The Daingerfield Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the De Kalb Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Daingerfield is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Redwater: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Tigers blew the Dragons out of the water with a 63-13 final score. With the Tigers ahead 28-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Meanwhile, De Kalb won against Harmony last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. The Bears put the hurt on Hughes Springs with a sharp 42-16 win. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 483rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 1001st) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Daingerfield better keep an eye on Bryuan Gardner. He was instrumental in De Kalb's win, rushing for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, while also picking up 92 receiving yards and one TD. Those three rushing touchdowns gave Gardner a new career-high. Mason Salinas also deserves some recognition as he punched in his first rushing touchdown of the season.
De Kalb didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Keiwon Neal, Walker Matteson, and Salinas picked up one apiece.
The victory made it two in a row for Daingerfield and bumps their season record up to 2-3. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.5 points over those games. As for De Kalb, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Daingerfield couldn't quite finish off De Kalb when the teams last played back in October of 2024 and fell 30-28. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
