Football Preview: Athens Hornets vs. Palestine Wildcats
The Athens Hornets will take on the Palestine Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Palestine took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Athens, who comes in off a win.
Athens took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top against Kaufman by a score of 35-28.
Meanwhile, Palestine ended up a good deal behind Jasper on Friday and lost 35-21. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 453rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 142nd).
Even if they lost, Palestine's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cason Applewhite and Ethan Thomas who racked up all four sacks between them.
The win got Athens back to even at 1-1. As for Palestine, they dropped their record down to 0-2 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything went Athens' way against Palestine in their previous matchup back in November of 2023 as Athens made off with a 49-28 victory. Does Athens have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palestine turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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