The Eagle Pass Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Taft Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Eagle Pass is headed out to face Taft after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Eagle Pass simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Winn 48-0 at home. The Eagles pushed the score to 41-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mavericks had no chance of recovering from.
Xavier Barrera had a dynamite game for Eagle Pass, throwing for 218 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 66 yards on only six carries.
Meanwhile, Taft came into Thursday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They managed a 28-22 win over Clemens on Thursday.
Eagle Pass lost to Taft on the road by a decisive 28-14 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2020. Thankfully for Eagle Pass, Tj Andrews (who rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
