Football Preview: Sweetwater Mustangs vs. Comanche Indians
The Sweetwater Mustangs will head out to square off against the Comanche Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sweetwater is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.5 points per game this season.
Sweetwater's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy 90-0 at home. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 462nd, while the Eagles are ranked 1150th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Sweetwater's win came down to the chemistry between Caiden Ortiz and his top target Jose Quintero. Ortiz threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes while Quintero picked up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Quintero has become a key player for Sweetwater: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Braxton Bartee made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Sweetwater didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Bartee led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. What's more, Uriah Martines also racked up 61 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Comanche ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They had just enough and edged Jim Ned out 13-10. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Comanche.
The victory got Sweetwater back to even at 3-3. As for Comanche, their win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2.
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