The Lexington Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Groesbeck Goats at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Lexington is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Rockdale: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Lexington blew Rockdale out of the water with a 66-7 final score. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Tigers are ranked 647th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Kase Evans and his top target Noah Wright-Harris. Evans threw for 283 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Wright-Harris rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Wright-Harris' longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Weston Bayer was Evans' top target, picking up 125 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Groesbeck put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They had just enough and edged Centerville out 37-34.
Jordan Smith and Trent Platt were among the main playmakers for Groesbeck as the former gained 285 total yards and four touchdowns and the latter threw for 362 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes.
Lexington's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Groesbeck, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
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